First class sleeping car ex-Compagnie Internationale des Wagon-Lits: 5194 72-10 103-8

In 1887, the need to connect Portugal to other countries gave rise to new services such as the Sud-Express, connecting Calais and Paris to Lisbon, through Madrid. This service was provided by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. Sud-Express and marked Portuguese society, linking the country to the centre of Europe. In the 1960s, it became a symbol of Portuguese migration. This coach operated in the principal luxury trains of the company, such as the Orient Express (Paris-Istanbul) or the Taurus-Express (Istanbul-Baghdad). It came to Portugal in the early 1950s, for the Lisbon-Porto night service and Sud-Express (Lisbon-Hendaye). It was acquired by Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses in 1978 and was successively modernised in 1985 and 1992. It was used on Porto-Algarve services until the end of its career in 2000.