France FR Poste and NMPP The french post and the NMPP (Presse Parisienne) had their own cars and (from the eighties for the Poste) DMU and TGV trains. Post car are divided in two types : "Ambulants" : little post offices : postmen sort letters during the travel. "Allèges" : only designed for the purpose of transporting post bags. TGV Postal The worlds fastest land postal transport ! There are two trains and a half (a third one was later created from a TGV PSE). Power car CouplPanto 4b5a 20051120 images/F_Poste/TGVP_M First livery. End trailer 4b5a 20051120 images/F_Poste/TGVP_RE First livery. Middle trailer 4b5a 20051120 images/F_Poste/TGVP_RI First livery. Power car CouplPanto 5a5b 20051120 images/F_Poste/TGVP2_M Second livery. End trailer 5a5b 20051120 images/F_Poste/TGVP2_RE Second livery. Middle trailer 5a5b 20051120 images/F_Poste/TGVP2_RIPL Second livery (one trailer out of two with small logo). Middle trailer 5a5b 20051120 images/F_Poste/TGVP2_RIGL Second livery (one trailer out of two with big logo). Power car CouplPanto 5a5b 20061008 images/F_Poste/TGVP3_M Third livery (2005 - 2006). End trailer 5a5b 20061008 images/F_Poste/TGVP3_RE Third livery. Middle trailer 5a5b 20061008 images/F_Poste/TGVP3_RISL Third livery (one trailer out of two without logo). Middle trailer 5a5b 20061008 images/F_Poste/TGVP3_RIAL Third livery (one trailer out of two with logo). First livery : TGVP Second livery : TGVP2 Third livery : TGVP3 DMU 8 units of the last EAD generation (440 KW, 140 Km/h). Bought to the SNCF when the service was stopped to be transformed into normal TER "Caravelles". X 94750 to 57 X 94750 4b 20060514 images/F_Poste/X94750_P1 Initial livery. X 94750 4b5a 20060514 images/F_Poste/X94750_P2 Second livery with "La Poste" logos (mid-eighties). Old types, 16m Allège type 1914 3b 20040627 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE16_1914 5 units. Allège type 1924 3b 20040627 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE16_1924 10m OCEM coaches 30 units. Smooth faces. Mixed 3b 20040627 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA10_TN Mixed diagram : ambulant / allège. Mixed 4a 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PAE10_B UIC numbers, brown roof. Allège prototype 3b 20040627 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE10P_TN One unit. The final transformation was without external change. 16m OCEM coaches OCEM coaches, smooth faces. Ambulants PA16 and allèges PE16 66 coaches for small lines, all built as "ambulants", but mostly transformed in "allèges". PA16 Souffl 3b 20200927 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA16_TN "Ambulants". PA16 Souffl 4a4b 20030302 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA16_B UIC numbers, brown roof. 3 of them were never modified as "allèges". PA16 Souffl 4b5a 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA16_J "La Poste" 1985 livery. PE16 Souffl 3b 20040310 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE16D_TN "Allèges" : first type of transformation of "Ambulants", during WWII by the germans. 13 units. PE16 Souffl 4a4b 20040310 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE16D_B UIC numbers, brown roof. PE16 Souffl 4a4b 20030302 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE16_B "Allèges" : second type of transformation of "Ambulants" from 1968-1970. PE16 Souffl 4b5a 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE16_J "La Poste" 1985 livery. Ambulants / allèges, AL type 27 coaches from the old Alsace-Lorraine railways.No pathways. AL 16 3b 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PAE16AL_TN Allèges 4a4b 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE16AL_B Transformed as "allèges" in the sixties. Allèges 4b5a 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE16AL_J_L 1985 "La Poste" livery. Allèges 4b 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE16AL_Y24_B Furtherly refurbished with Y24 bogies. 18m OCEM coaches Type 1924 Visible rivets. Allège type 1924 Souffl 3b 20021215 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18_TN Only for postal bags. Allège type 1924 Souffl 4a4b5a 20021215 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18S_B Only for postal bags, UIC numbers, brown roof. Allège type 1924 5a 20080928 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18_Y24_J Only for postal bags. "La Poste" 1985 livery, Y24 bogies, UIC pathways mounted on added boxes. Allège type 1924 Souffl 4a4b5a 20040104 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18a_B Equipped with a WC and a central window (for an escort postman). Allège type 1924 5a 20080928 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18a_J Equipped with a WC, "La Poste" 1985 livery, UIC pathways mounted on added boxes. Allège type 1924 5a 20080928 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18a_Y24_J Equipped with a WC, "La Poste" 1985 livery, Y24 bogies, UIC pathways mounted on added boxes. Type 1931 Smooth faces. Allège type 1931 Souffl 3b 20040104 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18FL_TN Equipped with a WC and a central window (for an escort postman). Old doors (till 1965). Allège type 1931 Souffl 4a4b5a 20040104 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18FL_B UIC numbers, brown roof. New doors Y24 bogies. Allège type 1931 Souffl 4a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18FL_JP Prototype livery from 1974. Only two units. Y16 bogies. Allège type 1931 5a 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE18FL_Y24B_J2 Y24 