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SNCF CC 14000
🇫🇷 France ·built by OC Oerlikon· from 1955· class of 20 French electric locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CC 14018 Cite du train: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. France Rail 071 Longueau: Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. CC 14002 im VHS Luzern: Hans-Peter Bärtschi· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class CC 14000 were electric locomotives operated by SNCF in France. They were one of four classes, together with the BB 12000, BB 13000 and CC 14100 classes, that formed an experimental group for studying the practicality of the new French 25 kV 50 Hz AC electrification. It was used in freight service along the Lille – Thionville line.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 26 years (1955–1981).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955–1959
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1981
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- OC Oerlikon, Batignolles-Châtillon, Oerlikon Works
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 18.9 m
- weight
- 125 t
- nicknames
- 'Fers à repasser' (Flatirons)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2931156, Wikipedia: SNCF CC 14000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.