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Class 16 NMBS/SNCB Class 16 loco 1606 at
Köln Hbf Type and origin Power type Electric Builder BN /ACEC Build date 1966 Total produced 8
Performance figures Maximum speed 160 km/h (99 mph) Power output 2,780 kW (3,728 bhp) Tractive effort 196 kN (44,000 lbf)
Career Operators SNCB/NMBS Class 16 Number in class 8 Numbers 1601-1608 Delivered 1966
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 displaced from these workings by Thalys electric multiple units and ended up working a few peak hour commuter trains until 2007 when they were withdrawn with two of them saved for preservation. When built they were classified as type 160.
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