Ah, yes, the tram that operated in the Netherlands, was built in Belgium and is currently located in France, at the Urban Transport Museum - which is run by the Association of the Museum of Urban, Interurban and Rural Transport. All of which stemmed from the idea of a Parisian Transport Museum (but not in Paris). Just as intricate as the French language itself. Well played, mes cousins d'outre-Alpes

@mattsmocs3281

3 жыл бұрын

It should be noted it is a St. Louis Car co PCC car by design

@obelic71

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattsmocs3281 lots of countries had PCC trams in service. In the Netherlands they were long in operational use so it makes sense to get a retirered PCC from the Netherlands.

@KapteinFruit

2 жыл бұрын

Top comment 100% :)

@piccalillipit9211

2 жыл бұрын

If its not gloriously complicated and improbable - its not French...

@rileycoyote4924

2 жыл бұрын

It's like the european version of the Illinois Railway Museum.

4:24 "How hard can it be to drive one of these things?" New headline: "Paris Transport Museum metro fire!"

@Mynervas

3 жыл бұрын

“Glass Pond” starts playing and a voice over begins: “On the 20th of July 2021, Tim was visiting the MTU when a fire broke out.”

@rosiefay7283

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

@namewarvergeben

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mynervas hahaha I'm clearly not the only one who has been binging Fascinating Horror lately ;) I didn't even know that's the name of the song and still "recognised" it

@R2k2

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosiefay7283 Famous last words. :)

Outrageous pedantry is such a beautiful phrase.

@aveekbh

3 жыл бұрын

Pieces of outrageous pedantry are what we (or at least I) love about this channel!

@derauditor5748

3 жыл бұрын

@@aveekbh #MeToo

@starfox6335

3 жыл бұрын

LOLOL!! Especially when you pronounce outRAAAAgeous with a soprano note in the middle!

@hapticflapjack

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, "outrageous pedantry" - I'm in!

A Paris transport museum not in Paris, missing part of the collection and only open at third Saturday of the month. Can't get more French that that LOL! :D

@CrippleX89

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps if they sold baguettes and wine, which they possibly do

@xouxoful

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t buy « French » being synonymous for « absurd ». The museum is called « musée des transport urbains de France » and well, people of the association are not paid to do that. So even if it’s once a month, thanks to them.

@luislaplume8261

2 жыл бұрын

Which is why I prefer American museums which has some trolleys from NYC and Philadelphia. Unfortunately Philadelphia has only a few subway cars preserved at trolley museums around the country, while NYC where I grew up has preserved vintage subway trains and a 1907 wood el train in in subway yards and in the NYC Transit Museum.

@richardbloemenkamp8532

2 жыл бұрын

One hint: if you intend to go there, call them up before. It's not my first time in Paris where something is closed due to 'petits vacances'. And if you call them they will probably tell you that either of course it is open or "no, exceptionally closed, even on the third Saterday of the month". Hats off, to the volunteers however who make these small museums work and overall I really can't complain about the number of great museums in Paris.

@tkautzor

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardbloemenkamp8532 until last Saturday, they'd been exceptionally closed for a year due to 'petits covid' and will probably close again soon due to that.

If I could give an extra like for the piano rendition of "O, o, Den Haag" (lit. "Oh, Oh, The Hague", basically a love song to the city) whilst showing the Dutch tram I would. However, you got my like at "and _obviously_ we're going to catch the bus".

@jaapsch2

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! I didn't notice that.

@vincentromezin8702

3 жыл бұрын

It's a classic from Tim's videos. I find myself wanting to like them several times during their course, and end up sad that I can't like MULTIPLE times.

@Quick_Fix

3 жыл бұрын

Good chance I once rode that old yellow HTM tram as a kid; I was even born in the "Statenkwartier". Thanks for the nice surprise @Tim! ♥️

@baskruitnl

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that O, O Den Haag on piano was epic!

