#2807
SNCF Class X 52100
🇫🇷 France ·built by Decauville· from 1945· class of 10 French diesel-railcars
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- 1. X52103: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF X 52100 class are diesel railcars that operated on the alpine lines from Grenoble, France from 1945 until 1973. They were capable of multiple unit operation with other car types, requiring an operator in each car; the lead conductor giving acceleration or deceleration orders using an audible tone.
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 81 years ago, in 1945.
- 477 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 464: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 28 years (1945–1973).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945
- in service from
- 1945
- retired
- 1973
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Decauville
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 477 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 21.2 m
- weight
- 41 t
- capacity
- 464 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3570520, Wikipedia: SNCF Class X 52100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.