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Would an SNCF 231 G have at any time pulled the Train Bleu?

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The PLM main line was progressively electrified from 1949 onwards, reaching Marseille in 1962. Marseille - Menton - Ventimiglia was completed 1965-1969. A lot of the PLM pacifics were transferred away to other regions of SNCF including the Nord. They certainly worked the Calais portion of the 'Train Bleu' to Amiens - and other boat trains including the 'Flèche d'Or.
 
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PLM Pacifics would have hauled Le Train Bleu all the way from Paris to Marseille until 1952, and (after electrification as far as Lyon) south of Lyon from 1952 to 1962.
 
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Sir Felix Pole said:
The PLM main line was progressively electrified from 1949 onwards, reaching Marseille in 1962. Marseille - Menton - Ventimiglia was completed 1965-1969. A lot of the PLM pacifics were transferred away to other regions of SNCF including the Nord. They certainly worked the Calais portion of the 'Train Bleu' to Amiens - and other boat trains including the 'Flèche d'Or.
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Wasn't CIWL stuff generally reserved for the top-link locos?
 
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