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Re: AM66 - AM70 Commuter trains
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Fri, 25 Jun 2004 22:31:00 GMT
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ludo soete wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I posted this evening some pictures of 2 Belgian commuter trains.
> Those are both verry familiar, but have some minor differences.
> The commuter trains are the AM66 (Red) and AM70 (Blue - with labels).
> Both are stil in service, but most of those commuter trains get a complete
> update and are now repainted in a silver gray color.
> The blue AM70 served as a commuter train between cities and the national
> airport of Brussels.
> In 1978, the official loge from the Belgian railroad was replaced with the
> word ' SABENA', name from our former national airline company.
> In 1988, this word was once again removed and replaced with 'AIRPORT CITY
> EXPRESS'. The AM70 in no longer used for traveling between the cities and
> the airport. This one has been replaced with newer comuter trains from the
> AM80 serie.
They look awesome! Specially the AM66 really managed to capture the look of
the real train.
This reminds me, I need to go do some railscouting in Belgium soon, before
all is repainted.
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