Berchem 121214 TRAXX 2821 on IC 1234

Berchem (Belgium), December 12th 2014

Bombardier TRAXX F140 MS2 unit 2821 (E 186 213) of the Belgian Railways - on lease to NS HiSpeed - hauls the IC 1234 Benelux service Brussels - The Hague through Berchem.

Barely 31 hours after this picture was taken, 2821 was involved in an accident at Kalmthout - Kijkuit Station (Belgium) while working the IC 1262 Benelux Service Brussels - The Hague, when it hit a car that had gotten stuck on a level crossing.  Luckily, the driver of the car managed to escape before the collision, and none of the 250 passengers on the train was injured either, however the car was rendered to scrap, and the locomotive is likely to be out of commission for a number of days...
_{(note: it finally re-entered service during the week of March 30th - April 5th 2015)}