A SNCF freight train transporting cereals enters the service tracks near the Axereal silo in Vieuvicq, near Illiers-Combray in western France, on November 18, 2024. 'Fret-SNCF', a subsidiary dedicated to rail freight in France, will be dismantled and replaced on January 1, 2025, by two separate companies, Hexafret and Technis. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP via Getty Images)