Today we got carefully curated information about the delivery of the NMBS/SNCB HLE 18-19 series. If you have any information that could supplement this news item, please let us know!. Now lets go:
Of the HLE 18 series, 96 units are on order. At least 86 of them are now in revenue service, working all kinds of passenger trains. Unit. 1891 (first seen on 11.06) and 1895 (19.06) are the latest additions to the fleet of SNCB/NMBS.
The ones that are still missing:
1841: status unknown
1861: in Kinkempois depot (08.06)
1877: Schaarsbeek (17.06)
1888: used for the L2 test train on 12.06, in Kinkempois (16.06)
1889: used for the L2 test train on 12.06, in Kinkempois (16.06)
1890: in acceptance procedure, in Kinkempois (13.06)
1892: used for the L2 test train on 06.06, in Kinkempois (16.06)
1893: in acceptance procedure, in Kinkempois (13.06)
1894: in acceptance procedure, in Kinkempois (13.06)
1896: in acceptance procedure, in Kinkempois (16.06)
All 24 locomotives of the HLE19 subtype, are still awaiting final acceptance. - ID
Alstom