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SNCF before 1938: the first puffs
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THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF THE RAILWAYS

SNCF before 1938: the first puffs

From the beginnings of the railway in France to a public corporation in charge of all its tracks: the story of railways in France is one of integration for greater efficiency from its earliest days.
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