SNCF CC72084 (SNCF CC72000)

A few months ago, the X73516 suffered from fire on one its boggie after a brake incident. The autorail had then to be repaired, but because this type of works was impossible in Strasbourg (its official depot), it was conveyed to Nevers in Bourgogne.

In june 2018, the " X " which had been repaired was autorized to circulate again.
Except one problem... all the autorails from the X73500 serie have a special recomandation in France. Indeed, because they are too light, and because they only have 4 axles, they regularly had circulation problems (railroad crossings that didn't close, signals or junctions that didn't detect the train, some having caused deadly accidents). SNCF has now the obligation to make all these autorails circulate in multiple units.

That means that to bring back the X73516 to Strasbourg, 2 other autorails would have been necessary. Since non was available for this type of routing, it was decided to pull the 516 with a good old diesel : 72084. The train is viewed in Raedersheim on the way to Strasbourg.

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