THE classic French loco design with an angular front nose - known in French as the Nez Casse or'broken nose'is rapidly disappearing, as new EMUs replace loco hauled trains on both longer distance regional services and commuter routes serving Paris.
In many cases, loco hauled trains formed of classic SNCF 'Cora ii' coaches are being replaced by the Bombardier designed (now Alstom made) 'Omneo' largely double-deck EMU design.
Only a few of the once 65-strong Class BB15000 25kV