are rich of more than 100 years of posters, historical photos, plans and communication material that represent a tremendous interest for cultural, academic or commercial projects. The greatest creators and artists have been hired by CIWL since 1883 in order to create luxury conditions and comfort in travel, as well as a particular graphic style that is now recognized worldwide by its quality. Great effort are made to digitalize images (photos, plans and posters), where as vast paper archives are preserved, waiting to be sorted and classified in a near future. As of today, available digital archives consist of more than 250 CIWL posters, 800 Paris–Lyon–Méditerranée (PLM) posters and more than 6,000 archives photos. Probably one of the most extensive poster collection in the world from the end of nineteenth century to the late 1950s. These archives are regularly used for all types of publishing and media projects. In popular culture 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. She also mentioned the Orient Express in one of her Parker Pyne short stories: “Have you got everything you want?”. Sidney Gilliat and Clifford Grey wrote the script for the 1932 British film directed by Walter Forde: Rome Express, set on the Rome Express. In 1991, David Copperfield performed a televised illusion which caused a recently restored "Orient Express dining car" (in fact an American dining car decorated in Wagon-Lits colours) to seemingly vanish into thin air. CIWL model railway cars have been manufactured by many companies including Märklin, Fleischmann, Trix, Lima (models), Jouef, Bachmann, France Trains, LS Models and Tri-ang. Rivarossi also produced very detailed models, discontinued in the late nineties, production restarted lately with the new society affiliated to Hornby. CIWL in different languages / Bulgarian: Компания на международните спални вагони и големите европейски експреси References Further reading illustrated account of the company and its services down to 1936 External links An abridged history Collection PPCWL of Wagons-Lits objects [*CIWL brand and archive image database Accor Railway companies of France International rail transport Railway companies established in 1872 Foodservice companies Railway companies of Belgium French companies established in 1872