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SNCB Class 55

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Power type
  
Diesel

Build date
  
1961-1962

AAR wheel arr.
  
Co-Co

Builder
  
BN/ACEC/SEMG

Total produced
  
42

SNCB Class 55

Gauge
  
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in)

The SNCB Class 55 is a SNCB diesel locomotive.

Six of these locomotives (5501, 5506, 5509, 5511, 5512 and 5514) are outfitted with TVM 430 signaling and a Scharfenberg coupler. This is for hauling broken-down or unpowered TGVs on line 1. They display a horizontal red band and the letters "TVM".

References

SNCB Class 55 Wikipedia