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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Technicentre Paris Nord - Joncherolles - Y 8400 01: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Y8502 livree arzens: Bras Cyril· CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
- 3. Technicentre Paris Nord - Joncherolles - Y 8400 02: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Y 8400 (54904425326): Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
This class of small shunters has 150 members. They were delivered by Arbel Fauvet Rail in the early 1990s and seem to have been spread across France. They have the 0-4-0 ("B") wheel arrangement, 200 kW diesel engines and hydraulic transmission.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 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
- 1990–1995
- number built
- 150
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Arbel Fauvet Rail
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 205 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
- length
- 10.1 m
- weight
- 36 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3571194, Wikipedia: SNCF Class Y 8400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.