bogies. "La Poste" 1985 livery, without "PTT" logo. Allèges Méditerrannée Formerly "Malle des Indes". Smooth faces. Allèges Méditerrannée 3b 20031005 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PEMed_TN Allège type 1924 4a4b5a 20030112 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PEMed UIC numbers, brown roof. 21m coaches THE french post car, more than 300 units built at the end of the twenties. Most of these cars have visible rivet heads. Ambulants PA21 Souffl 3b 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA21_TN PA21 Souffl 4a4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA21S_B Rubber protections on the sides. PA21 4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA21B_B UIC pathways mounted on added boxes. Rubber protections on the sides. PA21 prototype livery Souffl 4a4b 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA21S_JP Prototype livery from 1974. Only one unit. PA21 white / yellow 5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA21_J 1985 "La Poste" livery. PA21 white / yellow 5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA21_J2 Without "PTT" logo. PA21 white / yellow 5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA21Y_J 1985 "La Poste" livery. Y24 bogies. PA21 white / yellow 5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA21Y_J2 Without "PTT" logo. Y24 bogies. Ambulants / allèges Ambulants transformed in the sixties with the add of a compartment for the transport of post bags. PAE21 Souffl 4a4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PAE21S_B PAE21 4a4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PAE21B_B UIC pathways mounted on added boxes. PAE21 blanc / jaune 5a 20120325 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PAE21_J2 1985 "La Poste" livery without "PTT" logo. Allèges Old ambulants transformed between 1961 and 1988. PE21 Souffl 3b 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21_TN PE21 Souffl 4a4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21S_B Rubber protections on the sides. PE21 4a4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21B_B UIC pathways mounted on added boxes. Rubber protections on the sides. PE21 Souffl 4a4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21SY_B Rubber protections on the sides. Y24 bogies. PE21 4a4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21BY_B UIC pathways mounted on added boxes. Rubber protections on the sides. Y24 bogies. PE21 livrée prototype Souffl 4a4b 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21SY_JP Two prototypes repainted in 1974. First unit. Y24 bogies. PE21 livrée prototype 4a4b 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21BY_JP Second unit with UIC pathways mounted on added boxes. Y24 bogies. PE21 white / yellow 5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21_J 1985 "La Poste" livery. PE21 white / yellow 5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21Y_J Y24 bogies. 1985 "La Poste" livery. PE21 white / yellow 5a 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE21Y_J2 Y24 bogies. 1985 "La Poste" livery, but without PTT logo. PE21 conteneurisée 5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PEC21Y_J2 Modified alleges (no more windows) for post bag containers. Y24 bogies, no "PTT" logo. Ambulants / allèges, formerly AL 10 units for the specific needs of the Alsace-Lorraine network, with an "allège" and an "ambulant" side. Smooth faces, no pathways. PAE21 AL 3b 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PAEAL21_TN PAE21 AL 4a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PAEAL21_B1 Tri-Paquets coaches Four specific coaches for parcel transport. Smooth faces. Tri-Paquets Souffl 3b 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_TP21_TN Allèges formerly Tri-Paquets Souffl 4a4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_TPPE21SY_B Modified in "allèges" in the sixties. Rubber protections on the sides. Allèges formerly Tri-Paquets 4a4b5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_TPPE21BY_B UIC pathways mounted on added boxes. Rubber protections on the sides. Allèges formerly Tri-Paquets 5a 20060714 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_TPPE21BY_J_L 1985 "La Poste" livery. 26m40 coaches Based on the latest sleeping-cars (MU). Ambulants 114 coaches. PA 26 4a4b 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA26_B Brown livery. Rubber protections on the sides. PA 26 4b5a 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA26_J 1985 "La Poste" livery. PA 26 5a 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PA26_J2 No "PTT" logo. Allèges PE 26 4a4b 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE26_B Only 1 unit built as an "allège". Brown livery. Rubber protections on the sides. PE 26 5a 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PE26_J2 1985 "La Poste" livery, no "PTT" logo. PE 26 5a5b 20080629 images/F_Poste/VP/Poste_PEC26_J2 10 "ambulants" coaches modified 1993 for containers transport. 1985 "La Poste" livery, no "PTT" logo. NMPP / Presse Parisienne CIWL 8-doors Former CIWL 8-doors baggages cars, bought to the CIWL in 1956/7 (8 or 11 units, depending from the sources). CIWL 8-doors 3b 20200927 images/F_P/NMPP_CIWL8P_E3 CIWL 8-doors 4a 20200927 images/F_P/NMPP_CIWL8P_UIC UIC numbers. CIWL 6-doors Former CIWL 6-doors baggages cars, bought to the CIWL in 1968 (6 units). CIWL 6-doors 4a 20200329 images/F_P/NMPP_CIWL6P UIC numbers. Ambulants OCEM 20m Anciens fourgons postaux. Ambulants OCEM 4a 20200927 images/F_P/NMPP_PA21_UIC Numéros UIC.