IXO COLLECTIONS

THE 141-R AND LARGE PASSENGER TRAINS

Nothing in the design of the 141-R was intended for the large passenger trains of the 1940s and 1950s in France. read more

141-R AND OMNIBUS PASSENGER TRAINS

The 141-Rs pulled the SNCF omnibus trains composed of "three-legs"! read more

THE 141-R AND FREIGHT TRAINS

It was especially on the freight trains of the 1940s to 1970s that the 141-Rs proved their qualities; (...) read more

141-r and mountain railway lines

Unlike roads, with gradients measured in centimetres per metre, railways, transporting loads in the hundreds of tonnes with a derisory expenditure of energy, only accept gradients measured in millimetres per metre. read more

141-R conquering the Mediterranean

The ‘M’ in PLM doesn't stand for Marseille. Many people believe that PLM stands for ‘Paris, Lyon, Marseille’, whereas the great network was intended to be the railway from Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean, since it had a broad vision... read more

The 141-r: parisian, of course, but rarely seen in smart stations

The 141-R was rarely seen under the skylights of the beautiful Parisian train stations, its 105 km/h speed limit kept it away from the platforms where long-distance passenger trains departed from. read more

The 141-R, conquest of the West, but in France

The West Region in 1946, unlike the other SNCF regions, did not divide its 141-Rs over a limited number of depots and line services managed by these depots, but ‘spread’ them across all depots (...) read more