Paris, Gare d'Austerlitz SNCF BB 9287 classic Venice - Simplon Orient Express departing
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, or VSOE, is a private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities.
The original company was founded by James Sherwood of Kentucky, USA, in 1982; five years earlier, in 1977, he had bought two of the original carriages at an auction when the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits withdrew from the Orient Express service, passing the service on to the national railways of France, Germany, and Austria. Over the next few years, Sherwood spent a total of US$16 million purchasing 35 sleeper, restaurant and Pullman carriages. On 25 May 1982, the first London–Venice run was made.
It is currently owned by Belmond Ltd. Belmond operates 45 luxury hotels, restaurants, tourist trains and river cruises in 24 countries. (wiki)
Although expensive its worth while doing once in a life time. Did I see Peter Ustinov behind one of the railway carriages windows that day?
Years later the model train manufaturer Roco made a brilliant model of SNCF 9287 on scale H0, Great original design !
www.belmond.com/venice-simplon-orient-express/
The SNCF Class BB 9200 1500 V DC electric locomotives were built by Schneider-Jeumont/CEM between 1958-1964. They are products of the Jacquemin product family of locomotives, offspring of the prototype BB 9003 & BB 9004, and named after the engineer who designed their bogies. later series from various manufacturers for 1,5Kv; 25 Kv & Bi-courant; BB 9200 ( 4 rebuild into BB 9700), BB 9300, BB 16000 (15 rebuild into BB 16100), BB 25100, BB 25150, BB 25200.
19653 date 12-5-1984
Paris, Gare d'Austerlitz SNCF BB 9287 classic Venice - Simplon Orient Express departing
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, or VSOE, is a private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities.
The original company was founded by James Sherwood of Kentucky, USA, in 1982; five years earlier, in 1977, he had bought two of the original carriages at an auction when the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits withdrew from the Orient Express service, passing the service on to the national railways of France, Germany, and Austria. Over the next few years, Sherwood spent a total of US$16 million purchasing 35 sleeper, restaurant and Pullman carriages. On 25 May 1982, the first London–Venice run was made.
It is currently owned by Belmond Ltd. Belmond operates 45 luxury hotels, restaurants, tourist trains and river cruises in 24 countries. (wiki)
Although expensive its worth while doing once in a life time. Did I see Peter Ustinov behind one of the railway carriages windows that day?
Years later the model train manufaturer Roco made a brilliant model of SNCF 9287 on scale H0, Great original design !
www.belmond.com/venice-simplon-orient-express/
The SNCF Class BB 9200 1500 V DC electric locomotives were built by Schneider-Jeumont/CEM between 1958-1964. They are products of the Jacquemin product family of locomotives, offspring of the prototype BB 9003 & BB 9004, and named after the engineer who designed their bogies. later series from various manufacturers for 1,5Kv; 25 Kv & Bi-courant; BB 9200 ( 4 rebuild into BB 9700), BB 9300, BB 16000 (15 rebuild into BB 16100), BB 25100, BB 25150, BB 25200.
19653 date 12-5-1984