It was the Belgian Georges Nagelmackers, who discovered the sleeping-car concept in the United States and decided to combine it with the luxury of transatlantic liners to create luxury night trains. He founded the “Compagnie internationale des wagons-lits” in 1876, which became the “Compagnie internationale des wagons-lits et des grands express européen” in 1884. The first journey of the Express d'Orient took place in 1883 from Strasbourg to Constantinople (Istanbul). The train was already commonly called the Orient Express. The Orient Express stops in 2009 (aviation, the cold war, the TGV will have got the better of it). In 2011, the SNCF bought 7 cars with the aim of creating the new Orient Express within 10 years. The new Orient Express should be launched in 2024 and connect Paris to Vienna. Drawing with colored pencils on A3 sheet.