The Kilometre Millionaire: French Railway Performance from Steam to Lgv

by Alan Varley

In this book, leading member of the Railway Performance Society Alan Varley discusses and analyzes a lifetime of railway travel across the French Railways (SNCF) network - over a million kilometers worth The performance of different types of train is assessed on the wide variety of routes on which they operated, giving the opportunity to see the impact of modernization, first from steam to diesel, and latterly to the dedicated high speed lines of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900340623
• ISBN13: 9781900340625
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Mainline & Maritime
• Length: 304 Pages