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  • Not that Mr. Pépy, who has run France's national state-owned railway company, Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer, or SNCF, for the past three years, gets to fly much these days.

    On a fast track to the future William Lyons 2011

  • Belgian railway operator Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges, or SNCB, owns the remaining 5%.

    Siemens Gets Contract to Build Eurostar Trains Sarah Sloat 2010

  • France's state owned railway, Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, this year signed a public-private partnership contract for a new line to connect Bordeaux with Paris, extending the existing high-speed route by nearly 300 kilometers.

    Expect Delays Christian Wolmar 2011

  • National des Chemins de Fer Fran ais, or SNCF, about a possible merger with France's public-transportation operator Keolis.

    Deutsche Bahn to Buy U.K.'s Arriva 2010

  • Chemins de la liberté: L'Age de raison (Paris, 1945), trans.

    EXISTENTIALISM ANTHONY MANSER 1968

  • Far East, 11,050 km in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and 4,160 km in North America; note - fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr attained by France's Societe Nationale des Chemins-de-Fer Francais

    The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • In Paris, start from the station of the Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon.

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • Toulouse and Bordeaux, see Table “Bordeaux à Cette” in the “Indicateur des Chemins de Fer du Midi.”

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • Society; and as the "Chemins de Fer Vicinaux," to which one part of the competition was devoted, have no counterpart in this country, it is proposed to limit the present paper to an account of the experiments made on the motors for tramways.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 Various

  • F.R.S. An interesting feature of the International Exhibition at Antwerp was the competition which was invited between different forms of mechanical motors on tramways for use in towns, and between different forms of engines for use on light railways in country districts, or as these are termed, "Chemins de Fer Vicinaux."

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 Various

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