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unusual facts about Les Laumes



SNCF 240P

These 25 4-8-0s were created by 1940 to tackle the 1:12 gradient of the Les Laumes to Dijon division of the line from Paris to Lyon.


see also

Jean Dampt

Born in Venarey-les-Laumes as the son of a cabinetmaker, Dampt studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Dijon, then in 1874 under the leadership of François Jouffroy and Paul Dubois at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris .