Chemin Collection

MONTPARNASSE ACCIDENT
At Mont Parnasse terminus of the Chemin de Fer de l'Ouest, the Granville train crashes through the buffers and into the street, killing a poor woman selling newspapers Date: 1895

Dramatic Rail Accident at Gare Montparnasse, France
At the Montparnasse terminus of the Chemin de Fer de l Ouest, the Granville train crashes through the buffers and into the street (Rue de Rennes)

Le Touquet Paris-Plage
Tourism poster from French railway Chemin de Fer du Nord for Le Touquet on the coast of north-western France, the beach of Paris

Venice travel poster
Attractive poster for the French National Railways, Chemin de Fers de l Est, advertising Venice (or Venise) as a holiday destination

Treport Mers travel poster
French railway poster advertising Treport Mers on the Picardy coast, which, together with nearby Mer-les-Bains became popular seaside resorts in the 19th century due to the development of

Opposite the first Cafe de Paris, Boulevard des Italiens, 1845. Two bearded dandies in redingotes and top hats watch a woman in long riding dress side-saddle on a horse

Poster, Les Iles de l Ocean, Chemins de Fer de l Etat
Poster, Les Iles de L Ocean, Eglise de St Martin de Re (Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France), Chemins de Fer de l Etat. 1930

Poster, Chemins de Fer de l Etat and CGT
Poster for Chemins de Fer de l Etat and Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (CGT), serving Paris, Le Havre and New York. circa 1930

Batignolles Tunnel and railway, Paris, France
Batignolles Tunnel, railway line and cutting, Chemin de Fer de lOuest, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: circa 1905

French Nord Express
The Nord Express of the Chemin du Fer du Nord pulls out of the Gare du Nord, Paris, hauled by a massive Baltic locomotive

Hotel du Chemin de Fer, Buitenzorg, West Java, Indonesia
Hotel du Chemin de Fer, Buitenzorg (now Bogor), West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910

Battle of Soissons WWI
German troops crossing a road, other troops resting on the Chemin de Dames on the Western Front during World War I

Gare du Nord, Paris, France. Date: circa 1900

Zermatt Railway - Switzerland - Bridge over a valley
Railway - Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Viege a Zermatt SA - Switzerland - Bridge over a valley Date: circa 1908

French Railways Promo card - Chatel-Guyon Spa Retreat, specialising in intestinal cures. Date: circa 1909

Cassel, France - Croix-Rouge Street
Cassel, France - Chemin de la Croix-Rouge (Red Cross Street). A cobblestoned street lined with trees and fields. There are several windmills visible on the right. circa 1910s

Cassel, France - Cornette Street
Cassel, France - Chemin de la Cornette (Cornette Street), showing houses and gardens. circa 1910s

Spain. Avila. Section of the medieval walls, 12th century. In the background, the belfry of Carmens Gate (Puerta del Carmen), 17th century

St Nicholas - Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Viege a Zermatt SA - Switzerland - line running through a very picturesque valley. Date: circa 1909

Poster, railway service from Paris to London, via Rouen, Dieppe and Newhaven. Showing a man on a punt and a couple in a rowing boat. Date: early 20th century

Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 78, December 1928
Illustration Mauvaise liaison ou le chemin de Buenos-Ayres by H. Fournier from Paris Plaisirs number 78, December 1928 Date: 1928

Occupying German position in the Somme area 1917
During the spring of 1917 the German forces on the Western Front vountarily retired from the positions in the Somme at Serre, which they had defended with such stubborness in 1916

Balloon built at Versailles
A balloon built at Versailles, France, and put on display there on a platform. It was 60 feet high and 40 feet in diameter, in blue and gold material

Temporary points maintenance - Army - French strike of 1912
Strike on the Northern French Railways in 1912. Bridge at Briche, a control switch being operated by temporary railwaymen - the French Army! Date: 1912

Summit of the Rochers de Naye a mountain of the Swiss Alps, overlooking Montreux in the canton of Vaud, from where the Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye leads to its peak. Date: circa 1930s

Balloon built at Versailles
A balloon built at Versailles, France, and put on display there on a platform. It was 60 feet high and 40 feet in diameter, in blue and gold material

La visiteuse d hygiene vous montrera le chemin de la sante. Elle mene une croisade contre la tuberculose et la mortalite infantile. Soutenez-la!

Jeu du chemin de fer

Grand chemin de la posterite. Print showing a procession of French artists and writers as caricatured by Benjamin Roubaud. Those depicted are: Hugo, T

Ballon de cuivre. Ateliers de construction, impasse du Maine, no. 10, pres le chemin de fer de la rive gauche. Tous les jours de 9 heures a 6 heures

Le ballon de cuivre, qui doit incessamments elever dans les airs est visible en ce moment dans les ateliers de construction, Impasse du Maine, no. 10, pres le chemin de fer de la Rive gauche

Railway Station at Bethune, France Date: circa 1910s

Hamoir-sur-Ourthe, France - Railway Hotel Date: circa 1910

American anti-aircraft action, Chemin des Dames, WW1
American anti-aircraft action at Chemin des Dames in northern France during the First World War. Date: 3 May 1918

Caux Railway - Switzerland
The Chemin de fer MontreuxGlionRochers-de-Naye railway at the small village of Caux, Switzerland in Winter, depositing skiers and sledgers directly at the top of their run! Date: 1908

Brussels / Distant View
Brussels: distant view from the railway line Date: circa 1850

Jan Hus / Du Chemin
JAN HUS Bohemiam religious leader burnt at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

Shell crater WWI
Shell crater at the Chemin des Dames on the Western Front during World War I

French rail poster - Dover
French rail poster for the Chemin de Fer du Nord route to Dover with six fast services per day

Nivelle Offensive WWI
Scout group during French attack during Nivelle Offensive in World War I

Fort de la Malmaison 1918
Interior of the Fort de la Malmaison, Chemin des Dames on the Western Front in France during World War I in October 1918

Winter sports in the Pyrenees poster
Poster advertising the area around Chemin de Fer in the midi Pyrenees in France as the ideal destination for winter sports. These jolly sledgers seem to think so anyway. Date: c.1920

French rail poster - Chateau de Chantilly
Poster advertising the Chateau de Chantilly, reachable by the French Railway (Chemin de Fer du Nord), featuring the chateau standing elegantly by a river

Brest Transporter Bridge
The transporter bridge over the French naval harbour at Brest, photographed from the Chemin de Ronde

Clermont Bordeaux Train
A steam train of the Chemin de Fer d Orleans, making its way through the picturesque countryside between Clermont- Ferrand and Bordeaux

Hand to Hand 1917
Hand-to-hand engagement in the trenches on the Chemin des Dames, a scene of bitter fighting

Paris-Mont Dore Express
The Paris-Mont Dore express of the Chemin de Fer d Orleans

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