Once uniquitious, the nez-cassées are entering now their very twilight and most will be gone within five years and Class BB 7200 and 15000 are to ...

Once uniquitious, the nez-cassées are entering now their very twilight and most will be gone within five years and Class BB 7200 and 15000 are to go first, being mono system locos.

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Transiliem Z-5609 stands ready for departure at Paris Gare de Lyon on 19 September 2023.

During the Terug-naar-Tien festival 2023 VSM's 41 241 hauls a steam train to Loenen through Lieren on 3 September 2023

France / Electric locomotives / BB 22200

Once uniquitious, the nez-cassées are entering now their very twilight and most will be gone within five years and Class BB 7200 and 15000 are to go first, being mono system locos. Class 22200 will eek out a living for a few years more due to their dual-voltage. On 20 September 2023 SNCF 22265 stands at Lille-Flandres with a mundane regional train to Maubeuge.

Leonardus Schrijvers 09.10.2023, 106 Calls, 0 Comments

During the Terug-naar-Tien festival 2023 VSM's 50 3654 hauls a steam train to Loenen through Lieren on 3 September 2023

BiBi 84717 stands at Paris gare du Nord with a train to Calais on 20 September 2023.

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The SNCF BB 22404 wiht his TER from Marseille Saint Charles to Nice Ville by stop in Saint Raphaël. 24.03.2025 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

France / Electric locomotives / BB 22200

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On 23 May 2019 SNCF 22284 pushes a TER train out of Lille-Flandres toward Calais. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

France / Electric locomotives / BB 22200

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SNCF 22348 calls at Compiegne with a Paris--Maubeuge service on 17 September 2021. The 22200s are now in the twilight of their carrers and the beton grey livery also almost has diappeared from the French railway scene. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

France / Electric locomotives / BB 22200

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