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Here is a lovely poster by Massonet for the electrified railway service between Bruxelles and Charleroi.

This is lovely. It’s a map of the French railway system in 1976, made for SNCF.

Rudi Meyer is a genius of map design. He was taught in Basel by Armin Hofman and Emil Ruder. In France, he has worked for the Paris Metro and for the SNCF.

This map is drawn with just the main line railways and the place-names of the larger towns and cities. Meyer has managed to combine this economy and simplicity with a surprisingly accurate representation of the the physical geography of France.

http://www.rudi-meyer.com/travaux/cartographie/001.htm

Here is a lovely model, in O gauge, of the French electric loco for the SNCF Trans Europe Express service between Paris and Toulouse. It’s called Le Capitole.

The model is from Lombardi, Italy.

I posted about this train before, here

Wrap-around Winscreen • SNCF • 1960s

Lombardi are at the very top-end of railway models…

Here are two posters with the same message

Lovely packaging

Lovely packaging.

Corridor express and antimacassar! That’s first class.