The golden age of rail travel. I would’ve loved to be on that train.

“Recently unearthed vintage photographs from more than 50 years ago reveal how the night train from London to Paris operated in order to move across the Channel.

The black and white images show a passenger hanging his coat up in a compartment on the train, another settling down in her bed for the night and passengers waiting at Dover before taking the night train back to London Victoria.

Also among the collection are images showing the ferry boat from Dover to Dunkirk being loaded with passengers from the night train carriages, chefs in the kitchen serving a dining car on the London-Paris night train and passengers disembarking at the Gare du Nord in Paris.

The remarkable photographs that have now been brought back to life were taken aboard the London-Paris train service in 1952…”

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Thanks for posting. Had never heard of such a train. I see that smoking in bed was OK in the early 50s.

Holy cow, they would load the train onto a ferry? I have never heard of that before. Very cool - thanks for sharing.

Love that locomotive, what a great picture.

Pretty good photography as well.