UIC / EVN numbering:
50 87 00-77Vehicle type:
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1993
Modified for the transport of mail stored in containers: the following modifications are made in the Cannes la Bocca workshops:
- all windows are removed;
- sliding loading doors are replaced by roll-up metal curtains;
- the interior fittings are dismantled (the sorting room and the auxiliary premises for the staff - toilet, kitchen, cloakroom - are removed);
- rails are installed on the inside walls for fixing the straps;
- the heating equipment under the chassis is removed.
Sources: Maurice KNEPPER & Claude POCHET - "La Poste et le rail - 150 ans de véhicules ferroviaires postaux" (1999), https://docrail.fr/les-ambulants-uic-de-2640m/
1999
The service is stopped in 2000.
Sources: Maurice KNEPPER & Claude POCHET - "La Poste et le rail - 150 ans de véhicules ferroviaires postaux" (1999)
2002
Sources: Eisenbahn Amateur (10/2003)
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