CC 6540

In service date :

10/04/71 at Lyon-Mouche

Depots :

Chambéry on 01/10/74 - Lyon-Mouche on 25/09/77 - Vénissieux on 28/01/90

Major overhauls (RG) :

Withdrawal from use date :

13/12/04
Mileage since origin (km) : 5 765 407

Additional information :

July 1993. CC 6540 in« Mauriennne » livery in Miramas. It is seen coming out of the depot (access can be seen in the background on the right) and passes under metallic bridge sustaining track 1 one of Paris-Marseille mainline. CC 6540 no longer exists, metallic bridge has been replaced. Scenery is changing... (Photo Fabrice Douhet)

The same CC 6540 but in red livery, on Avignon depot turntable in August 2004. (Photo Lionel Suty)

	In August 2004, a cereals train to Marseille-Maritime is seen passing in Orgon, with church Notre Dame de Beauregard in the background (on the hill). (Photo Lionel Suty)