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A model of the MX100 power car, which was developed to study improved aerodynamics. No full-size model of the MX100 was ever built, but various models were used in wind tunnel testing in the late 1990s. Behind the model you can see another model of the P-01 tilting prototype.

Photo by Yann Nottara (ynottara@mail.dotcom.fr)

Another shot of the same MX100 model as above.

Photo by Yann Nottara (ynottara@mail.dotcom.fr)

A photo of a different MX100 model, this time showing aerodynamic shrouds covering the bogies.

Photo by Yann Nottara (ynottara@mail.dotcom.fr)

A model of the fourth generation TGV Nouvelle Génération, incorporating the latest developments in aerodynamics, noise reduction, brakes, etc. Development of the TGV NG was dropped in favor of new approaches such as ALSTOM's distributed traction AGV (Automotrice à Grande Vitesse). Note that the livery of the model, developed by industrial designer Roger Tallon, has now been applied to the P-01 tilting TGV prototype. (See research activities.)

Photo: LVDR; Scan: Yann Nottara (ynottara@mail.dotcom.fr)

The same model, this time under glass at SNCF's Paris Bercy open house, September 1996.

Photo by Yann Nottara (ynottara@mail.dotcom.fr)

Another view of the same model. Note the close resemblance to 3rd generation TGVs; the proposed TGV NG shared essentially the same body as TGV Duplex power cars.

Photo by Yann Nottara (ynottara@mail.dotcom.fr)

Another view of the TGV NG model.

Photo by Yann Nottara (ynottara@mail.dotcom.fr)

An early model of the TGV Nouvelle Génération, circa 1995. This was originally supposed to be a bi-level trainset similar to the TGV Duplex, before becoming a single level trainset, and then a single power car, before the project was cancelled in favor of the AGV.

SNCF Photo published in La Vie du Rail.

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