Belgian Railways Class 28 (Bombardier)

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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:
• UIC	Bo'Bo'
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Bogies	Bo-Bo
Length	18,900 mm (62 ft 0 in)
Width	2,978 mm (9 ft 9.2 in)
Axle load	21.25 t (20.91 long tons; 23.42 short tons)
Loco weight	85 t (83.66 long tons; 93.70 short tons)
Electric system/s	1.5 kV DC 3.0 kV DC 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Transmission	Electric
Loco brake	Air
Train brakes	Air
Safety systems	ETCS

Performance figures
Maximum speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output	5,600 kW (7,500 hp)
Tractive effort	300 kN (67,000 lbf)
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. 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.

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 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.

2833 on an empty automobile train.
A pair of Class 28 hauling a Benelux train in the Netherlands.

References

^ "Angel Trains Cargo E186 series". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
"Bombardier 34483". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
"Bombardier 34833". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
"Bombardier 34411". Railcolor.net - Modern Locomotive Power. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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