John Oram's photos with the keyword: Class Z 23500

Ventimiglia/Vintimille is where the French/Italian border blurs especially in these days of freedom of movement within (most of) the EU. French trains are as common as Italian examples with regular services leaving for the neighbouring country. The Italian services tend to be locomotive powered (push/pull with driving trailers) and the French TER services operated by multiple units. This is car no. 23529 of a Class Z 23500 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur branded unit. X20_DSCF2047

Ventimiglia/Vintimille is where the French/Italian border blurs especially in these days of freedom of movement within (most of) the EU. French trains are as common as Italian examples with regular services leaving for the neighbouring country. The Italian services tend to be locomotive powered (push/pull with driving trailers) and the French TER services operated by multiple units. Car no. 23532 forms part of a Class Z 23500 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur branded unit. X20_DSCF2060

To complement my earlier photographs from Ventimiglia, I visited Nice-Ville. France was in the grip of (another) national strike but SNCF had guaranteed a modified service. However, several units were standing idle at what, I imagine, would normally have been a much busier scene. On the left, is a Class Z 26500 unit and on the right a Class Z 23500. The graffiti are obvious and a closer inspection of units reveals tired interiors with dusty looking and worn seats. On some cars, there is evidence of damage to paintwork caused, it appears, by attempts to remove graffiti. Nice-Ville is in a pretty dramatic urban setting which provides a marked contrast with the train shed. I took two similar shots but could not decide between them and have posted both. X20_DSCF2161

To complement my earlier photographs from Ventimiglia, I visited Nice-Ville. France was in the grip of (another) national strike but SNCF had guaranteed a modified service. However, several units were standing idle at what, I imagine, would normally have been a much busier scene. On the left, is a Class Z 26500 unit and on the right a Class Z 23500. The graffiti are obvious and a closer inspection of units reveals tired interiors with dusty looking and worn seats. On some cars, there is evidence of damage to paintwork caused, it appears, by attempts to remove graffiti. Nice-Ville is in a pretty dramatic urban setting which provides a marked contrast with the train shed. I took two similar shots but could not decide between them and have posted both. X20_DSCF2162

To complement my earlier photographs from Ventimiglia, I visited Nice-Ville. France was in the grip of (another) national strike but SNCF had guaranteed a modified service. However, several units were standing idle at what, I imagine, would normally have been a much busier scene. On the right, is a Class Z 26500 unit and on the left are Class Z 23500 units. The graffiti on the latter were obvious and a closer inspection of units reveals tired interiors with dusty looking and worn seats. On some cars, there is evidence of damage to paintwork caused, it appears, by attempts to remove graffiti. I was pleased with the original shot and have also produced this b&w version. X20_DSCF2164M

To complement my earlier photographs from Ventimiglia, I visited Nice-Ville. France was in the grip of (another) national strike but SNCF had guaranteed a modified service. However, several units were standing idle at what, I imagine, would normally have been a much busier scene. On the right, is a Class Z 26500 unit and on the left are Class Z 23500 units. The graffiti on the latter were obvious and a closer inspection of units reveals tired interiors with dusty looking and worn seats. On some cars, there is evidence of damage to paintwork caused, it appears, by attempts to remove graffiti. I was pleased with this shot and have also produced a b&w version. X20_DSCF2164