Belgian_Railways_Class_28_(Bombardier)
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]
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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.
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