Belgian Railways Class 28 (Bombardier)
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![]() Bombardier TRAXX locomotive E186 124 exhibited during the NMBS/SNCB open days at Antwerpen-Noord workshops. This locomotive is now renumbered to 2802. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The NMBS/SNCB Class 28 number series has been brought back into use for 43 Bombardier TRAXX locomotives which have been hired from Angel Trains Cargo for use with B-Cargo, the freight division of NMBS/SNCB, since renamed Lineas.[1] They are numbered in two series - they carry their original numbers, E186 123 to E186 125, and E186 196 to E186 220, and have also been numbered into the SNCB number series, 2801 to 2843.[1]
It was planned that they would work passenger services between Amsterdam, Brecht, Brussels and Antwerp.[1] Several are now running on push-pull Benelux trains, alongside NS Class 186 (NS TRAXX F140 MS). These trains have a locomotive at each end ; some trains feature a Class 186 at one end and a Class 28 at the other one.
They also work on the heavy freight corridor between Aachen-West, Antwerp, and Zeebrugge.
The original Class 28 locomotives were produced by Baume-Marpent in 1949.
Class 29
[edit]5 TRAXX F140 MS locomotives especially prepared for operations into France were numbered 2901 to 2905.
- 2901 ex E 186 346-3
- 2902 ex E 186 347-1 (now with Fret SNCF)[2]
- 2903 ex E 186 348-9
- 2904 ex E 186 349-7
- 2905 ex E 186 350-5
2861 & 2862
[edit]During 2015 two additional TRAXX F140 MS locomotives were hired by SNCB and numbered as 2861 & 2862.
They have been joined by E 186 424,[5] covering for locomotives away for maintenance.
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2833 on an empty automobile train.
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A pair of Class 28 hauling a Benelux train in the Netherlands.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Angel Trains Cargo E186 series". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
- ^ "Bombardier 34483". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Bombardier 34833". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Bombardier 34411". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Bombardier ?". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
External links
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