#1966
2C2 3100
🇫🇷 France ·built by Constructions électriques de France· from 1923· class of 10 French electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Midi 2C2 E 3101: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Midi 2C2 E 3109: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 2C2 3100 were a class of electric locomotives of the Chemins de fer du Midi, France. They were ordered in 1914 but, because of the First World War, deliveries did not begin until 1923.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- 1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 24 years (1923–1947).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923–1926
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Constructions électriques de France
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Chemins de fer du Midi, Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- weight
- 106 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2815768, Wikipedia: 2C2 3100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.