SNCF main business of the SNCF Group, which in 2017 had €33.5 billion of sales in 120 countries. The SNCF Group employs more than 260,000 people. Since July 2013, the SNCF Group headquarters are located in a Parisian suburb at 2 Place aux Étoiles in Saint-Denis. The President of the SNCF Group is Guillaume Pepy. SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the TGV ("Train à Grande Vitesse", meaning "High-speed train"). In the 1970s, the SNCF began the TGV high-speed train programme with the intention of creating the world's fastest railway network. It came to fruition in 1981, when
SNCF Class 141R These four locomotives are protected as "monument historique" (national heritage objects). Five locos are based in Switzerland with two in working order: Another three are stored there as spare parts after the bankruptcy of the company in charge of their restoration. The three remaining locomotives are all the property of the SNCF, and are preserved as static exhibits. SNCF Class 141R The SNCF 141 R is a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives of the " Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français" (French State Railways). They were used all over the French rail network from 1945–1974. At the end of