An SNCF lok about to leave Luxembourg for the Gare de l'Est in Paris.

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The driver of the SNCF get ready to leave for Metz where this engine will be replaced by a larger engine and a consist of DB passenger cars from Frankfurt bound for Paris will be added to the coaches that originated in Luxembourg.

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The tracks leading out of Luxembourg.

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The driver invited me into the cab and showed me the interior of the lok behind the cab.

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Me at the controls.

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Some of the gauges and controls in the cab. More complicated than I thought.

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The driver poses just before we left Luxembourg.

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