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SNCF Class X 97150

class of 3 French diesel railcars

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ3570527 ↗
Source-derived summary

SNCF Class X 97150 railbusses, also known as type A2E (Autorails à 2 essieux), were built by Soulé in 1990. Three units, numbered X 97151-153 were built to work the Guingamp to Carhaix and Paimpol lines in Brittany.

Rails et Traction International, based in Raeren, Belgium have taken ownership of them and are making them available to open access rail operators.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “SNCF Class X 97150” as class of 3 French diesel railcars. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1990—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where SNCF, Class and class can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “SNCF Class X 97150” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.