SNCF Class X 2400

what is it?

SNCF's X 2400 are a French class of railcars. The 79 XABDP 2400, unifiés 600 PS (440 kW) were built from 1951 to 1955. They were capable of carrying 12 passengers in 1st class and 56 in 2nd class, they were 27 m (88 ft 7 in) long and capable of reaching a top speed of 120 km/h (75 mph).

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer françaisTransport express régional

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed
• power 456 kWpower output
• weight 43 tin working order
• seats 68passengers
• built 79made in total

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 75 years ago, in 1951.
• 🚗456 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏27.7 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 38 years (1951–1989).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1951

in service from

1951

retired

1989

status

retired

number built

79

kind

multiple unit

traction

diesel

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Renault, Decauville

operators

Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Transport express régional

top speed

120 km/h

power

456 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

formation

Single car

length

27.7 m

weight

43 t

capacity

68 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.