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Published: 2009-02-15 03:39:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 1053; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 26
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Description I've been holding back on this and several other railroad pictures in my somewhat random collection, hoping that I would turn up some of the notes that my wife's grandfather was notorious for keeping. So far no luck. Can anyone out there help me?

It was clearly labeled as having been taken in 1952. At the time Ellsworth Bogart was in the Air Force based near Laon, France but I know from several other pictures that have already been identified that he traveled to Switzerland at least once.
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Comments: 11

CharukuNova [2010-10-08 01:14:26 +0000 UTC]

eletrics are nice. ^^

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ZCochrane [2009-02-15 18:05:21 +0000 UTC]

I'm afraid I have no idea either, but it's a great picture.

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shenanigan87 [2009-02-15 15:56:05 +0000 UTC]

Even though I have no idea what it could be, I still very much like this shot

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classictrains In reply to shenanigan87 [2009-02-21 01:31:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Els had a lot of mediocre pix. I liked this one too.

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nettwerk [2009-02-15 14:46:54 +0000 UTC]

I've spoken with a friend, and he told me it's either a BB 300 or a BB 4700, at Bordeaux.

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classictrains In reply to nettwerk [2009-02-15 15:08:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Unfortunately no matter how I try and enlarge it I can't really tell if the number board has 3 or 4 digits.

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Markotxe [2009-02-15 10:07:11 +0000 UTC]

it could be in Bordeaux

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Markotxe [2009-02-15 10:06:08 +0000 UTC]

a SNCF engine too !

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HerrDrayer [2009-02-15 09:43:57 +0000 UTC]

I can't help you with an ID, but it's a cool picture anyway.

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classictrains In reply to HerrDrayer [2009-02-15 14:20:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Hoyt. I just wish the photographer was still alive. He would love what I have been able to do with his photos. He saw them as history worth preserving and sharing.

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HerrDrayer In reply to classictrains [2009-02-15 22:44:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for posting them. I haven't met any French railfans on this website yet.

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