These became French locomotives in 1920.

These were hauled diesel locomotives of class 218; in the winter coupled French locomotives were also sometimes used.

As the thought flashed through his brain, he heard the shrill shriek of the French locomotive.

In 1926, along with two other French locomotives 103 President and 104 Alliance, 102 was based at Oxford shed.

Kylchap exhausts are found on many French locomotives and also on a number of British ones.

By 1914 about 80% of French locomotives were equipped with a speed recorder.

Germany's heavily overburdened railway network was reinforced with 4,000 French locomotives, and 300,000 (over half) of her freight cars.

After the exhibition this locomotive took part in high-speed trials with a number of French locomotives.

The running number 79 001 was allocated in 1951 to the former French locomotive, 242 TA - 602, which had ended up in German hands after the war.

As Owen Barfield once said to me, " The trouble about insects is that they are like French locomotives they have all the works on the outside."