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Postcard showing locomotive No. 501, an Engerth system of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, built by Schneider in 1855. The reverse details its technical specifications: boiler pressure at 8.5 hpz, firebox area at 1.80 m², external cylinders with a diameter of 0.460 m and stroke of 0.640 m, total weight 6056 kg, total length 12.678 m, water capacity 6.7 m³ and fuel capacity 2500 kg. Published by NM « La Vie du Rail » in 1952, No. 91.