Recognition
and Equipment information
Eurotunnel
Class 0
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Recognition
and Equipment information
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Eurotunnel
Class 0
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A
fleet of 5 diesel Bo-Bo locos are operated from either Cheriton or Coquelles
for maintenance of the Eurotunnel network or emergency rescue of either
a Shuttle, Eurostar or freight train from within the Channel Tunnel. The
locos based on the NS6400 series are fitted with a drop-head Scharfenberg
coupling. To enable the diesel locos to operate within the Channel Tunnel,
where the presence of diesel exhaust is not allowed, a 'scrubber' wagon
is hauled, into which the locos exhaust is funnelled by the roof mounted
stack arrangement. All five locos are painted in a yellow/grey livery.
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| Eurotunnel shunter 0004 is seen outside the shed F40 at Coquelles, France. The locos drop-head Scharfenberg coupler is in the lowered position. The pipe arrangement on the roof is the connection to an exhaust scrubber wagon. CJM. |
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