RGP-1 DMU of SNCF (X-2733), seen on the "Silver Arrow" Rail-Air service (Le Touquet Aéroport ---> Paris Nord, connecting with a BIA flight from London-Gatwick), upon arrival at its final destination.
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This unit was part of a fleet of 3: partly declassified in 1973, with original galley removed, yet replaced with a buffet corner.
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Those 3 units were introduced in 1974 on the "Silver Arrow" and to Boulogne-Aéroglisseurs (for Hovercraft services to Dover-Western Docks), as a welcome replacement for Class 4500 DMUs.
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Whereas the "Silver Arrow" was axed in 1980, Mk2 Jet Trains (RTG) ousted RGP DMUs from Hovercraft Trains in 1981.
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Paris-Nord.
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17th May 1978. 
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Photo by Georges Nadeau (Acknowledgements)
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# geon77@hotmail.com
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Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)