France, Midi Rail Road, circa 1902, Medal, UNC; France, Midi Rail Road, circa 1902 Medal, UNC, 50th Anniversary Rail Road created in 1852. By L. Deschamps Silver 43x43mm. Cie des Ch-dF du Midi (CF du Midi), also known in English as the Midi or Southern Railway, was an early French railway company which operated a network of routes in the southwest of the country, chiefly in the area between its main line – which ran from Bordeaux, close to the Atlantic coast, to Sète on the Mediterranean – and the Pyrenees.