Then new SNCF Tracteur Y8057 trundles past a signalbox on the outskirts of Cherbourg in the summer of 1979. These diesel hydraulic shunting and trip locos were built from 1977 to 1990 and this particular example is still in service in 2012 based in Rouen.

Location: Cherbourg

Original line: SNCF

Photographer: Mark Bartlett

Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett

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Date: 1979

Image number: 41384

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