Stagecoach Cumberland ADL E20D - ADL Enviro200 is seen at Penrith railway station working a 508 to Penrith.
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Photo 3 of 3:
63636 still has its original red SNCF numberplate. Like its still attached SNCF badge on the nose, this was a rarety by 2011.
Most of the class were repainted in the Arzens livery and lost this numberplate and the badge.
Detailed history of this loco is on Photo 1 of 3 (linked in the comments).
Photo 1 of 3:
SNCF BB63500 diesel loco 63636 in its battered original livery awaiting its fate at the Sotteville Graveyard.
Photos 2 and 3 are of its original badge and numberplate – both very rare by this time.
Links to those photos are in the comments on this photo 👍
63636’s History:
Big thanks as usual to Christophe Hespel for his trainsso.fr database information🙏
63636 was built by Brissonneau & Lotz and delivered into service with SNCF on 10/07/1958.
It was first logged in the Graveyard from Villeneuve St. George Depot on 29/08/2010 after 52 years of service.
The 580 strong BB63500s were built for over 15 years between 1956 and 1971.
Most of the class are withdrawn, though a few were rebuilt in the early 2010s as BB64600s and are still active in 2026.
Quite a few in this Road 1 line were included in these lucky ones. But not 63636.
63636 was officially withdrawn on 01/12/2010 from Achères depot, Paris (3 months after its arrival).
It was last sighted at the Graveyard in August 2011.
Unfortunately, many scrapyard convoys were not seen by French railway enthusiasts, or they were not able to get the loco consist numbers.
So, I am uncertain which scrapyard 63636 went to, but probably scrapped in 2011.
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 🙏 🙏