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Break is the nickname for the 1980s EMU which were a break from the long-standing classic design.
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AlexNL
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They're nicknamed "Break" because they represent a "break from the past", their technical design is rather different when compared with the trains built before them. It's not mocking their reliability 
Breaks have been to Maastricht in the past. But the dutch rail safety agency decided that they must be recertified after modernization. This program is now almost finished so there are no more non modernized breaks available.
The same problem happened in Rosendael with the modernization of AM75 series (quadruples).
ChiefPlanner
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I used to refer to a particular (now gone) class of SNCB 2 car EMU's as "Roots" - they were in a beetroot livery , and very distinctive if somewhat basic. Can any local advise me what they were ? THey seem to have gone in recent years.
Yes now the problem is gone but for some time only the not renovated ones were allowed in Rosendael.
This is a whole class of EMUs that appeared just after the war, last deliveries being in 1974 or so. They were originally green, then got repainted in red with a white stripe in the '80ies. After full modernisation they were repainted again in the current colors, gaining the nickname "milka", the colors being the same as those of this chocolate brand.
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Thank you - I recall being overtaken on a London bound E* by set 260 coming out of Brussels ! , old -but good runners........(or a driver showing he could leave a 373 behind - for a while) - impressive.
260... that one has been scrapped years ago already. It was part of an order of 122 units, to be numbered 151 to 272, placed in 1962. They were built by the SNCB works in Mechelen, on the same interior and exterior design as the M2 cars, built around the same time. 4 power axles out of 8, one per bogie. Max speed 130 km/h. They were good runners indeed, even if it has in fact never been that difficult to outpace an Eurostar set at lower speeds.
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Yeah, there's renovation works underway. I was meaning by international connections wise, its a shadow of its former self now since the loss of the jetfoil, ferries and EC/EN trains.
Oostende station has Scottish roots by the way! The station building is Aberdonian Granite!!
The AM66 are always a joy to travel on in short hops over the border to/from Aachen, beats an ICE every time!
Whats the latest on M7 deliveries? Later this year??
Same happened with the I6/I10's briefly, a couple of years ago when they were used on the BeNeLuxTrein when a window collapsed into a compartment and lots of other things were broken on one rake!
Maybe that helped to prompt the current refurbishment programme which must be nearing completion by now? The cars I seen when I was last over in January had all been done, not seen an original I6 in some time.
M7 : 2 cars delivered so far, currently used for tests. First revenue services not expected before end 2019. Very much the same as M6 stock, but with more comfortable seats. A picture of the interior was published in the last issue of "en lignes", the magazine of the belgian association PFT. There seems to be some technical problems with this new stock at the moment, that delays the start of the production line.
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I am doing a trip from Schiphol to Metz next month and propose to travel via Brussels and Liege.
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