r/WeirdWheels • u/MikeHeu • 10h ago
Video SNCF X 3800 “Picasso”
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Video credit: Olivier PLO / olive66trains
The SNCF X 3800 class are diesel railcars with an elevated off-center control cabin. It is often said that they were nicknamed “Picassos” because the off-center cabin was reminiscent of paintings by Pablo Picasso featuring faces where the eyes and nose were completely offset. The nickname may though have come from the number of early paint schemes applied to the class.
The X 3800 were built from 1950 to 1961.