This French train firm is reusing its rustic old engines after 40 years of disregard.
Going For over 10 kilometres, the train graveyard near Rouen is house to over 400 deserted train carriages. Covered in graffiti and also corrosion, the website which is taken care of by nationwide firm SNCF, has actually been a neighborhood eye sore for many years.” It might create distress for the train employees to see these engines parked for a very long time”, claims the supervisor of the centre, Jérémie Pigeaud.
Having actually saved around 5,000 extra rail vehicles in 10 various places in the nation, SNCF has actually lately placed an end to this method. Transforming its train graveyards right into a crucial resource of recycled products.
” Prior to sending our trains to be taken apart, we recuperate all our parts which can be recycled on various other trains”, claims the Director-General of Tools at SNCF, Xavier Ouin.
Virtually 90 percent of the old trains can be reused or recycled
” The very first necessary action when taking down these trains is to get rid of asbestos and also sanitize them”, media connections supervisor Céline Pasqualini informs Euronews Eco-friendly.
Once the unsafe items are eliminated, all the steel items obtain totally reused (this stands for 81 percent of the carriage). The timber and also glass can either be recycled in various other versions or reused.
” The non-hazardous waste such as porcelain, materials and also glass fibers left at the end stands for 6-7 percent of the rail vehicles”, claims Pasqualini.
SNCF is wishing to clear its 10 train burial grounds by 2028.
View the video clip over to see the trains obtain a 2nd life.
