SNCF B-B 67303 and a classmate throw up an exhaust plume as they climb the gradient out of Cherbourg heading south in the summer of 1979. Introduced in 1967 the loco was already twelve years old at the time of this photo and in 2014 was still in service, along with 30 other survivors of the once 90 strong 673xx Class.
Location: Cherbourg
Original line: SNCF
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 1979
Image number: 49119