We present Railcolor Design locomotive no. 232! This project was about returning to our roots, as our first locomotive, which we designed in 2006, was also a LEW V100. This time, we had to apply the Rail Force One ‘sharky’ design to a centre-cab shunting locomotive, with many small details, hinges, air vents, and lights—not an easy task.
The result is a locomotive with two different fronts, combining paint and stickers:
On 22.08.2024, the machine left the workshop in Roosendaal, where it got its new look, and was sent to Kijfhoek. It will eventually go to the Maasvlakte for shunting purposes.
203 614 was previously known as Locon 220. The machine was built in 1973 by the LEW works in Germany and delivered to the Deutsche Reichsbahn as ‘110 615-2’ (V100.1). Alstom modernized it in the 00s according to standard BR 203.1.
We thank Omnimark and partners for printing and professionally applying the stickers.
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