Railcar X 212 was part of a class of 6 built in 1950-51 by the SCF-Verney company in Le Mans for SNCF meter gauge lines. Two of these railcars, including X 212, were delivered to the Corrèze network, the others to the Le Blanc-Argent (BA) line in central France. In 1967, the two Corrèze railcars were transferred to the BA.
Modernized in 1982-83 by the SNCF with four other units of this class (new motor and transmission, new inside furnishings, modifications to the bodywork), X 212 continued to run on the BA line until the early 2000s.

Still in SNCF ownership, it was entrusted to the CFBS and put back into service in 2012 in the red and cream livery typical of French railcars in the 1950s.
Upon seeing X 212, older passengers often refer to it as a “Micheline”. Actually, Michelines were railcars fitted with rubber-tyred wheels, designed by the Michelin company in the 1930s. But the nickname has held and came to designate all railcars in the 1950s to 1980s.

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