Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: SCNF

A power station of the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi, an early railway company that operated a network of routes in the southwest of France. In 1934 the company was merged with the Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans. It then was the largest private railway in France until it was taken over by the state railway Société national des Chemins de fer français (SNCF) in 1938.

I just had learned, that it took daredevil aviator Louis Blériot 37 minutes to cross the English Channel covering 35km in 1909 (see previous upload) . Standing on a bridge, I watched the roaring train speeding to north. In less than an hour all passengers will be in the center of Paris.

A ride from here into the center of Paris (Metro "St-Michel/Notre Dame") takes about 40 minutes.