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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SNCF CC 72121: No machine-readable author provided. Babskwal assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. 2 CC 72100 locomotives at Paris Est: Matthew Black from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 2x Nez cassés diesel (34840989631): TGr_79· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Affluence lors de l'arrivée du dernier train d'une CC72100: Sncf68· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Affluence à l'arrivée du dernier train régulier d'une CC72100: Sncf68· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Arrivee a reims: snake&luigi· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Basel SNCF 007: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class CC 72100 is a class of C′C′ diesel-electric locomotives rebuilt from CC 72000 locomotives during 2002–2004. 30 locomotives were converted: 21, 30, 37–41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 51, 56–60, 63, 66, 68, 72, 75–80, 82, 86, 89–90. They find use on the Paris - Mulhouse line and are based at Chalindrey.
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
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 2.7 MW is about 31 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Diesel-Electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C′C′
- length
- 20.2 m
- weight
- 105 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q836496, Wikipedia: SNCF Class CC 72100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.