SNCF's 63740 awaiting its fate in Road 1 of the Sotteville Graveyard with 35 other BB63400’s and BB63500’s.
63740’s History:
Big thanks as usual to Christophe Hespel for his trainsso.fr database information🙏
63740 was built by Brissonneau & Lotz and delivered into service with SNCF on 02/05/1960.
It was first logged in the Graveyard from the local Sotteville Depot on 29/08/2010.
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Most of the class are withdrawn, though a few were rebuilt in the early 2010s as BB64600s and are still active in 2026.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 63740.
It was officially withdrawn from Strasbourg depot on 10/01/2011, (4 months after its arrival).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 63740 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 🙏 🙏
