#5327· CFL 4000
CFL Class 4000
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2004· class of 20 Luxembourg electric locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CFL 4012 Troisvierges 13-08-2007: User:Willem_90· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. CFL 4015: Photographer is Robby at lb.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. CFL Class 4000 Luxembourg: Ex13· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The CFL class 4000 is a variant of the Bombardier TRAXX locos found working across Europe. Within Luxembourg they work on the local passenger services, crossing the borders into France or Belgium as necessary. They also work freight traffic.
who runs it
base stats
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 22 years ago, in 2004.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 5.6 MW is about 66 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 1 years (2004–2005).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2004–2005
- in service from
- 2004
- retired
- 2005
- status
- in service
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 5.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 18.9 m
- weight
- 84 t
- Dutch name
- CFL 4000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q744676, Wikipedia: CFL Class 4000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.