SNCF CC 14100
CC 14161 in original green livery
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Alsthom Build date 1954–1958
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR C–C  • Commonwealth Co-Co Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Wheel diameter 1,100 mm (43 in) Length 18.89 m (62.0 ft) Loco weight 128 t (126 long tons; 141 short tons) Power supply 25 kV AC Electric system/s Catenary Current pickup(s) Pantograph
Performance figures Maximum speed 60 km/h (37 mph) Power output: ​  • Continuous 2,600 kW (3,500 hp) Tractive effort 422 kN (95,000 lbf)
Career Number in class 101 Numbers CC 14101–CC 14202 Nicknames Fers à repasser (Irons) Preserved CC 14161 CC 14183

The SNCF Class CC 14100 was a class of 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric centre cab locomotives designed to haul heavy freight trains in the northeast of France and cross-border traffic into Luxembourg. A total of 101 locomotives were produced, numbered CC 14101 – CC 14202.

Service use

Introduced at the time when steam traction was being phased out, the torque of these locomotives was exceptional. During tests, a CC 14100 started a train weighing 1,850 tonnes (1,820 long tons; 2,040 short tons) on an 1.1% slope, and a 3,500 tonnes (3,400 long tons; 3,900 short tons) train on a 0.5% slope. Their slow speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) became a liability in later years and by 1986 individual locomotives were being withdrawn as they came due for overhaul or major repairs.^[1] The last members of the class survived until 1997, mainly on shunting duties.^[2]

Preservation

CC 14161 is on display on a short length of track next to a supermarket car park in Conflans-en-Jarnisy. CC 14183 is at the Carreau Wendel Museum at Petite-Rosselle.

References

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