8451 - The SNCF co-co 'Quadricourant' electric loco CC40108
Prototype information:
| After various tests carried out
on the prototype locos BB 30001 and 30002 (formerly 26001 and 26002)
which were derived from the BB 9400, SNCF decided to build a locomotive
able to operate under four different power supplies, the CC40100 class. With
an innovative exterior design, these
machines were the first equipped with a raked back windscreen on the cab
front which earned them the nickname "Broken Nose".
During their
thirty year career, the CC40100's made
their reputation hauling the prestigious TEE and wore the matching red and
silver livery of the stainless steel coaches of the
Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam or Mistral 69 trains, which they continued to
haul until their withdrawal.
The disappearance of the CC 40100 constituted the end of
the halcyon days of the TEE criss-crossing Europe in the last part of the
20th century. CC40109 and 40110 have been
preserved by SNCF . |
| Number built: | 10 |
CC40109 (SNCF) |
| Operating area : | Northern region | |
|
Number range: |
40101 - 40110 | |
| Maximum speed: | 160 km/h (100 mile/h) | |
|
Power: |
5240 HP | |
| Operating Voltages | 25Kv ac, 15 Kv ac, 1500 dc, 3Kv dc | |
|
Weight |
109 tonnes | |
| Length | 22m | |
| Date entered service: | 1964 | |
| Builder | Alsthom | |
| Withdrawn | 1996 |
