Akiem > Lineas 27156 on 29.08.2017 at Tergnier - Photo: Antoine Morval

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Akiem Prima locomotive no. 27151M, previously being silver, now has the blue-silver RegioRail livery. Thierry Leleu catched the machine on 13.03.2016.

As of March 2016, Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) will hold a 50% stake in Akiem. At this moment, the Franch leasing copany is a 100% subsidiary of the Ermewa Group, part of SNCF.

Together with Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM), Akiem wants to expand its activities in Europe, a double its fleet in the next ten years.

Akiem Prima locomotive ETF 27143M has a new livery. Previously, the locomotive sported the blue and silver of RegioRail, now it is restyled in the white livery of operator ETF. It is possible for other companies to put on their own ads on the machine.

OSR France (subsidiary of NMBS/SNCB Logistics) is now hiring a electric Prima locomotive: Akiem 27134M. Soon it will receive some extra pink colour, like this diesel engine.

SNCF already operates 427001-015 with M-package, Akiem has 'M-ed' more than 50% of its BB 27000 locomotives. SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

Almost two years ago, on 02.02.2012, the locomotove was hit by a loose load on a freight train in the opposite direction.. This accident took place in Maillé. At that moment, the locomotive was operated by Euro Cargo Rail. - DH SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

Twice a week, Regiorail runs this route with its new electric:
Rivesaltes - St jory
St jory - St Gaudens
St Gaudens - St Jory
St Jory - Rivesaltes
Ribesaltes - Miramas
Miramas - Blainville
Blainville - Rivesaltes

SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

As from 16.12.2013, RegioRail Lorraine will run six weekly shuttles from Blainville-Damelevières (Meurthe-et-Moselle) to Golbey near Epinal

Important customer of RegioRail Lorraine is paper manufacturer Norske Skog. ETF and RegioRail Languedoc-Roussillon are partners in transporting the goods for this customer. Norske Skog brings up to 300.000 tonnes of freight to rail annually.

Both images in this item show three Prima electric locomotives with a new livery. Yesterday they ran from Lens depot to the Paris area, where the ETF stopped off, the other two continuing to Miramas.
27125M is now ETF-white and will be used on a three-times weekly service from Blainville to Miramas. 27137M is blue and is hired to RegioRail Lorraine. This machine will be used for a thrice-weekly Miramas-Le Boulou service (RegioRail Languedoc-Roussillon) and possibly from Le Boulou to Boussens, near Toulouse.

The third locomotive, 27143M, is not hired yet to an operator, but it is blue and sports the logos of both previously mentioned companies. It is a reserve for now. - AD/DH/KAR/wk-transport-logistique.fr SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

The number of Akiem locomotives, operated by its mother company SNCF is decreasing for quite some time now. At the end of 2013, Akiem expects to only get 30% of its revenue out of contracts with Fret SNCF. However, this does not mean that the number of Akiem locomotives operated by SNCF Geodis is decreasing at the same pace. Many Akiem locomotives are now hired to VFLI for example, another name, but also a SNCF Geodis subsidiary. SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

Visitors report on unit 427002M, 427011M, 427012M and 427014M. Trains du Sud-ouest states unit 001 to 015 are all modified now. - YAG/JMV/RV SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

27111-27114 > silver > hired to VFLI
27115 > grey > hired to Euro Cargo Rail
27116-27118 > grey and red with flower motives > hired to VFLI
27138 > SNCF livery > hired to VFLI
27139-27140 > grey and red with flower motives > hired to VFLI
27141 > grey > hired to Euro Cargo Rail
27156 > grey and yellow > hired to Euro Cargo Rail
27157-27158 > grey > hired to VFLI
27159 and 27162 > grey and yellow > hired to Euro Cargo Rail

- AKIEM / laviedansmonmonde.over-blog.com SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

As a first stage, Fret SNCF has asked AKIEM to modify 41 Prima locomotives, so they are compatible with the special conditions, required to run safely on the Midi-lines in the south of France, such as the Bordeaux - Toulouse line (Bordeaux - Hendaye, Bayonne/Dax - Toulouse, Toulouse - Latour de Carol), and Béziers - Neussargues (south of Massif Central). Units involved are BB 27119-137, 142-155, 173-180. Initial tests with a BB 27000 on the midi-network were completed in June 2010. Batch modification is going on right now.