@LeafHuntress

2 жыл бұрын

Tim, pandering again to the Dutch public... But like you i already gave a thumbs-up at _obviously_ (^.^)

Those the Hague trams have been sold to museums in many countries. There are two in the Hannover Tram Museum, Germany. Another one is now active in Belgium. The English National Tramway Museum also has one. Lastly the National Capital Trolley Museum near Washington DC owns one of these trams.

@coastaku1954

3 жыл бұрын

They are actually Licence built PCC Streetcars, the original PCC streetcars can be found in pretty much every Trolley/Streetcar museum across The US and Canada

@marco23p

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of European cities have used those PCC cars. It may well be that some French tramways used those same PCC cars, but that all that was available were the cars from The Hague.

@terinjokes

2 жыл бұрын

And San Francisco runs them on the E and F lines. Now that I've seen the lovely yellow color of Den Haag ones, I must make a request for one to be painted to match.

@jessiehuijsing7116

2 жыл бұрын

The Hague also has its own transport museum where i live next door to with a great collection of trams and buses from the 1900 till now definitely worth to check out if you're in The Hague.

@terinjokes

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessiehuijsing7116 Hopefully (relatively) soon!

A transport museum was once planned at Gare de Lyon, just next to the current ligne 14 station. That's why there is a large empty space on one side of the station, which has finally been filled with a nice tropical garden. The idea was cancelled because building a track between the museum and the existing metro system would have been extremely expensive.

@mattiasthorslund6467

3 жыл бұрын

And moving the exhibits into the museum without a track, say on a transport trailer, would be somehow inconceivable? It's done all the time.

@sirBrouwer

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattiasthorslund6467 to be far if it was connected to the rail network you could actually use the metro's. It's one think to conserve a train or other mode of transport fixed in place. but way more interesting would be to keep them functioning.

@unlapras9365

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattiasthorslund6467 Indeed, that's exactly what was done in Chelles. But the idea was to have a museum in dowtown Paris, juste beneath RATP's headquarter, which was a much more prestigious location.

I am living nearby since 25 years, and I had never heard of it before. I've discovered it today and... it's open tomorrow and the day after too ! It must not be a coincidence but a sign from above ! Thanks Tim !

@vitalyvolkov1618

Жыл бұрын

Hi! Have you visited the museum?

Tim, there's also Ademas, which has its own private collection of Paris Metros and is on the other side of the region in Versailles. They are located in the Matelots military camp. They also have huge steam-powered rail cranes. Surely you can get in touch with them and get a tour.

I was just getting over the “strict no smoking policy” when you hit me with the “surprisingly accurate sculpture of a banana” and “… no that doesn’t explain it either.”. 😂

Who doesn’t like a transport museum?

@ShadowDragon8685

3 жыл бұрын

_Boring_ people.

@ttaibe

3 жыл бұрын

The French, apparently.

@firesurfer

3 жыл бұрын

@@ttaibe Tres vrai...

@LeafHuntress

2 жыл бұрын

There's one i don't like. In Utrecht there's one i *loved* as a child & young adult, but then they decided to change it. Now it's basically one big play pit for small children to play with a sort of Thomas the Tankengine type of toy, that they also just happen to sell there. They still have the trains of course, but little explanation, like reading would be too much for visitors. And all the other stuff, ancient tickets, chairs, ticketmachines, uniforms etc. Those are all shoved to the side & unloved. The dumbing down of this "museum" was frankly insulting, even to the small person i was with, who wanted to know more about big trains on turntables, not terrible toys.

@millomweb

2 жыл бұрын

I think the best transport museum would be a mobile transport museum ;)

Another plug for Mulhouse's museums, another actual laugh-out-loud at "you're never more than five metres from an acronym", and a passing appreciation for the old Strasbourg tram glimpsed at 6:17.

A museum (to quote Dr Strangelove ) ‘… loses the whole reason if you don’t tell anyone, Why did you keep it a secret, WHY didn’t you tell the world!’

