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NMBS/SNCB is an autonomous government company, formed in 1926 as successor to the Belgian State Railways. From 1942 to 1944, amid Nazi Germany's occupation of Belgium, the company was paid 51 million Belgian francs by the Nazi Germany to send 28 trains carrying 25,843 Jews and Roma people to Auschwitz where only 1,195 survived. [ 2 ]
Local (L) trains (Lokale treinen / trains Locaux)–A local service calling at all stations along the route. Regional (S) trains–A suburban service calling at all stations along the route. To cater for the large number of commuter workers, especially into Brussels, complementary peak-hours trains run on mornings and late afternoons of working ...
NMBS/SNCB Class 41 DMUs are diesel multiple-unit trains operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). They are the standard train for Belgian internal workings which cannot be worked by EMUs. They work under the 25 kV electrification in the South of Belgium as well as on the non-electrified lines in the North.
NMBS/SNCB Classical twin EMUs (also referred by their construction year - AM39 for "Automotrice 1939" up to AM79 for the last units from 1979; or MS39 to MS79 for the Dutch-language equivalent "Motorstel") were electric multiple unit trains operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).
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]
It was the leading unit of a train formed of units 449 and 442. During recovery operations, the unit broke free from the train and ran away, killing two people and seriously injuring two more. After travelling for 14 kilometres (8.7 mi), it collided at Strépy-Bracquegnies with a passenger train operated by two Class 96s including unit 483 ...
They were seen across Belgium on passenger and freight trains until they were retired. There was no difference in power between the classes as they all used the same electric motors and control equipment. Class 22 was originally designated as Type 122 prior to introduction of the 1971 numbering system. The original numbers were 122.001-122.050.
No class 51s remain in service with NMBS/SNCB although a number have been preserved. [1] [page needed] 5117 PFT; 5120 CFV3V; 5128 PFT; 5149 PFT; 5166 SNCB, Schaarbeek Depot; 5183 PFT; Some remained active abroad: 5175 Seen in Sicily July 2017; 5132 Spotted in Sicily April 2018 [2]