ETR-500P.2 set (558B), seen entering the SNCF Workshops in Hellemmes, crossing the Lille-Tournai line.
This set had been running as a vehicle since Modane, headed by 426151 of SNCF-Fret.
Once at Hellemmes, it would be fitted with TVM-430 and cleared to run trials on its own on French rails.
Hellemmes.
10th November 2003.
Photo by Nicolas Deldycke (nicos67598@hotmail.com) (Acknowledgements).
Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)