locomotives returned to their normal duties. Preservation Three locomotives are fully preserved. They all sport the concrete livery. BB 16506 is preserved by the Mining and Railway Center (CMCF), in Oignies ( Pas-de-Calais ); this association has also saved a cab from BB 16517. BB 16745 is parked under the Mohon rotunda , annex of the Mulhouse train museum. BB 16678 is preserved by the municipality of Magenta, Marne, where it is permanently exhibited on a section of track installed in the Place Roger-Pointurier. Over the weekend of 9 and 10 June 2018, this locomotive was baptized Magenta. None of the class had carried names during their time in revenue service. Disposal to third parties Three locomotives, BB 16546 , BB 16612 and BB 16654, operated by SNCF Fret, were sold to Romanian railway operator Regiotrans, now Regio Călători, in 2008, for use on freight trains. In popular culture BB 16571 hauled the 1961 ORTF Christmas train between Lille and Paris, producing a live broadcast alternating sketches and songs on board and in the stations of Lille Flandres, Arras and Paris Nord, presented by Jean Nohain on board and Catherine Langeais in Paris. BB 16665 appears at the beginning of the film Deux Hommes dans la ville , directed by José Giovanni in 1973. References Notes Bibliography 16500 Alstom locomotives B-B locomotives Standard gauge electric locomotives of France 25 kV AC locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1958 Mixed traffic locomotives