SNCB Class 28 (Bombardier)

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 UIC class Bo'Bo' Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) Bogies Bo-Bo Length 18,900mm Width 2,978mm 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 collection Pantograph Loco brake   Train brakes

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 Angel Trains Cargo Disposition In Service

The 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.^[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. "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.

External links

• Wallorail.be report