France: SNCF diesel Class CC 72100 locomotive departs Troyes station on a passenger service to Basel

Описание: France: SNCF diesel Class CC 72100 locomotive 72151 departs Troyes station on the 0945 passenger service Paris Est to Basel.

Clip recorded 2nd June 2007.
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The SNCF Class CC 72100 is a class of C-C diesel locomotives rebuilt from CC 72000 locomotives during 2002--2004. 30 locomotives were converted: 21, 30, 37--41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 51, 56--60, 63, 66, 68, 72, 75--80, 82, 86, 89--90. They find use on the Paris - Belfort line and are based at Chalindrey.
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The SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français; "French National Railway Corporation") is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of rail services for passengers and freight, and maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure owned by Réseau Ferré de France (RFF).

SNCF employs more than 180,000 people in 120 countries across the globe. The rail network consists of about 32,000 km (20,000 mi) of route, of which 1,800 km (1,100 mi) are high-speed lines and 14,500 km (9,000 mi) electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. The chairman of SNCF is Guillaume Pépy. The company's headquarters is in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, in the Rue du Commandant Mouchotte.
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Troyes is a commune and the capital of the Aube department in north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about 150 km (93 mi) southeast of Paris. This area is known as the Champagne region of Northern France. Many half-timbered houses (mainly of the 16th century) survive in the old town. Troyes has been in existence since the Roman era, as Augustobona Tricassium, which stood at the hub of numerous highways, primarily the Via Agrippa.

Troyes is home to the Lacoste company production headquarters, one of the most popular fashion brands in the Western World. It is also home of prize-winning chocolatier Pascal Caffet.

The train station Gare de Troyes offers connections to Paris, Dijon, Mulhouse and several regional destinations. Troyes is at the junction of the motorways A5 (Paris – Troyes – Langres) and A26 (Calais – Reims – Troyes). Troyes – Barberey Airport is a small regional airport.

Troyes is the home of association football club Troyes AC, or ESTAC. ESTAC now plays in Ligue 2, the second highest division of French football, having played in Ligue 1 as recently as 2013.
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Aube is a French department in the Champagne-Ardennes region of north-eastern France named after the Aube River. In 1995, its population was 293,100 inhabitants.

The inhabitants of the department are known as Aubois or Auboises.

With 303,298 inhabitants according to the census of 2009, Aube is 75th in terms of population at the national level and the 2nd largest on the regional level.

The department was constituted as it is today by a decree of the National Assembly of 15 January 1790. As with sixty departments in France, it is named after the name of a river.
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