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1C1 3900
🇫🇷 France ·built by Westinghouse Electric Corporation· from 1912· class of 1 French electric locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Midi 1C1 E 3201: F. Fleury· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
1C1 3900 was a class of SNCF electric locomotive. The class had only one member, 1C1 3901. It was built in 1912 for the Chemins de fer du Midi and its Midi class was E 3200.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 44 years (1912–1956).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Chemins de fer du Midi, Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Single phase AC, 12 kV, 16, 2, 3 Hz. Overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- weight
- 82 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2813472, Wikipedia: 1C1 3900 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.