Description
An evocation of the atmosphere at the Gare du Nord in Paris in the late 1950s, before electrification. In the centre, at the head of an international express, stands 232R2, a 3-cylinder simple 4-6-4. In the background waits a 141TC, a member of a numerous class of 2-cylinder 2-8-2 tank locomotives for suburban services, while on the right a 230D, a 4-cylinder compound 4-6-0, prepares to leave with a ‘rapide’ for the north.