10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Y8251: 9247· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Gargenville - Gare06: Spedona· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Dépôt-de-Chambéry - Atelier - Y8000 - 20131103 143242: Poudou99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Dépôt-de-Chambéry - Atelier - Y8000 - 20131103 143444: Poudou99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Dépôt-de-Chambéry - Atelier - Y8000 - 20131103 143515: Poudou99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Dépôt-de-Chambéry - Atelier - Y8000 - IMG 3628: Poudou99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Dépôt-de-Chambéry - Atelier - Y8000 - IMG 3632: Poudou99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Locotracteur Y 8000 loué à Vallourec: Mouliric· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Technicentre Paris Nord - Joncherolles - Y 8000 01: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Technicentre Paris Nord - Joncherolles - Y 8000 02: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class Y 8000 is a class of diesel shunter built between 1977 and 1990.
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 49 years ago, in 1977.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1977–1989
- number built
- 375
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Arbel Fauvet Rail, Locotracteurs Gaston Moyse
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 219 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 10.1 m
- weight
- 36 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3571193, Wikipedia: SNCF Class Y 8000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.