Euro; SNCF & SNCB weekend 21Feb09 - 22Feb09

Mainline South

16th March 2009

Quick spin on the mighty Eurostar for a night in Lille via Bruxelles. Apparently the weather in England was superb, whilst it was grey and overcast during my visit!

I wanted to catch SNCF's Bo-Bo 676xx diesels, although only caught one at Lille Flandres, weekdays are much better than weekends for them. I didn't fare much better for the 167xx electrics, but caught a few running around.

Bruxelles was an enjoyable place to visit, probably better to visit on a weekday for the rarer locos, but still good.

252 at Bruxelles Midi on the 18.14 to Nivelle, 21Feb09 Buy Print	309 'Break' set passing through Schaarbeek, 21Feb09 Buy Print	689 deaprting Scharbeek, 21Feb09 Buy Print	SNCB Class 11, No. 1189 at Bruxelles Midi with the 18.15 IC express to Amsterdam Centraal, 21Feb09 Buy Print
Class 21, No. 2102 at Schaarbeek with the 16.06 IC Schaarbeek-Doornik/Tournai/Mouscron service. Buy Print	Schaarbeek Station 21Feb09 Buy Print	Platforms at Schaarbeek, 21Feb09 Buy Print	Train 843838 17.05 Lille Flandres-Tergnier hauled by 516603 at Lille Flandres, 22Feb09 Buy Print
516711 on the 10.17 Lille Flandres-Dunquerque, at Hazebrouck, 22Feb09 Buy Print	67605 at Lille Flandres, with an arrival from St Pol. Buy Print	Rare birds, A1A-A1A locos 68523 and 68527 stabled at Hazebrouck, 22Feb09 Buy Print