Verdun Lorraine France 19th December 1969

            My second visit to France was via a lift to Verdun from a (rich!) student driving his Rover 2000 from Sheffield to Greece. I stayed overnight at his parent's house in Gerrard's Cross and there was a duvet on the bed - something I had never seen before! 

I took this shot of an unidentified & quite filthy 140C 2-8-0 backing into the SNCF roundhouse from the gated entrance to the shed in Verdun. There were 340 of these freight engines built for the Chemins de fer de l'État from 1913 but due to the disruption of WWI 270 of them were built in Britain, the majority by North British. 

I can still remember hesitating & the trepidation I felt walking into the depot past that window on the right without asking. I wasn't challenged but unable to speak anything but basic French at this time I would have been at quite a loss if I had been!

Taken in: France / Grand Est / Arrondissement de Verdun / Belleville-sur-Meuse (show map)

Taken on: September 26, 2024

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