SNCF Class Z 50000 SNCF Class Z 50000 The SNCF Z 50000 is an electric multiple unit train built by Bombardier Transportation (manufacturer's designation SPACIUM 3.O6) for the French rail operator SNCF, for use under Transilien operations in the Île-de-France. It is commonly called ‘Francilien’, and sometimes ‘NAT’ (for , which was its project name). In 2004, the STIF (regional transit authority) began the tendering process for approximately 180 new EMUs to replace SNCF's aging stainless-steel single-deck suburban fleet. This stock nicknamed "inox " (short for "[acier] inoxydable": stainless steel) comprised EMUs Classes Z 5300, Z 6100, Z 6400 and similar push-pull trainsets known
SNCF Class 141R ergonomic hitherto unknown to SNCF crews. Driving and firing controls were within reach while seated, with automatic coal feeding thanks to the mechanical stoker, and oil-firing was even easier. They were "banalisées" ("standardised"), that is, not assigned to a particular crew. On the 19 October 1975 the last 141 R in use with the SNCF, 141 R 1187 of Vénissieux depot, worked a special return working between Lyon and Veynes. Four locomotives of Narbonne depot were leased to the Hellenic State Railways from November 1973 to April 1974. Twelve 141.R locomotives have been preserved. Among them, in operating condition are: