'Sprague' métro train on Bir Hakeim bridge, Paris. 12 May 2002

On Line 6. Le Pont de Bir-Hakeim (formerly le Pont de Passy), crosses the Seine in Paris, connecting the 15th and 16th arrondissements, passing through the Île aux Cygnes. It was constructed between 1903 and 1905

'Sprague' métro train on Bir Hakeim bridge, Paris. 12 May 2002

On Line 6. The Sprague-Thomson metro cars (usually just referred to as ‘Sprague’) were the first all-metal rolling stock on the Paris Métro, replacing the mostly wooden M1 stock involved in the Paris Métro train fire of 1903. This set was preserved following retirement in 1983, and is used for heritage special trains

Disused 'portillons' on line 7 platform, Opéra station, Paris. 25 June 2002

The obsolete mechanical ticket barriers were removed late in 2004

Disused 'portillons' on line 7 platform, Opéra station, Paris. 25 June 2002

The obsolete mechanical ticket barriers were removed late in 2004

Ian Bradley beside SNCF world speed record electric locomotive BB9004 at Paris Bercy station. 2002

Four-axle, electric locomotive BB 9004 was built in 1953 by French manufacturer Jeumont-Schneider. Along with CC 7107, a six-axle locomotive built by Alstom, it set a world speed record of 331 km/h on track near Bordeaux on 29 March 1955

Le Mont-Dore station, Department of Puy-de-Dôme, France, and SNCF dmu no. 2866. 21 August 2002

Mont-Dore station (elevation 1,006 metres) is on the line from Laqueuille, west of Claremont Ferrand in the Auvergne. DMU2866 was part of a batch built 1957-62, length 27.73m, weight 53t, 605kW diesel engine

Le Mont-Dore station, Department of Puy-de-Dôme, France, and SNCF DMU no. 2866. 21 August 2002

Mont-Dore station (elevation 1,006 metres) is on the line from Laqueuille, west of Claremont Ferrand in the Auvergne. DMU2866 was part of a batch built 1957-62, length 27.73m, weight 53t, 605kW diesel engine