SNCB Class 15
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Class 15 Locomotives
Class 15 locos were original used for cross border services into FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, and like the class 16
SNCB Class 16
- Class 16 Locomotives :The class 16 locomotives were built to work cross border services from Belgium. They are equipped to run in France, Netherlands and Germany. They have been pushed from these workings by Thalys electric multiple units and now can be found working a few Commuter "P" trains....
they have become surplus after the introduction of Thalys
Thalys
Thalys is an international high-speed train operator originally built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains. Thalys reaches...
and Class 11
SNCB Class 11
The SNCB class 11 locomotives were built in the 1980s for hauling the Benelux trains between Brussels, Belgium, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. They operated in push pull mode - remote controlled from a leading driving carriage when at the rear of the train. They are numbered 1181 and higher to...
s. They now earn their keep on a few Commuter "P" trains in the Liège
Liège
Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....
area.
Before the January 1, 1971 renumbering, they were known in the six-number scheme as Type 150.