Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea of the premiere adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth". The description of Nemo's ship, the "Nautilus", was considered ahead of its time, as it accurately describes features on submarines, which at the time were very primitive vessels. A model of the French submarine "Plongeur" (launched in 1863) was displayed at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, where it was studied by Jules Verne, who used it as an inspiration for the novel. The title refers to the "distance traveled" while under the sea and
Jules Verne (train) stock was a rake of SNCF Mistral 69-type , being an A4Dtux, two A8u, two A8tu, one A3rtu and one Vru. On 10 May 1982, the train's rolling stock was replaced by SNCF , which were otherwise in the same formation. The Grand Confort coaches were painted in a distinctive red, orange, light grey and slate grey livery. Throughout the "Jules Verne"s existence, its dining car was staffed by the "Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits" (CIWL). Jules Verne (train) The Jules Verne was an express train that linked Paris and Nantes in France. Operated by the "Société Nationale des Chemins de