The SNCF Class CC 14100 was a class of

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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 on an 1.1% slope, and a train on a 0.5% slope. Their slow speed of became a liability in later years and by 1986 individual locomotives were being withdrawn as they came due for overhaul or major repairs. The last members of the class survived until 1997, mainly on shunting duties.

Preservation

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. CC 14183 is at the

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at Petite-Rosselle.

References

14100 C-C locomotives 14100 CC 14100 Standard gauge locomotives of France {{France-rail-transport-stub Freight locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1954