The voiture État, nicknamed hen-house due to is numerous windows is a type of railway

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. These cars disposed of an indestructible chassis below a wooden frame and equipped with a door for each compartment. The cars were built from 1902 to 1927 by the

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(later incorporated in the

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) for use on omnibus and intercity services of the company. 488 cars were modernised from 1952 to 1961 with a replacement metallic frame in replacement of the wooden one as well as the construction of a central corridor. Only a very few coaches remain in preservation, most of which at Pont-Erambourg.

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