https://www.ipernity.com/tag/305337/keyword/543203 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/B9/A8/305337.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/305337/keyword/543203 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:00:20 +0000 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:00:20 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/38516198 tag:ipernity.com,2015-06-09,doc-38516198 Tue, 09 Jun 2015 15:08:19 +0000 2004-04-30T22:23:38+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/38516198"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/61/98/38516198.e1a56c30.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">SNCF 141TB 2-8-2T 463 departs Paris Gare de la Bastille station with cylinder cocks wide open. Bastille was the terminus of the 54.1 km long line to Vincennes and Verneuil-l'Étang. This was my first visit to Paris or France.<br /> <br /> No sign of any greenery in those days but today the Promenade Plantée is a major tourist site bustling with walkers who can follow the line eastwards for 4.5km. The station itself is the site of l'Opera de la Bastille.<br /> <br /> Interestingly when I lived in Paris in the 1980s I told my french co-workers that there had been a station here until 1969 & I was not believed at first! "C'est pas vrai"!!</div> Gare de Bastille Paris France September 1969 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/38516198"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/61/98/38516198.e1a56c30.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">SNCF 141TB 2-8-2T 463 departs Paris Gare de la Bastille station with cylinder cocks wide open. Bastille was the terminus of the 54.1 km long line to Vincennes and Verneuil-l'Étang. This was my first visit to Paris or France.<br /> <br /> No sign of any greenery in those days but today the Promenade Plantée is a major tourist site bustling with walkers who can follow the line eastwards for 4.5km. The station itself is the site of l'Opera de la Bastille.<br /> <br /> Interestingly when I lived in Paris in the 1980s I told my french co-workers that there had been a station here until 1969 & I was not believed at first! "C'est pas vrai"!!</div> Loose_Grip/Pete