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Title	Fleche d'Or, Golden Arrow, Paris
Creator	Wide World Photos
Date	ca. 1926
Decade	1920-1929
Part Of	David Goodyear collection of foreign railroad photographs
Place	Paris, France
Description	This photograph depicts the up ''Fleche d'Or,'' Golden Arrow, coming into the Paris Nord station not long after the service started. The train was number 78 for many years. The engine of the first series (a Breville Pacific) has not yet received smoke deflectors and still is running with an ''armistice'' tender. Source: Collyns, Adrian H. Northern Steam Vapeurs du Nord. DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, 2003.
Notes	Verso: [handwritten] Golden Arrow Lvg. No. Sta., Paris, For Calais. N. of France 231-C Etat 1923. [stamped] Wide World Photos Bureau de Paris Photograph Copyright in The United States By The New York Times. 439495.
Related Resources	MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1855447
Keywords	railroads; railroad trains; railroad locomotives; tenders; Pacific locomotives; CF du Nord
Physical Description	1 photograph: black and white; 15 x 23 cm.
Locomotive/Car Number	Locomotive 78
Railway Line	Chemin de Fer du Nord
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2012
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution	Archival scan: 5517 w x 3652 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (recto); 5517 w x 3652 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (verso)
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tifs; service master recto optimized using exposure adjustments; derivative resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Box/Folder Number	Box 24; Folder 1
Call Number	Ag1983.0266
Upload File Name	ag1983_0266_24_01_11r_fleche_sm_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	ag1983_0266_24_01_11r_fleche.tif; ag1983_0266_24_01_11r_fleche_sm.tif
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\Ag1983-0266
Digital Collection	Railroads: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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