Once in haulage of crack trains, SNCF Nez-Cassé locomotives are now in the twilight of their years and relegated to more mundae tasks, like 22263 ...

Once in haulage of crack trains, SNCF Nez-Cassé locomotives are now in the twilight of their years and relegated to more mundae tasks, like 22263 with an TER to Selestat leaving Strasbourg on 24

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VSM 2530 Bisschop (Bishop, due to the purple-pink colour) arrives at Amersfoort with an extra train on 8 June 2024.

Ex-DB 111 095 -in the 1983-1992 experimental Lufthansacoloyurs- has arrived at Köln Hbf on 21 June 2024.

France / Electric locomotives / BB 22200

Once in haulage of crack trains, SNCF Nez-Cassé locomotives are now in the twilight of their years and relegated to more mundae tasks, like 22263 with an TER to Selestat leaving Strasbourg on 24 June 2024.

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Side view on 146 231 at Offenburg on 23 June 2024.

NS 4215 stands aside at Amersfoort on 8 June 2024 and although she willsee action later on that day, the era of the Koploper EMUs is coming to an end rapidly.

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The SNCF BB 22397 leaves Geneva with its TER 96634 to Grenoble. The use of the once widespread "nez cassé" is declining sharply, so in Geneva I only found this pair of trains from the TER Grenoble-Genève-Grenoble (96605/96634), which runs with a BB 22200. August 20, 2024 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

France / Electric locomotives / BB 22200

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