SNCF1 (ETAT2) 2-8-0 No. 140C 287
Gièvres, France 		Location: Association pour la Préservation du
Patrimoine et des Métiers Ferroviaires
Status: Stored
Abbreviation Expansion English
1 SNCF Société nationale des chemins de fer Francias French National Railway Society
2 ETAT Chemins de fer de l'État State Railways
Posted: Aug 11, 2023 @ 14:08:42 by Steve Frost, European Editor
This locomotive has the distinction of having hauled the last ever commercial steam operated train on French Railways on 24th September 1975. The train operated between Gray and Sainte-Colombe. It was not a glamourous "last of Steam" excursion, just an every day freight train.
Posted: Apr 29, 2019 @ 05:04:42 by richard west
This cannot be NBL 21024. More likely to be 21624.