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SNCF 2D2 9100
🇫🇷 France ·built by Compagnie Électro-Mécanique· from 1950· class of 35 French 1500V DC locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2D2-9108-a2: original image: Didier Duforest cropp & colors: Pechristener· CC BY 2.5
- 2. 2D2-9108 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-a: Didier Duforest· CC BY 2.5
- 3. 2D2-9108-a: Didier Duforest· CC BY 2.5
- 4. 2D2-9108 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-b: Didier Duforest· CC BY 2.5
- 5. 2D2-9108 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-c: Didier Duforest· CC BY 2.5
- 6. Rotonde de Laroche-Migennes: Bmazerolles· CC BY 4.0
- 7. SNCF 2D2 9135: No machine-readable author provided. Babskwal assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 8. 2D2-9108 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-d: Didier Duforest· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 2D2-9108 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-e: Didier Duforest· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 2D2-9108 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-f: Didier Duforest· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 2D2 9100 was a class of electric locomotives operated by the SNCF in France, introduced in 1950. They were a development of the pre-war 2D2 5500, built during the post-war push for increased electrification.
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 76 years ago, in 1950.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 24 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1950
- retired
- 1987
- status
- retired
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Compagnie Électro-Mécanique, Fives Group
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- 2′Do2′
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 144 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2815776, Wikipedia: SNCF 2D2 9100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.