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what is it?
SNCF 040.DF was a class of one prototype diesel-hydraulic locomotive built for the SNCF built in 1952 by Renault. In 1962 it was renumbered from 040.DF.1 to BB 60041. Like the 060.DA, it was delivered in a livery of dark green with a yellow stripe.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1952
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Renault
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 15 m
- weight
- 53.5 t
- nicknames
- Birgitte
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876833, Wikipedia: SNCF 040.DF (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.