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As I understand the French wikipedia article it was both.

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Another picture:

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I think that Verney was a builder of bus and bus modified for the SNCF !

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Two more, less known photos of this train:

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Re: Wendax 660
« Reply #29 on: January 25, 2020, 12:28:09 PM »
I guess you are right and my source (a French magazine) is wrong. The logo at the front convinces me. I had another train builder: Jourdain-Monneret.
Well, there must have been some strong connection to Jourdain-Monneret, as they featured this train on the title of their brochure together with the Autelec built by them:

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What a find - cool.