2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CC-65001 Mulhouse FRA 001-01: ignis· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. CC65000-Mistral: Arnaud Guyon· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class CC 65000 diesel locomotives were built by Alsthom, CAFL and SACM, with 20 examples being built between 1956 and 1958. They were most often used in the triangle Nantes-Tours, Tours-Bordeaux and Bordeaux-La Rochelle-Nantes. The series was withdrawn from service between 1981 and 1988 but two examples were preserved: CC 65001 at the Cité du Train in Mulhouse and CC 65005 by the Train des Mouettes.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 31 years (1957–1988).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1988
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom, Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d’Homécourt, Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 19.8 m
- weight
- 112 t
- nicknames
- Sous-marin (Submarine), Juke-box (Jukebox)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q841772, Wikipedia: SNCF Class CC 65000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.