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SNCF Class X 2100

🇫🇷 France ·built by Alstom Crespin· from 1980· class of 53 French diesel railcars

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Gare-Callac-XB2142-2011: Bruno Corpet ( Quoique )· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. 03.07.93 Quillan X 2103 (15015655974): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
3. 03.07.93 Quillan X2103 (6783431515): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. X 2100 + XR 6000: Jean-Pierre LESCURE· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. X 2104 Brive: Babskwal· CC BY-SA 3.0
6. X AB 2126 (32771469423): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
7. 1999-08-15 0507 X92101 et 5 autres p: Cramos· CC BY-SA 3.0
8. SNCF X22xx-III: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
9. 2009-08-12 450D 1711 R tire bouchon: Cramos· CC BY-SA 3.0
10. A Rodez to Brive working enters the junction station of Figeac - a heavily grafittied XAB2119 leads trailer car XRBD 96216. - 16861214507: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The SNCF X 2100 class of diesel multiple units were built by ANF between 1980–1983. They were used on TER Services, mostly in Brittany, Loire and around Limoges, France. Two X 2100 units have been preserved by the Chemin de Fer Touristique Sud Touraine.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français Transport express régional

base stats

speed 140 km/htop speed
power 478 kWpower output
weight 43.7 tin working order
built 53made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

First built 46 years ago, in 1980.
Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
478 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
22.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
Served for 38 years (1980–2018).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built: 1980
in service from: 1980
retired: 2018
status: retired
number built: 53
kind: multiple unit
traction: diesel
origin: 🇫🇷 France
builders: Alstom Crespin, Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France
operators: Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Transport express régional
top speed: 140 km/h
power: 478 kW
length: 22.4 m
weight: 43.7 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q3570506, Wikipedia: SNCF Class X 2100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.