A beautifully maintained Sprague train from the early days of the Paris metro. This train is managed by the Parisian train nerd society ADEMAS who do some worthwhile tours of the Paris metro system if your interested in seeing this kind of thing in an above board kind of way. This is very train in which they used to run “Une nuit en métro” tours of the Paris metro system.
The train is kept well out of the public eye but with a bit of persistent checking of access, one day Seb and I were lucky enough to find ourselves sitting in first class... Although we did not get to hang around for long...
If train nerdery is your thing, dsankt has a post on various running stock we've run into during our adventures, there is even a bunch more photos of this Sprague.
I've only recently got back into shooting on film, in many ways I remember what I was disappointed about when I moved to digital. Shot on 35mm Fuji Reala 200.
- Categories: [Odd Stuff] [Phantom Train Stations]
- Tags: ademas film france fuji-reala hidden metro paris sprague train train-nerd
Comments
love these old trains, they just seem to ooze class...good to see you shooting film again too. The only thing that sucks is how you gotta scan it/tweak it..other then that unless you get a top DSLR, its much better.
air on 26th February 2011 @ 8:26pm
Cheers, AIR. I thinks it's the colours, the contrast and the visually appealing blown out highlights that ensure film still has a place in my fridge :) Besides, film just seems more fun.
S. Marshall on 26th February 2011 @ 8:26pm
fantastic, the difference film makes..
Gina Soden on 8th March 2011 @ 3:10pm
What a treasure.
Judah Morford on 8th March 2011 @ 8:02pm
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