SNCF Society

A society that is well worthwhile joining is the SNCF Society. It has a French group of members but primarily it's a UK group of enthusiasts who promote anything connected with French railways: models; excursions to France; an archive of photographs of French rolling stock/railway buildings etc.

They have their own excellent quarterly magazine which contains articles submitted by members about visits to sites of interest re French railways - from what is happening now to old disused branch lines - always accompanied by  photographs that one could use as an inspiration for a model layout.

www.sncfsociety.org

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