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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SNCF 7148 Strasbourg: User:Willem_90· Public domain
- 2. SNCF 7134 p1: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 3. SNCF 7134 p2: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 4. SNCF 7134 p3: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 5. SNCF Y7110 (8139427489): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Trier frzPiKaserne1 1996: Cobatfor· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Trier frzPiKaserne2 1996: Cobatfor· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Y 7100 class of small shunters originally had 210 members. The first 130 were built by Billard, with the remaining 80 by Decauville. They have the 0-4-0 ("B") wheel arrangement, 150 kW diesel engines and hydraulic transmission.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.9 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
- 1958–1962
- number built
- 210
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Établissements Billard, Decauville
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 54 km/h
- power
- 150 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4w
- length
- 9.9 m
- weight
- 32 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3571190, Wikipedia: SNCF Class Y 7100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.