Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: Mulhouse

An interesting display at the French railway Cité du Train in Mulhouse. Ex-Chemins de fer du Nord 2-8-0 140 A 259 minus her tender, has been turned on its side to simulate a déraillement.

'Le Musée Français du Chemin de Fer' or "Cité du Train" these days. I'm not sure on which engine footplate this was taken, either 241 A1 or 232 U1 from the negative sequence. Perhaps someone else can identify it? Whatever, it certainly shows the spaciousness of the cab. I remember seeing those "Danger de Mort" signs on the railways the first time I went to France in the 60s and thinking it was a bit melodramatic. But of course now we have the same signs in English on our railways too!