L'Alsace profonde
Kruth is the terminus of the line from Mulhouse that is shared for part of the way with Line 3 of the Mulhouse Tramway and the Tram-Train service that goes as far as Thann. The final diesel-only section is operated by SNCF X 73500 railcars. Alstom built 318 of these units between 1999 and 2004. French gricers have given the class some rather expressive nicknames: Baleines Bleues (Blue Whales), Saucisses (Sausages), Concombres (Cucumbers) - and Suppos (Condoms). Why the latter, I wonder?
L'Alsace profonde
Kruth is the terminus of the line from Mulhouse that is shared for part of the way with Line 3 of the Mulhouse Tramway and the Tram-Train service that goes as far as Thann. The final diesel-only section is operated by SNCF X 73500 railcars. Alstom built 318 of these units between 1999 and 2004. French gricers have given the class some rather expressive nicknames: Baleines Bleues (Blue Whales), Saucisses (Sausages), Concombres (Cucumbers) - and Suppos (Condoms). Why the latter, I wonder?