Came for the museum, stayed for the Thomas & Friends music. Fantastic video as always!

a) Very nice video, thank you b) One complaint: more video of the tram model layout. At least they can run. c) As a volunteer at a trolley(tram to you across the pond) I can understand the difficulties in running an operating museum. d) I remember seeing those open platform buses running in Paris in the late fifties. Yes, I'm old. 😜

@cheesedoff-with4410

3 жыл бұрын

Ted Moreland "b) One complaint: more video of the tram model layout." You'd have to watch to the very end or you'd have missed it. Yes, I want to see more. Perhaps there's some footage that will find its way into the Tim Noël Special?

Isn't the metro afraid of daylight? Or do they keep it in a special corner, surrounded by crosses and garlic to prevent it running away?

@PianoKwanMan

3 жыл бұрын

It's france. Bien sur, there are ropes of garlic around the metro

@offichannelnurnberg5894

2 жыл бұрын

This joke would work better if metro wouldn't run overground... Or am I naively assuming that every metro dips out in the open sometimes and paris metro is really 100% underground?

@quentintin1

2 жыл бұрын

@@offichannelnurnberg5894 most of the Paris Metro network is underground, you have 14 metro lines, but a few have some sections of rail open to air, namely: Line 1: open section of rail crossing the Seine between Paris and La Defense Line 2: 4 above ground stations east of Barbes, in the north of Paris, they cross the railway lines of the north and east stations as well as the canal saint-Martin Line 5: above ground stations at the Paris marina and the Austerlitz train station, rails above ground to cross the seine Line 6: goes above ground to cross the seine just south of the Eiffel tower, then continues above ground for 5 stations before returning underground for the Montparnasse station

@richardbloemenkamp8532

2 жыл бұрын

@@quentintin1 I knew somebody would know this better than me. ;)

@offichannelnurnberg5894

2 жыл бұрын

@@quentintin1 Ah now I remember I even made a video back when I was in Paris when the train crossed the Seine with Eiffel Tower in view.

I chuckled when it dawned on me which song you played during the tram from The Hague Part 🎶 " oh oh Den Haag" 🎶 Keep the vlogs coming !

I see other people have already mentionned that Mulhouse has a great train museum, but there is also a nice car museum there and a museum about electricity, so it might be worth a trip!

@AnnabelSmyth

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely. The car museum less than the train museum, which was the best railway museum I've ever visited, and that includes the National Railway Museum in York.

@robingray1302

3 жыл бұрын

@@AnnabelSmyth I would agree, the (ex Schlumpf collection) car museum is good but suffers from a surfiet of Bugattis (who'd have thought....), I also found the rail museum unexpectedly excellent !!

@uncinarynin

3 жыл бұрын

@@robingray1302 After visiting the car museum I used to think that Bugatti once was a very common brand. Only much later I found that they never really went into large series mass production.

@BlairdBlaird

2 жыл бұрын

Peugeot also has its own car museum which is quite nice. It's in Sochaux, so if you're in mulhouse to visit the train and car museums it's a pretty short hop.

3:40 I'm actually watching this from Den Haag now. Not in Statenkwartier though. Anyway, Den Haag also has an excellent public transport museum that you'd love, Tim. And in summer they actually ride through the city with their vintage trams.

@LPyourplay

3 жыл бұрын

And unlike the Paris Public Transport Museum, it's actually located in The Hague.

@PeterM_K

3 жыл бұрын

Did you notice the 'o, o, Den Haag' music at that timestamp?

@XEinstein

3 жыл бұрын

@@PeterM_K No I didn't, but I read it in another comment and looked back. Then I surely recognised it

@firelight193

3 жыл бұрын

And also in den haag is a car museum. And close by is a nice steam train museum.

