Refurbished Class 4300 (X-4346) of SNCF-Action Régionale (TER Champagne-Ardennes), seen on TER 39554 (Verdun-Châlons en Champagne), while calling at St-Hilaire.
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While the refurbishment carried out in the late-80s upgraded interiors to fairly good standards (Z2-style), it sadly left traction untouched. 
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40-year old Poyaud engines now obviously lag very much behind today's standards...
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One can hardly believe what actually stands further left (off-pic) of this old-fashioned train and station, namely a newly-wired pair of (renewed) tracks, as a result of the LGV Est project...
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St-Hilaire au Temple.
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27th December 2004.
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Photo by Nicolas Husson (ferrovi-est@wanadoo.fr) (Acknowledgements).
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Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)