Illustrated books on the history, types and technology of TGV (Trains à Grande Vitesse) high-speed trains of the SNCF.
TGV - une fabuleuse épopée technologique et humaine
The TGV is the work of the SNCF and, more precisely, of a handful of railway workers from the 1970s who wanted to give the train a bright future: mission accomplished. But let's go back in time and return to 1981... The people of Lyon and Paris were delighted to discover their new "suburban" train running at 260 km/h at the price of the Corail train. This feat was only the beginning of a great adventure because, little by little, from year to year, this magnificent train wove its web to the point where it now crisscrosses the whole of France.
What is its genesis? Why was it created? What were the main stages of this major project signed by SNCF? This book, written by a rail transport specialist, offers you a pleasant (and nevertheless rigorous) historical and technical summary of this fabulous train which, 40 years ago, saved the railway from an announced death.
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Author:
Didier Janssoone
Details:
160 pages, 29 x 24 cm / 11.4 x 9 in, hardback
Illustrations:
300 colour photos
Publisher:
ETAI (F, 2021)
ISBN:
9791028304621
TGV - une fabuleuse épopée technologique et humaine
TGV Duplex - Un voyage inédit : lifting total pour une métamorphose
This book is dedicated to the TGV Duplex, and more specifically to an operation carried out every 15/16 years on SNCF rolling stock, called "mid-life operation". You will discover throughout the pages, in addition to a reminder of the evolution of the TGV with a speech by Jacques Cooper, the designer of the prototype, all the operations carried out in an SNCF industrial technical center during the renovation of a Duplex train.
You will find many details, always described with great concern for pedagogy. The maintenance of SNCF rolling stock is complex. It takes place far from the eyes of customers. 22.500 agents work day and night throughout France to maintain the train that travelers take in the morning to go to work or to go on vacation, to repair parts, to imagine innovative solutions, always with a concern for safety and comfort and respect for the environment. This book tells this beautiful story, with many details...
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Author:
Martial Debriffe, Marie-France Hascoët
Details:
284 pages, 22.5 x 24 x 2 cm / 8.9 x 9 x 0.79 in, hardback
Illustrations:
300+ colour photos
Publisher:
Est Libris (F, 2015)
ISBN:
9782909449319
TGV Duplex - Un voyage inédit : lifting total pour une métamorphose
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