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SNCF Class C 61000
🇫🇷 France ·built by Compagnie Électro-Mécanique· from 1950· class of 48 French diesel-electric shunting locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C 61000 tractant un train COPEF sur la petite ceinture à Ivry - Mars 1983: Jplanglet· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. C 61000 T132 RATP: Yvapamal· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Locomotive C61041 du CFTV: Bmazerolles· CC BY 4.0
- 4. SNCF Class 030 DA: Tangopaso· Public domain
- 5. T 130 in Paris: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class C 61000 (+ TC 61100) diesel shunters were built by Compagnie Electro-Méchanique (CEM) between 1950 and 1953. 48 locomotives were built, numbered C 61001–61048. They were used for heavy shunting duties around Le Havre.
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.
- 375 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.5 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
- 1950–1953
- retired
- 1985
- status
- retired
- number built
- 52
- kind
- Diesel electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Compagnie Électro-Mécanique, Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d’Homécourt
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, RATP, Électricité de France
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 375 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C
- length
- 9.5 m
- weight
- 53 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17175422, Wikipedia: SNCF Class C 61000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.