This class of small shunters has 150 members. They were delivered by

Arbel Fauvet Rail Arbel () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located beside Mount Arbel next to the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In its population was . Arbel was established in 1949 by demob ...

in the early 1990s and seem to have been spread across

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. They have the

0-4-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven. The wheels on the earliest four-coupled locomotives were ...

("B") wheel arrangement, 200 kW

diesel engine The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which Combustion, ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to Mechanics, mechanical Compr ...

s and

hydraulic transmission Hydraulic transmission may refer to various transmission methods for transferring engine power to drive wheels, using hydraulic fluid: * Diesel-hydraulic transmission, used in railway locomotives * Hydrostatic transmission, using hydraulic motors ...

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*Fleet list (SNCF): Diesel locomotives of France B locomotives Y08400 Arbel Fauvet Rail locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1990 Standard-gauge locomotives of France Diesel–hydraulic locomotives {{France-rail-transport-stub Shunting locomotives