L'Aigle (The Eagle) was designed with the largest wheels ever fitted to a French locomotive at 9ft 4in. It was built in Batignolles by Gouin et Cie in 1855 and in that year appeared at the International Exhibition in Paris.

http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/aigle/aigle.htm

Newsflash: terrorists strike France again, 84 dead. Dozens wounded. Truck used at high speed to run over crowd celebrating Bastille Day

A truck driver plowed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day (its national day—July 14) in Nice, France, killing dozens.

What we know:
 - At least 80 people are reported dead and 18 critically wounded
 - The driver of the truck fired shots
 - The driver was killed when police fired on the vehicle
 - The truck was loaded with weapons and grenades


A truck driver barreled for more than a mile through Bastille Day revelers thronging the famed seaside promenade here Thursday, killing scores of people and sending a terror-scarred nation reeling again.

The driver slammed the massive vehicle, which an official said was loaded with explosives and weapons, into a crowd packed with families that had come to see the celebratory fireworks, leaving bodies in his wake.

The rampage in Nice came less than two weeks before Mr. Hollande planned to lift a national state of emergency imposed after Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. The emergency status had been extended twice since then.

After Thursday’s assault on the Riviera, he extended it for another three months, and said 10,000 soldiers would be deployed to help police and gendarmes bolster security throughout France.

“The whole of France is under the threat of Islamist terrorism,” the president said. “In these circumstances, we have to show complete vigilance and a flawless determination.”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/truck-attack-kills-dozens-in-nice-france-1468544903?tesla=y&mod=e2fb

http://abcnews.go.com/International/nice-lockdown-amid-fears-terror-attack/story?id=40590537

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3691019/Several-people-injured-truck-crashes-crowd-Bastille-Day-celebrations-Nice.html

the Curse of the Atalante, Adventures of Betsy

curious and fearless Betsy is challenged to investigate a Bugatti Atalante that seems bewitched, since it caused the death of its former owners. This rare car coveted by collectors is the starting point of a classic adventure drawn by Jerome Phalippou.

https://www.amazon.com/Aventures-Betsy-Sortil%C3%A8ge-lAtalante/dp/2888907356/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466099142&sr=1-1&keywords=9782888907350
via http://www.gazoline.net/article2.php?id_article=2152