The accordian version of the On The Buses theme was inspired! (likewise, Thomas The Tank Engine)

@malahammer

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say most of us got Thomas.....but couldn't place the other one :)

@Gatherersmusic

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure I heard allo allo too. This is a great ploy from Tim, gotta watch these video's twice...once for the story and once for the music....double the views 😃

@kevinmartin7760

2 жыл бұрын

I got On the Buses right away.

@TimeLordTrekkie96

2 жыл бұрын

And don’t forget the Playdays theme when Tim’s on the bus. I love the music in the videos, love working out what he’s playing, it always makes me smile.

@jacobsparkes9279

2 жыл бұрын

@@TimeLordTrekkie96 yes the play days theme was a pleasant blast of nostalgia from my childhood!

2:26 green Saviem bus on the right, I used to own and live one of those back in my new age traveller days. 2 speed auto meant it had a top speed of 50 ish kph. I bought it a s it is a standing bus so good headroom, but only test drove it around the bus yard and didn't know its top speed, still, i put 14, 000 km on it over 3 years. Paid 500 euro, and just changed the oil the whole time I owned it.

@hjalfi

2 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of converting a bus into a mobile home, but I'd be terrified of the poor mileage. Also, the tax.

@ForeverNeverwhere1

2 жыл бұрын

@@hjalfi milage isn't bad at all, I later bought a proper 55 seat long distance coach to live in, got 12 miles per gallon. But normally you drive them from long term park up to another, so don't so many miles.

@xouxoful

2 жыл бұрын

Well I used to ride those saviem as a kid to go to school in Lyon (late 80, early 90). A pure urban autobus, no need to go over 50-60…

3:29 the PCC trolley! I love those things! I forgot that some of them were built outside the US

I was about to say "how come I've never heard about this?" I guess I gotta use the transport to visit the transport museum

I remember visiting this museum in the mid-90s when it was still located at Porte Dorée in Paris. Back in the days it was run by enthousiastic volunteers who would drive vintage buses to get you from the metro station to the museum. I guess nothing except the location has changed in ... a quarter of a century. Vive la France! And merci Tim for this new great video!

@andycooke6231

2 жыл бұрын

We also visited it in the late 1980's, got to Paris by hovercraft and train via Boulogne, thanks for reminding me.

@philippekych1608

2 жыл бұрын

Was the same for me :D

Merci. Je suis un "geek" des transports en commun et je n'avais jamais entendu parler de ce musée. I really enjoyed your channel, keep the good work. Thanks again

You're totally right that there should be more of this kind of museum in and around Paris. Near me in Warwickshire, there's the Coventry Transport Museum, British Motor Museum, and the Midland Air Museum within 30 minutes. The London Transport Museum isn't the best known of those in the capital, but it is in Covent Garden! Pretty central compared to the Paris one!

If we are ever allowed to go to France again, that's definitely on my bucket list. Actually, I love amtuir's website - it is a real time sink, it's really, really good. Next best thing to being there.....

@jetaddicted

2 жыл бұрын

Pretend you’re Irish, you’ll have your chances 😉

This channel just makes my heart so happy, this is definitely going on my bucket list ❤️

@k.r.baylor8825

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Tim does a great job with camera, script, delivery, and adventure. He is thoroughly good at his craft. I love his channel!

If you want a car museum in France, we have the Musée Automobile Reims Champagne in Reims, 45 minutes from Paris.

@richardbloemenkamp8532

2 жыл бұрын

If you can get there in 45 minutes then you are probably starting from the very east of Paris in a race car at night. But I liked the museum even if it took me a bit longer and adding a visit to a Champagne house.

Hello and Bonjour ! Paris Transport Museum was in Paris "few" years ago ... I visited it as a child. Let's say we won't speak about my age ^_^ It's a super museum and I took many pictures, I spent a lot of pellicules (we say we won't speak about my age). once again thanks for this wonderful video ...

@tkautzor

2 жыл бұрын

it was never in Paris, it was in St-Mandé (Val-de-Marne), Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine) and now Chelles (Seine-et-Marne).

