Port-de-Piles

SNCF electric BB 9223 hurries an express south through Port-de-Piles station on the main line from Le Mans in 1979. The class was built from 1958 to 1964 and some remain in front line service on SNCF in 2013. This particular locomotive was the prototype for a HO gauge Marklin model.

Location: Port-de-Piles

Original line: SNCF

Photographer: Mark Bartlett

Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett

Contact editor

Date: 1979

Image number: 42917