SNCF Class CC 7100

what is it?

SNCF's CC 7100 class are part of a series of electric locomotives built by Alstom. The prototype 'CC 7000' (7001 & 7002) were built in 1949 and the production series locomotives CC 7101-CC 7158 followed during 1952–1955. Two of the class are notable for setting world rail speed records: CC 7121 reaching 243 kilometres per hour (151 mph) on 21 February 1954, and CC 7107 reaching 331 kilometres per hour (206 mph) on 28/29 March 1955.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

• speed 140 km/htop speed
• power 3.5 MWpower output
• weight 107 tin working order
• built 58made 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 74 years ago, in 1952.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗3.5 MW is about 41 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 49 years (1952–2001).

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

spec sheet

built

1952–1955

in service from

1952

retired

2001

status

preserved

number built

58

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Alstom

operators

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

top speed

140 km/h

power

3.5 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

1.5 kV DC Catenary

wheel arrangement

Co′Co′

length

18.9 m

weight

107 t

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