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SNCF Class A1AA1A 68500
🇫🇷 France ·built by Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d’Homécourt· from 1964· class of French diesel locomotives
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 68523 longueau: X2426· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. A1A-A1A 68523 (28536528354): patrick janicek from Courbevoie, France· CC BY 2.0
- 3. A1AA1A 68523 longo: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. BB9301 A1AA1A68523 CC72029 SNCF PARIS: Éric Salard· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Locomotive A1A A1A 68523 en livrée Infra au dépôt de Longueau: Claude villetaneuse· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Longueau-ftdurail2013-v: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class A1AA1A 68500 is a class of 28 mixed traffic diesel locomotives originally intended for operating main line freight services on the Paris – Chalindrey – Belfort route. They are similar to the Class A1AA1A 68000 but with an AGO engine rather than the Sulzer fitted to the latter. 5 members of the class were rebuilt as A1AA1A 68000 by replacing the AGO prime mover 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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- 2 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.9 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
- 1964–1968
- number built
- 29
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d’Homécourt
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- A1A-A1A
- length
- 17.9 m
- weight
- 102 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2818938, Wikipedia: SNCF Class A1AA1A 68500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.