SNCF Class CC 21000

what is it?

The CC 21000 was a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Alsthom in 1969 and 1974. It was a dual voltage version of the CC 6500 class working off both 1500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC. Initially allocated to Dijon, the first two, CC 21001 and CC21002, were fitted with cab signalling to allow them to operate test trains on the new high speed lines.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

• weight 124 tin working order
• built 4made 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 57 years ago, in 1969.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏20.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 28 years (1969–1997).

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built

1969–1974

in service from

1969

retired

1997

status

retired

number built

4

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Alstom, Matériel de Traction Electrique

operators

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

C–C

length

20.2 m

weight

124 t

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