@kangaroo092

2 жыл бұрын

@@tkautzor yeees I was so young, my father drove and for me it appeared to be in Paris. Sorry ... It's so long time ago :-/

@tkautzor

2 жыл бұрын

@@kangaroo092 no need to be sorry, it was just 500m outside Paris. I also visited the same site as a kid about 40 years ago and have never been able to go back to see the collection as an adult.

Notice the Playdays/Playbus (Children's BBC) cover at the beginning 😄

Your the only VLOG that really make me feel like I am being a tourist. Please keep up the good work.

@k.r.baylor8825

2 жыл бұрын

As a Yank, I miss European travel. I can't wait until the borders open up again, and sanity is restored.

Hi, I'm so happy that you give some exposure to this wholesome museum from my home town. You would be surprise by how little people know about it even in the city :)

totally get the space issue for these museums. In Denmark, when the last steam engines were decommissioned in the 60s, it was decided that they had to keep one runnable sample of each model and a railway museum was set up in the big roundhouse in Odense. While that place is pretty big, trains take up a lot of space and the building just isn't big enough, so they have to store trains and wagons in various sheds all over the country and every year move equipment back and forth to swap out what's on display at the museum. They're supposed to take over an old freight yard that's no longer used so they can centralize where they keep all the equipment, but museums for any kind of vehicle really requires an awful lot of space

Great video! It was worth the wait! Thanks Tim!

"Obviously we're going to catch the bus." Me, taking one look at that bus: ...yes. That thing is gorgeous.

Those old Parisian buses were a favourite of Inspector Joules Maigret, because he could stand on the open platform to smoke his pipe. Mentioned in several Simenon books.

These old French buses are very charming to look at. I love the slightly crazy designs. Although London has a Transport Museum, you have to travel to Acton Depot to see the buses - and lots of signs and a few tube trains. But the most special thing is that the old buses are just sleeping. One time, during a major strike when almost no buses were running, they just got lots of antique buses out and put them into service. That was just spectacular. It was a foggy morning and seeing a Green Line single decker from the 50s emerge from the fog was special.

I think the "TIM" bus comes from my hometown of Morlaix (in Bretagne), TIM was the name of the transportation company a little while back (now it's called Lineotim apparently). I'm a little mind blown 😳 How did it get there? Hope you get a chance to visit Morlaix (a dying city with a nice bridge) and the Baie de Morlaix (absolutely beautiful!)

@user-ex3vb2lf5y

10 ай бұрын

Aw j'était là la semaine passée. J'adore morlaix en vrai, je m'y suis fais des copains tout les jours ahah

Actually spat my coffee out when he said “this, surprisingly accurate sculpture of a banana 🍌 “....! Love the irreverence as always, and glad they had 2005 “Tim” bus to reward your journey with!

I've also been constantly enraged that RAPT doesnt have a shop like the LT Museum does in London

@idealjohn

3 жыл бұрын

There used to be one at Chatelet metro station but it’s now closed. It was a great shop, lots of RATP souvenirs. I was gutted when I found out it had been closed down.

@EmericDavid

2 жыл бұрын

They actually opened an online shop a few years ago : ratplaligne.fr/en/

@idealjohn

2 жыл бұрын

@@EmericDavid Wow thank you. I had no idea about that !.

@k.r.baylor8825

2 жыл бұрын

@@EmericDavid They have a newsletter that one can sign up for, to remind oneself about cool holiday gift options.

One of your best ever, Tim!

Great video. Love it. Thank you for the subtitles

It's probably a similar story to most other transport museums run by volunteers. The cities can't be having prime real estate being taken up by something that doesn't provide tonnes of rent There used to be a museum in an old tram garage in Birmingham (granted, not central, but not far out by any stretch) but they had to move out 10 miles away and the lovely old tram garage is now yet another "banqueting suite"

Excellent as always.

