16705, 25585 & 25553 Sotteville 24 05 2011
3 Dancers awaiting their fate in the Sotteville Yard loco graveyard.
All sitting on Road 8 in a line of 35 different Jacquemins and Dancer Eloks.
16705 is a BB16500: Dancers built by Alsthom (now Alstom) at Belfort between 1958 and 1964.
294 were built and over half had been withdrawn by the mid 2000's, after averaging around 5 million kms.
They were geared either for suburban lines at 100 km/h or semi fasts IC services at 140 km/h.
The last of the class were retired in 2011 after a working life of around 50 years.
25585 and 25553 are BB25500: The next generation of Dancers built from 1964 to 1976.
194 of these were built as needed and the least of the class were withdrawn in June 2018.
History of the 3 locos:
Big thanks as usual to Christophe Hespel for his trainsso.fr database 🙏
Also grateful thanks to all the French photographers who photted and posted the convoy moves for these locos 🙏 🙏
16705:
Delivered by Alsthom to SNCF on 10/01/1963 and withdrawn from Lens Depot on 04/07/2010 (after 5,732,740 kms).
Arrived in the Graveyard on CMR Convoy ??: Lens to Sotteville behind 16745 on 27/07/2010.
After almost 7 years in the Graveyard, 16705 was moved on CMR Convoy 461980: Sotteville to Woippy (ArcelorMittal SSC, Woippy sidings) behind 72158 on 02/05/2017.
Logged at Wioppy again on 30/07/2017, but was then moved soon after to Baroncourt for scrapping.
25585:
25585 was built by Alsthom and delivered to SNCF on 01/03/1972.
It was withdrawn from Vénissieux Depot on 13/12/2009, (having travelled 4,183,785 Kms).
25585 was first logged at Sotteville on 13/11/2010.
Its last Graveyard sighting was in August 2011 and its move to the scrapyard isn’t logged.
25553:
25585 was built by Alsthom and delivered to SNCF on 06/01/1967.
It was also withdrawn from Vénissieux Depot on 13/12/2009, (having travelled 4,856,634 Kms).
Like 25585, 25553 was first logged at Sotteville on 13/11/2010.
Its last Graveyard sighting was on 21/02/2012 and its move to the scrapyard isn’t logged.
NB: The 3 approved asbestos removal scrapyards at the time are in the album info section.
Any confirmation, of extra details for my database, is gratefully received 🙏 🙏
16705, 25585 & 25553 Sotteville 24 05 2011
3 Dancers awaiting their fate in the Sotteville Yard loco graveyard.
All sitting on Road 8 in a line of 35 different Jacquemins and Dancer Eloks.
16705 is a BB16500: Dancers built by Alsthom (now Alstom) at Belfort between 1958 and 1964.
294 were built and over half had been withdrawn by the mid 2000's, after averaging around 5 million kms.
They were geared either for suburban lines at 100 km/h or semi fasts IC services at 140 km/h.
The last of the class were retired in 2011 after a working life of around 50 years.
25585 and 25553 are BB25500: The next generation of Dancers built from 1964 to 1976.
194 of these were built as needed and the least of the class were withdrawn in June 2018.
History of the 3 locos:
Big thanks as usual to Christophe Hespel for his trainsso.fr database 🙏
Also grateful thanks to all the French photographers who photted and posted the convoy moves for these locos 🙏 🙏
16705:
Delivered by Alsthom to SNCF on 10/01/1963 and withdrawn from Lens Depot on 04/07/2010 (after 5,732,740 kms).
Arrived in the Graveyard on CMR Convoy ??: Lens to Sotteville behind 16745 on 27/07/2010.
After almost 7 years in the Graveyard, 16705 was moved on CMR Convoy 461980: Sotteville to Woippy (ArcelorMittal SSC, Woippy sidings) behind 72158 on 02/05/2017.
Logged at Wioppy again on 30/07/2017, but was then moved soon after to Baroncourt for scrapping.
25585:
25585 was built by Alsthom and delivered to SNCF on 01/03/1972.
It was withdrawn from Vénissieux Depot on 13/12/2009, (having travelled 4,183,785 Kms).
25585 was first logged at Sotteville on 13/11/2010.
Its last Graveyard sighting was in August 2011 and its move to the scrapyard isn’t logged.
25553:
25585 was built by Alsthom and delivered to SNCF on 06/01/1967.
It was also withdrawn from Vénissieux Depot on 13/12/2009, (having travelled 4,856,634 Kms).
Like 25585, 25553 was first logged at Sotteville on 13/11/2010.
Its last Graveyard sighting was on 21/02/2012 and its move to the scrapyard isn’t logged.
NB: The 3 approved asbestos removal scrapyards at the time are in the album info section.
Any confirmation, of extra details for my database, is gratefully received 🙏 🙏