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Train set after the example of the SNCB set series AM54
Model
  • body: lithographic painted tinplate
  • colors: unique color scheme
  • wheels: trucks in zamac
  • coupler: small coupler
  • lettering: unit 228.069
  • two headlights
  • 2 static panto's

The catalog refers to a type 50 train set. But according to the numbering of this set, this is a replica of a set of type '54. Both types are very similar in construction.

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The real thing

EMU type '54 (or series 228) of the Belgian Railways
Constructed by BN (Brugeoise-Nivelles), Nijvel
Year of Construction: 1954
Number of units built: 78
Numbering 1954-1970: 228.050 - 228.128
Numbering 1970-: 051 - 128
Used current: 3kV DC
Maximum speed (Km/h): 130
The picture shows a unit in a color scheme which is more recent than that used on the Gils unit, which is the original painting scheme

Unit 081 in Brussels North on august 18, 1995
Unit 081 in Brussels North on august 18, 1995
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