I was just thinking today how I missed your “Hello and bonjour”. It always has the ability to make me happy (plus I know that I can enjoy a wonderful video).

brilliant, as always ...... thnaks

Thank you for taking us to another fun place. I needed that more than I thought today.

Hi Tim, thanks for another glorious video.

That Dutch tram looked vaguely familiar. Come visit the Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht. You’ll love it. There is also the Louwman Museum in The Hague, which displays vintage cars.

@offichannelnurnberg5894

2 жыл бұрын

It looked like an American tram, or vice versa maybe Americans ran European trams at some point. I just know that there have been "tramsactions" between the USA and Vienna at some point I don't know about Utrecht though.

My favorite laid-back Tim ✅❤️

Whenever you get back to the Netherlands. Please go to the dutch railroad museum. "Spoorwegmuseum" its really fun. And has plenty to do in attractions/expos depicting the entire history of the railroad

2:49 reminds me of that episode of Dad's Army, where Jone's van was modified to run on gas

What a magnificent collection and a terrific museum. Thanks for making this video and ALL your videos. I eagerly await each one! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

Yay! New Tim videos have become one of life’s great pleasures for me. Always fascinating, always entertains, always pedantic - which is the best way to be! Tim is the best narrator on KZread, too, and you get fun, exciting music as a bones. It just doesn’t get better than this.

Thanks for such a lovely video. Having told to self-isolate for 10 days, there was a glimpse of the many things to visit in the (near) future!

Excellent, thank you.

encroyable! again a great video! and yes i like your idea of one big transport museum in Paris !

Denver has the Forney Museum of Transportation, a small and underrated museum housing vintage cars, buses, several engines, and multiple types of wagon. Even a few small planes. It was once housed within the old trolley car powerhouse near downtown, but moved when that building was converted to an REI outdoor flagship store.

Things I appreciated on top of the usual fantastic video content. Your rendition of Playdays. Your district line mask. 👌

I don’t know why but watching your videos makes me smiling and kind of lighthearted every time :) Thanks a lot for that in these hard times. Wish I could go to the MTU sometime!

Great video Tim

3:41 Happy memories ! I used to take the line 12 to the beach or the station all the time !

Interesting upload Tim, what a remarkable place.

Tim, your videos about urban transit and urban oddities are my absolute favourite! Please never stop making these videos, you are my #1 France urban transit youtuber and I love the flair you put into your videos!

Thanks mate for this one 🇫🇷

You are a good person. Thank you for your entertaining and educational videos

I immediately gave a thumbs-up for the outrageous pedantry ❤️

As always, an intermittent, humorous contribution. - Cheers, Heinz

I love this. One of the funniest AND most informative AND most heart-warming videos I've ever seen!

tks for the tip! I would say you should go to air & space museum at the Bourget, but it's better know

Your videos =fun happy mood 💯👍

Awesome as usual Tim. Greetings from the high plains of Texas.

Charming museum. I love transport museums. I've been to one in Buenos Aires that operates on weekends. They include a half hour tours in some of their lovingly restored trams from different eras. The one I rode on was from 1912. It was a blast.

Eeeeek that bus!!! Just amazingly cool. All the buses! Thanks for sharing this video/adventure with me, much appreciated. 🙂🐿

I appreciate the Playbus and Thomas the Tank Engine themes 😂

This is brilliant, as ever. Thanks. I stumbled across a volunteer run transport exhibition when I was in Berlin a few years ago. Was on very similar lines (no pun intended!), opened one day a month. Couldn't believe my luck when I found that. Wish I could remember where it was exactly.

Very nice video, love it.

Tim, if you’re ever in California, the San Francisco cable car barn is a must see. It has lots of history, but even better, it has the actual cables that pull the cars!

No car museum and no train museum in Île de France, but both the automobile and railway museums in Mulhouse are absolute world class and definitely worth the trip (three Michelin stars).

What a gem! I know what I'll be visiting next time I'm near Paris.

