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SNCF Class A1AA1A 68000
🇫🇷 France ·built by Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d’Homécourt· from 1963· class of 80 French diesel-electric locomotives
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A1A A1A 68081, Amiens: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Diésel A1AA1A 68000 à la bifurcation d'Oissel: Mouliric· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. A1A A1A 68081 + BB 67615 avec la rame du MFPN en gare d'Amiens: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. A1A A1A 68081 en gare d'Amiens: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. A1A A1A 68081 sur la rotonde (2) (fete du rail 2019): BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. A1A A1A 68081 sur la rotonde (3) (fete du rail 2019): BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. A1A A1A 68081 sur la rotonde (fete du rail 2019): BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class A1AA1A 68000 is a class of diesel-electric locomotives of the SNCF. Originally a class of 80 locomotives, they were built for both passenger and freight service. They were ordered on 7 June 1961, the first entering service on 13 December 1963 at Chalindrey depot. A further 5 were added by refitting members of the similar AGO powered Class A1AA1A 68500 with Sulzer engines, thought to be those formerly used in the BR Class 48 locomotives, D1702–1706.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 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
- 1963–1968
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d’Homécourt, Compagnie Électro-Mécanique, Fives Group
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (A1A)(A1A)
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 105 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q837280, Wikipedia: SNCF Class A1AA1A 68000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.