The catenary system on these Midi lines is somewhat different from the other 1500V DC lines in France. This is inherited from the former Midi railway company, that gave birth to SNCF in the late thirties, when the railways in France where nationalised. These lines have a larger 'zigzag', or amplitude. As the number of older locomotives with these collectors are slowly going down, now two-system Prima's need to be adjusted, so that can operate from the North-East of France to Hendaye, at the Spanish border.

On almost all two-system french locos, both pantos have a 1600 mm wide collector, Although of different materials (25 kV AC > two carbon stripes / 1500V DC > eight copper/steel stripes). Having the same dimension, they allow 'emergency operation' with the false pantograph for the system. (Although with restrictions: speed restriction with DC panto under AC catenary / power restriction with AC panto under DC catenary).

This is possible on most of the French Network because :
- AC lines allow 1450 to 1600 mm collectors
- DC lines allow 1600 to 1950 mm collectors

But you see the problem; On a BB 27000M with a new 1950 mm contact on the DC pantograph, the back-up plan does not work anymore. It will cause problems. So next to that, the M's get a software update making it impossible to use the adjusted pantograph under AC catenary. Same for the normal AC pantograph on the DC-Midi lines.

Also these units can run on the complete French network, but without the back-up plan.

Thanks to RV/WFE/DH/AG SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

From Fret SNCF, Akiem has now BB 27111-27180 (70 units) in its portfolio, together with BB 37001-37060, minus the crashed and scrapped 37007 (59 units).

Then, Akiem is managing several series from the former Veolia Vargo fleet. Officially they are all property of the VC Holding from Clichy. First there are nine Prima locomotives: 37506, 507, 511, 513, 515, 524, 529, 530, 531. In total Akiem has 68 triple voltage Prima's to its disposal. The other six units that were property of Veolia Cargo, eg 37501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 509, were sold to Europorte.

Also, Akiem manages six Traxx units, property of VC Holding: 185 598, 649 and 650, and the multi system 186 184, 185 and 186. Two of these units were seen in Hennigsdorf recently. - RV/Akiem

edit: of course the Akiem fleet also includes diesel engines, but those are not represented on this website. AKIEM BB 37000 Akiem TRAXX AC2 SNCF / Akiem BB 27000 VC Holding / Akiem E37500

There they are, the second pair of Prima units to be available to EuroCargoRail. This time it involves units 27141 and 27159. AKIEM gave them a more neutral trim and decorated them with small ECR logos. They don't have the full ECR livery (with the yellow cabs) as they will only serve as back-up for 27156 and 27161. The pictures shows a convoy fresh from the paint shop. Both Prima's are accompagnied by Akiem's shunters Y 8299 and 8306, also to be leased ECR. - RV SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

Today, leasing company AKIEM delivered two Prima electrics to freight operator EuroCargoRail, part of the DB Schenker organisation. The BB 27156 and 27162 have been partially repainted in ECR corporate colours for this new contract. It's the first time we see AKIEM logos on a locomotive and it's also a first for a non SNCF-related operator to hire units from AKIEM. - RV SNCF / Akiem BB 27000

VFLI is also part of the SNCF organisation. Both engines should now be property of Akiem, the leasing subsidiary of SNCF, founded in 2009. We can expect that in the upcoming years, more and more BB 27000s (in FR), 37000s (FR/DE/CH), 75000s (FR/DE) and 76000s (FR/DE/NL/BE) will be used by other SNCF-operators. ITL for example has also started services with BB 37023, 37024 and 37025 now. SNCF / Akiem BB 27000