NMBS/SNCB Class 28 (Bombardier)

NMBS/SNCB Class 28
Bombardier TRAXX locomotive E186 124 exhibited during the NMBS/SNCB open days at Antwerpen-Noord workshops. This locomotive is now renumbered to 2802.
Type and origin
Power type DC Electric
Builder Bombardier Transportation
Model TRAXX F140 MS2
Build date 2007-2009
Total produced 43
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UIC Bo'Bo'
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Bogies Bo-Bo
Length 18,900 mm (62 ft 0 in)
Width 2,978 mm (9 ft 9.2 in)
Axle load 21.25 ton
Loco weight 85 ton
Electric system/s 1500 V DC
3000 V DC
25 kV 50 Hz AC
15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC
Current pickup(s) Pantograph
Performance figures
Maximum speed 160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output 5600 kW
Tractive effort 300 kN
Factor of adh. 2.8 (35.7%)
Career
Operators B-Cargo
Class 28
Number in class 43
Numbers 2801-2843
Delivered 2007-2009
Current owner Alpha Trains
Disposition In service

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 Brecht and Antwerp,[1] but so far, this has been done by SNCB Class 13 locos. Therefore, their primary use remains the heavy freight corridor between Aachen-West, Antwerp, and Zeebrugge.

The original SNCB Class 28 locomotives were produced by Baume-Marpent in 1949.

Class 29

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

During 2015 two additional TRAXX F140 MS locomotives were hired by SNCB and numbered as 2861 & 2862.

  • 2861 ex E 186 183-0[3]
  • 2862 ex E 186 181-4[4]

They have been joined by E 186 424,[5] covering for locomotives away for maintenance.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Angel Trains Cargo E186 series". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Bombardier 34483". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bombardier 34833". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bombardier 34411". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bombardier ?". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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