Presented at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889, the Gr 552 locomotive was reliable and fast. This was why it was chosen to tow trains on the most important routes of Italy. After the opening of the Frejus between France and Italy in 1871, it towed every week from Milan to Brindisi the "Indian Mail", the famous train connecting London to Bombay, which was made up of a postal carriage, two sleeping cars and a dining car.
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