Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits is a Belgian-founded French company known for providing and operating luxury trains with sleepers and dining cars during the late 19th and the 20th centuries,
Logo prior to its acquisition by Newrest
Georges Nagelmackers, founder of the CIWL
Bond of the Comp. Internationale des Wagon-Lits et des Grands Express Européens S.A., issued 1. October 1919
Historic Wagons-Lits restaurant car in Austria in 2003.
Murder on the Orient Express
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Murder on the Orient Express is a mystery novel by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits
…Agatha Christie set two of her Hercule Poirot mysteries on or around CIWL trains: Murder on the Orient Express, set on the Orient Express. The Mystery of the Blue Train, set on the Calais-Mediterranée Express…
Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition
The railway station passenger terminal in Vinkovci, Croatia