The best back ground song ever when talking about the Dutch tram!! Ow ow Den Haag, mooie stad achter de duinen.. :) :). Big kudos to you Tim for finding that one out!

Loving the Playdays theme on the piano!

I wonder if the hovertrains in the Jean Bertin collection, and the mystery Citirama bonkers bus could both join this collection...!

Next time in Paris, will go. Great transport museums in Coventry UK and Invercargill NZ.

Your videos tend to make a bad day better, even if just for a little while. Thank you for making them

6:24 Oh look, those even are the original horses!

What's quite interesting about the yellow tram (I see it's already been noted by others in the comments) is that the design is quite an interesting thing from a historic viewpoint- it represents the final chapter in the history of the USA's attempt to bring the streetcar into the modern era. I highly recommend learning about the history of the President's Conference Committee streetcar. They were unable to win the fight against the shift away from electrified public transit, but the design and technology has left a legacy, and they were overall highly successful. Many outlasted their expected service lives, entering service in the 40s and early 50s, and remaining in use until as late as the mid 80s. The more modern Light Rail Vehicles that replaced them even took some inspiration from their successful design, especially obvious on the TTC's CLRV and the MBTA's Type 7 LRV.

Another great video. And who doesn’t like vintage buses ? Love the Cinzano advert. The gas as fuel was also used by some British buses in WW2.

What a great find! A nice collection of vintage equipment which will hopefully grow into a more accessible venue. Another terrific tour of trains and trams by Tim Traveller. I noticed a notice inside one tram, "defense de fumer et de cracher." I recall seeing vintage signs to that effect in Australian transit situations; apparently public spitting had to be pointedly called to task.

I visited this museum at their previous location (at the Saint-Mandé depot) in the mid 90s. That place was huge, and the whole collection was shown. Like this one, there was no publicity whatsover and you had to dig to know about it. If I recall, it was only open one or two days a week (better than currently). I was about the only visitor that day, and was able to talk to the museum's curator for up to an hour! (There was only like two employees/volonteers total at the time...). Thanks for this excellent video!! Eric Montréal, Québec. (I'm chasing transport museums everywhere I go)

That's awesome! What a cool museum.

Thanks Tim. Excellent as always. I visited the museum when it was at a previous site. It was excellent, but it had some British exhibits which it now doesn't have. A Glasgow tram which I think is back in Scotland and an AEC RT," Summer Holiday" bus, which I think also got thrown back over the channel. Can't imagine why they'd do that!! Oh hold on...I DO remember. There was a brand new Berliet- Renault double decker bus there that looked like it was being launched. The " old and the new", sort of deal, which is quite common. Nope. The curator told me, "Non. It ees an exhibeet". I asked why as it looked superb. He agreed. He said..".Joost look at eet. ". No one would ever use zem. Zey got scrapped, except zis one". I asked why, again.?. "Eet iz simpull. It just looks ....too British." We are mad.. but we hate you SO much, they'd wait an hour in the rain for an old draughty wooden seated single decker, than EVER set foot on that totally French built, but British looking, double decker. He agreed they were all NUTS!! I shook my head and walked away. True story.

I sincerely hope Tim can get in to view all of the busses 🚎 and trams 🚊! Cheers!

Great, yet another place I have to visit.

If you want to visit a proper transport museum come to Utrecht in the Netherlands 🇳🇱. They have a mini themed rollercoaster, different shows and a trip back in time.

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It is called "Het spoorwegmuseum" btw

If you ever get out of France again you really should visit the Berlin "Deutsche Technik museum" to see how a museum you describe could look like and a whole lot more. I mean they have an aircraft hanging over the roof, lots of trains, boats, other technical stuff (figures) and also an old beer brewery on the premise.

I appreciated the Playdays theme snuck in there Tim!

I must admit, I always appreciate the background music in your videos :D Stay safe!

Hey Tim! You should definitely check out the Cité du Train in Mulhouse, if I recall correctly they have some Paris metros there… and so much more!