SNCF Class CC 6500

SNCF Class CC 6500

CC-6572 at Cité du Train de Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France
Type and origin
Power type Electric
Builder Alsthom and MTE
Build date 1969-1975
Total produced 78
Specifications
UIC class C'C'
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter 1,140 mm (44.88 in)
Length 20.19 m (66 ft 3 in)
Loco weight 115 tonnes (113 long tons; 127 short tons)
Electric system(s) 1.5 kV DC Catenary
Current collection Pantograph
Traction motors Two TTB 665 A1, 1.5 kV self-ventilating
Performance figures
Maximum speed 160 or 200 km/h (99 or 124 mph)
Power output 5,900 kW (7,900 hp)
Tractive effort 263 kN (59,000 lbf) at 74 km/h (46 mph)
121 kN (27,000 lbf) at 161 km/h (100 mph)
Career
Operators SNCF
Nicknames Nez cassé (broken nose)


The SNCF Class CC 6500 is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives. The CC 6500 was, together with the CC 40100 and diesel CC 72000, the first generation of the Nez Cassé family of locomotives and designed for hauling express trains with speeds up to 200 km/h (124 mph) but also used for heavy freight trains. Among the trains they hauled in their first years of service were the SNCF flagship train Le Mistral and Trans Europ Express trains Aquitaine, Le Capitole and l'Étendard.[1]

Technical details

The locomotives had 3-axle monomotor bogies with each set of 3 axles coupled by gears. Speed regulation was by rheostats and series-parallel control. The motors had double armatures so there were four "demi-motors" which allowed three motor groupings: full series, series-parallel and full parallel. The power controller had 28 steps.

Production

Between 1969 and 1976 a total of 74 were built, with the last of this class taken out of service in 2007. Four more were built as 25 kV AC locomotives, series CC21000. In 1997, these were reconfigured for use as DC locomotives, taking the total of CC6500 locomotives to 78.

Other Countries

some were also used outside of France as well. Amtrak borrowed a special model, called a CC 21000 number X996 for their Northeast Corridor as a test to see which builder would make the next locomotive to replace the PRR GG1. they instead used the SJ Rc4 as a basis for what would become the EMD AEM-7. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Nock, O.S. (1978). "The Aquitaine: pioneer of electric power", in World Atlas of Railways, pp. 120–121. New York: Mayflower Books (original publisher: Artists House, London, UK). ISBN 0-8317-9500-X.
  2. ↑ http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4149990

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