Volume, paper with card covers covered in buckram, Notes et Renseignements sur le material des Chemins de fer francais, manuscript volume dated as 1864 in pencil on the title page, author as yet unknown. Contains diagrams and notes on French locomotives from the 1840s to 1863, and smaller sections on tenders, wagons and rails. Mostly in French. The diagrams bear figure numbers as if intended for publication. Various sheets of notes inserted, including 'Special condiions for the locomotive in France', descriptions of the drawings, notes on the meaning of LSWR discs and headlights, and sketches of various rails and fittings. Includes diagrams of early locomotives by English manufacturers including Stephenson, Crampton and Sharp Roberts. Some diagrams hand-drawn, some taken from printed sources.