SNCF BB26145R (SNCF BB26000)

Among 234 units that belong to the 26000 series, only 14 are attributed to Strasbourg's depot.
Since 2006, these 14 locos have been modified and equiped of the push / pull system which allows them to push / pull express trains on the line between Strasbourg and Basel at 200km / h and some other trains on the Strasbourg to Nancy or Sarrebourg line.

Since 2 years, the Strasbourg's engines which now have reach the age of 20 years, are being renewed in a special "mid-life" operation in Nevers.
At this occasion, the locos which used to be paint in orange and grey livery, are repainted with a mix of blue and grey, completed whith a blue logo of the new "Grand Est" region.
The 26145R (R for reversibility), which is being repainted nowadays in Nevers, is viewed in septembre 2016 in Steinbourg with a corail train going to Nancy.

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