Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Bentley v. 'Train Bleu' race art, circa 1929

By celebrated artist Terence Cuneo, painted in 1970. Available commercially as a print.

The Blue Train's original incarnation was the Calais-Mediterranée Express, a French luxury night express train which operated from 1886 to 2003. It gained international fame as the preferred train of wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French Riviera during the interwar period. It was colloquially referred to as Le Train Bleu in French (which became its formal name after World War II) and the Blue Train in English because of its dark-blue sleeping cars.

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