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There on the quayside, drawn up like grenadiers in gleaming royal-blue livery, stand the 17 cars of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grands Express Europeens. Waxed mirrorbright, they make up the longest (400 meters) passenger train in all Europe. Its eleven wagons-lits, three restaurant cars and bar car, all first class, can accommodate 194 passengers; there are two cars for the crew of 30. It may be the greatest display of grandeur the Boulonnais have seen since Napoleon and his army gathered there in 1805 for an invasion of England that never took place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Once and Future Train | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

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