#Morez (Jura) 🇫🇷, is a nice little town close to the Swiss🇨🇭border. In autumn 2004, when these photos were taken, the old-fashioned, charming train station has seen a variety of workings by the iconic (and meanwhile withdrawn) #SNCF class #X2800 Diesel units in their twilight years. #PastTrainTrips

Bordeaux 🇫🇷 station in October 2005: an #SNCF #X2800 railcar with two trailers is seen here just before leaving for an evening run on a #TER regional service.
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In South-Central France 🇫🇷: the “Gentiane-Express” of the “Chemins de Fer de la Haute-Auvergne” #CFHA. Former #SNCF #X2800, #RGP and other diesel units are working the tourist trains on this scenic line in the #Cantal mountains area.
Picture taken in May 2007.
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The “Gentiane-Express” of the “Chemins de Fer de la Haute-Auvergne”: former #SNCF 🇫🇷 diesel units are working tourist trains on this scenic line in the #Cantal Mountains area in South-Central France.
Picture taken in May 2007.
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#Rodez 🇫🇷 station in autumn 1991: I was taking the #SNCF #X2800 railcar pictured here. To the left, under the nice station roof, we see a “DEV inox” carriage, probably being part of the consist of the night-train to/from #Paris.
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#SNCF 🇫🇷 #X2800 railcar “noses” at Saint-Claude. In the early 2000s, this place in the #Jura hills, east of Lyon and not too far from the Swiss border, used to be a refuge for aging railcars working regional services in the area.
Picture taken in autumn 2004.
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Saint-Claude 🇫🇷 station in autumn 2004: a set of two #SNCF #X2800 railcars awaiting departure for #Morez (Jura). This area, northeast of Lyon, used to be among the last ones seeing workings of these iconic French railcars that were built around 1960.
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A fairly long consist (“cinq caisses”) composed of two #SNCF 🇫🇷 #X2800 railcars, top’n’tail on either end, and three #XR6000 and #XR6100 intermediate trailers. Photo taken at Bourg-en-Bresse in or around 2004. This, probably, is a #TER regional service for #Lyon.
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Saint-Claude 🇫🇷 (Jura) is a railway hub northeast of Lyon, and it used to be a sanctuary for elderly #SNCF #X2720 “RGP” and class #X2800 “Bleu d’Auvergne” railcars in the early 2000s.
Pictures taken in autumn 2004, in the company of a super kind station agent. 🙏
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Rural #France 🇫🇷 in the early 2000s: a somewhat sad sight with this single #SNCF #X2800 railcar, close to the end of its career, on a #TER service near Bourg-en-Bresse. The 1970s train station sign (on the left) has become illegible, with letters fallen off and the glass broken.