Unit 5404 is the only Belgian NOHAB unit in the original state, that is 
still active. The unit is predestinated to end in a museum, but because of 
shortage of diesel units, it is still in use for haulage of freighttrains 
in the south of Belgium. Occasionally, the unit is used for haulage of 
special trains, which is the case here, as you see the unit here with a 
special train in Duffel station on june 2, 1996. 
At that date the new Thalys trainsets started official duty, 
and replaced the hauled international trains in Belgium.
Picture and Scan by Stefan Nicolaļ (nicolai@uia.ua.ac.be)
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See the Belgian RR-page for more info, at url:
http://alt-www.uia.ac.be/u/nicolai/rrbelgium.html