SNCF Class CC 7100

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Co′Co′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,250 mm (49.21 in)
Length	18.922 m (62 ft 1 in)
Width	2.968 m (9 ft 9 in)
Height	4.218 m (13 ft 10 in)
Loco weight	107 t (105 long tons; 118 short tons)
Electric system/s	1.5 kV DC Catenary
Current pickup	Pantograph
Transmission	Electric

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Alstom
Build date	1952–1955
Total produced	58

Class CC 7100
Class CC 7100
	SNCF CC 7102 at Le Mee sur Seine
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Alstom
Build date	1952–1955
Total produced	58
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Co′Co′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,250 mm (49.21 in)
Length	18.922 m (62 ft 1 in)
Width	2.968 m (9 ft 9 in)
Height	4.218 m (13 ft 10 in)
Loco weight	107 t (105 long tons; 118 short tons)
Electric system/s	1.5 kV DC Catenary
Current pickup	Pantograph
Transmission	Electric
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	140 km/h (87 mph)
Power output	3,490 kW (4,680 hp)
Tractive effort	260 kN (58,000 lbf)
Operators
Career
Operators	SNCF
Class	CC 7100
Retired	1985–2001
Disposition	5 preserved

SNCF's CC 7100 class are part of a series of electric locomotives built by Alstom. The prototype 'CC 7000' (7001 & 7002) were built in 1949 and the production series locomotives CC 7101-CC 7158 followed during 1952–1955. Two of the class are notable for setting world rail speed records: CC 7121 reaching 243 kilometres per hour (151 mph) on 21 February 1954, and CC 7107 reaching 331 kilometres per hour (206 mph) on 28/29 March 1955.