La Vie du Rail Articles

Articles of La Vie du Rail published in the 1960s and 1970s. Very large PDF documents (more than 10 MB) are marked in red.

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Articles of La Vie du Rail in chronological publication order

TEE PBA
The T.E.E. P.B.A
The new T.E.E. equipment for Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam.
No. 961 of 13 September 1964.
PDF, 10 pages, 17 MB.
CC 40100
The CC-40100
The CC-40100 quad power locomotives of the S.N.C.F.
No. 962 of 20 September 1964.
PDF, 13 pages, 16 Mo.
BB 67036
The BB 67036
BB 67036, the first large-power electric diesel locomotive with three-phase-to-DC transmission.
No. 995 of 9 May 1965.
PDF, 8 pages, 5 MB.
Number 1000
Number 1000
La Vie du Rail était présente…
Events in the railways world from 1944 to 1964.
No. 1000 of 13 June 1965.
PDF, 34 pages, 110 MB.
DB E03
The CC E03 of the DB
The DB’s E03 locomotive, prototype of the 103 series.
No. 1004 of 11 July 1965.
PDF, 5 pages, 2,2 MB.
Sleeping cars
New sleeping cars
The new sleeping cars of the CIWL: YF for Spain, MU and future T2.
No. 1009 of 29 August 1965.
PDF, 4 pages, 2 MB.
BB 25200
BB 25200
Dual power series BB 25200 locomotives
No. 1019 of 7 November 1965.
PDF, 10 pages, 6 MB.
CC 70000
CC 70000
Diesel-electric locomotives series CC 70000 high-power with three-phase-to-DC birotor transmission.
No. 1055 of 17 July 1966.
PDF, 10 pages, 16 MB.
BB 71000
BB 71000
Shunting diesel locomotives with mechanical drive series BB 71000.
No. 1061 of 11 September 1966.
PDF, 8 pages, 6 MB.
At Calais depot
At Calais depot
Calais, the last bastion of steam in the Nord region.
No. 1086 of 5 March 1967.
PDF, 14 pages, 13 MB.
At CIMT Lorraine
Visit to the CIMT Lorraine
Dd4s luggage van, metallization of B4D SE, DEV dining car.
No. 1093 of 23 April 1967.
PDF, 4 pages, 1 MB.
The cinema coach Su 204
The cinema coach Su 204
No. 1095 of 7 May 1967.
PDF, 5 pages, 7 MB.
E444 Tartaruga
The « Tartaruga »
The E444 of the FS, first Italian machine for high speed.
No. 1145 of 12 May 1968.
PDF, 4 pages, 6 MB.
Welded long rail
Welded long rail
A 9618 m long welded rail, and Studies on the automatic coupling
No. 1148 of 23 and 30 June 1968.
PDF, 7 pages, 8.4 MB.
CC 80001
CC 80001
CC 80001 CFD and At Garonor, rail-road collaboration
No. 1151 of 21 July 1968.
PDF, 11 pages, 5 MB.
Z 6300
Z 6300
Ouest suburbs Z 6300 electric multi-units
No. 1156 of 25 August 1968.
PDF, 12 pages, 19 MB.
CC 72000
CC 72000
The locomotive CC 72001 of the SNCF.
The first of a line that is still living in 2012…
No. 1178 of 26 January 1969.
PDF, 11 pages, 7 MB.
The last French Pacific
The last French Pacific
The ultimate and triumphant race of the last French Pacific.
On January 11, 1969, the 231 K 82 takes its last train, the “Flèche d’Or”, to Calais.
No. 1181 of 16 February 1969.
PDF, 3 pages, 7 MB.
The transcontainers
The transcontainers
The transcontainers, a technique for the future…
No. 1193 and 1194 of 11 - 18 May 1969.
PDF, 22 pages, 38 MB.
BB 67400
BB 67400
The BB 67400, diesel locomotive with three-phase-to-DC transmission.
No. 1262 of 18 October 1970.
PDF, 6 pages, 4 MB.
BB 16000
About the BB 16000
The BB 16000, a series in mutation (reinforcement of the buffer beams).
No. 1548 of 20 June 1976.
PDF, 3 pages, 6 MB.

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