A rejuvenating cure after 18 years of loyal services

Photo reportage
// 19 October 2022

When the CFL’s electric railcars take the wraps off, it’s for a good reason. 18 years of service have slowly but surely taken their toll, just as has the ravages of time on the CFL’s 2200 series. Time for a “makeover” a “Mi-vie” operation, so that these trains, built by the manufacturer consortium Alstom-Bombardier, are progressively made fit again for the next 20 years.

What has happened so far?

The aim of the “Mi-vie” is to check the general condition of the TER2N-ng. What does the beam structure of the electric railcar looks like? Is there any water ingress, either from the outside or in the sanitary area? Are there any rusty spots? Is all the installed equipment, e.g. in the driver’s cab area, still necessary or obsolete ? These are just a few of the elements that are thoroughly checked during the major inspection.

Photo story : click on the images to find out more about the carried out work

Pour effectuer cette inspection à grande échelle, la caisse Z1 a été séparée de ses bogies et placée sur des bogies atelier afin de faciliter les manœuvres de la machine dans l'atelier.
To carry out the large-scale inspection, the Z1 car body was separated from its bogie and placed on several so-called workshop bogies to make it easier to manoeuvre the machine inside the workshop.
Special attention is paid to the sanitary areas. Since water is needed for their function, it is checked whether there are any water leaks that could lead to rust formation. In order to be sure, critical parts of the floor are removed for further checks on the metal structure.
In addition to further checks, inspections and repairs in the car body, walls, covers and doors were removed on occasion to allow them to be repainted in the course of the “Mi-vie” inspection.
Chaos in the driver’s cab? Not at all ! All dismantled parts were properly referenced and stored. After a complete functional check, they are reinstalled.
Everything has to come out : This also includes seats. An important factor so that the general condition can be better checked.

A rejuvenating cure in France

The reason why the “Mi-vie” operation is being carried out in France by MASTERIS, responsible for the commercialization of SNCF Vpyageurs’ engineer and maintenance services, is that the SNCF technical centre in the vicinity of Tours benefits from its experience pool with “Mi-vie” operations, amongst others on the first generation TER2N. Experience that proves particularly helpful in the creation of the production chain, necessary to the proper dismantling and assembly of the various elements in the context of the “Mi-vie”, thus saving time and money.

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