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. 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 NMBS/SNCB number series, 2801 to 2843.
It was planned that they would work passenger services between Amsterdam, Brecht, Brussels and Antwerp. 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.
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) 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 NMBS/SNCB and numbered as 2861 & 2862.
2861 ex E 186 183-0 2862 ex E 186 181-4
They have been joined by E 186 424, covering for locomotives away for maintenance.
References
External links
NMBS/SNCB Class 28 profile on Trainspo