Electrically driven train on Midi railroad. The three great railroads of France, the Midi, Paris Orleans, and the Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean have adopted extensive programs looking to the electrification of their systems, by the use of the waterpower of the country. The Midi, which is the most advanced, has thus far electrified 229 kilometers, its schedule calling for the electrification of 2,965 kilometers or three quarters of its system. The Paris-Orleans proposes to electrify 40 percent of its lines and the P.L.M. practically its entire system. The train shows here, which runs between Ville-France and Bourg-Madame, was equipped by the Societe Alsacienne de Constructions de Mecaniques, at Belfort