#3413· CFL 3600
CFL Class 3600
🇫🇷 France ·built by Matériel de Traction Electrique· from 1958· class of 20 Luxembourg electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CFL 3602: Magnus Gertkemper· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. CFL BR 3600 19880630: Roehrensee· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Class 3600 are a group of electric locomotives that were operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (CFL). They were built to the design of the French BB 12000 class. These locomotives have lost their duties to the newer class 4000s.
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.
- 2.7 MW is about 31 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 47 years (1958–2005).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1959
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 2005
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Matériel de Traction Electrique
- operators
- Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 15.2 m
- weight
- 84 t
- Dutch name
- CFL 3600
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q592020, Wikipedia: CFL Class 3600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.