Product Features and Details
Diesel locomotive BB 62405 of the French State Railways.
¦ Version with faded paint
¦ Operating condition: 1999
¦ With PluX22 sound decoder
¦ In digital operation with switchable shunting light and individually switchable headlight or tail light
In the early 1990s, the SNCF needed used diesel-electric locomotives for the construction of new high-speed lines. 44 used 2400s were then purchased from the Dutch State Railways. The purchase contract included an overhaul by the workshop in Tilburg. By using two locomotives at each end of the trains, sufficient traction and thrust was available to travel up the gradients on the new line with the desired train weight. In the SNCF numbering system, the 2400s were assigned to the number series 60000-70000. The 62400s were soon nicknamed “Hollandaises” by French railway workers.
