SNCB Class 20

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Class 20

2005 stabled at Luxembourg, 2007-08-13.
Specifications
Power type Electric
Builder BN/ACEC
Build date 1975–1977
Total produced 25
UIC classification Co'Co'
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Driver diameter 1,250 mm (49 in)
Length 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in)
Locomotive weight 110 t
Electric system(s) 3000 V DC
Current collection
method
Pantograph
Top speed 160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output 5,150 kW (6,910 hp)
Tractive effort 314 kN (71,000 lbf)
Career
Railroad(s) SNCB/NMBS
Class 20
Number in class 24
Number 2001–2019, 2021–2025

Class 20 is a class of electric locomotives operated by SNCB, the national railway of Belgium.

Prior to the introduction of the class 13s Class 20s were the most powerful NMBS/SNCB electric locomotives. They commonly work on the Brussels - Luxembourg services sharing duties with the CFL Class 3000s. Unusually for Belgium they are Co-Co locomotives. They have had a chequered past having suffered from a number of defects. The class also work freight services from Antwerp to Montzen.

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