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Postcard showing a Thaille locomotive displayed at the 1900 Exhibition at the Eiffel Tower, designed to haul trains of 180 to 200 tonnes at 120 km/h, but abandoned after tests in which the engineer was killed. The reverse details its technical specifications: heating surface, wheel diameter, empty and loaded weight, and bears the publisher P. FLEURY 43, AV. DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE, PARIS.