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A poster of the CC 6500 electric locomotive.
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The CC 6500s are a series of SNCF mainline electric locomotives produced by the French company Alsthom (which became Alstom in 1998).
They were the flagship of French single-current locomotives from the 1970s onwards, and the most powerful of their time. These machines are the most powerful models in an important family of locomotives, later nicknamed the Nez cassés, variants of which were delivered from 1964 to 1999 in France and around the world.
They are derived from the CC 40100 and CC 72000, and feature the bogies of the 72000. CC 6500s share the same body structure as CC 72000s and CC 21000s, with only the body trims and equipment mounting points differing from one family to the next.
CC 6500s began their prestigious career on France's biggest trains, including many Trans-Europ-Express (the Mistral, Capitole or Aquitaine, for example) or rapid trains, then Grandes Lignes. Their power (5,900 kW) soon enabled them to haul even the heaviest freight trains, thanks to their double gear train (high-speed or low-speed).
The "Maurienne" machines, meanwhile, provided difficult mountain service for both passenger and freight trains. In 1976, with the re-electrification of the line by catenary, their service was merged with that of the other machines, for freight and passenger trains in the southeast.
Gradually, during the 1990s, they were brought together at the Vénissieux depot, leaving the last large V200-drawn passenger trains to the BB 26000. Their activity was refocused on freight trains, particularly on the Maurienne line.
They were the flagship of French single-current locomotives from the 1970s onwards, and the most powerful of their time. These machines are the most powerful models in an important family of locomotives, later nicknamed the Nez cassés, variants of which were delivered from 1964 to 1999 in France and around the world.
They are derived from the CC 40100 and CC 72000, and feature the bogies of the 72000. CC 6500s share the same body structure as CC 72000s and CC 21000s, with only the body trims and equipment mounting points differing from one family to the next.
CC 6500s began their prestigious career on France's biggest trains, including many Trans-Europ-Express (the Mistral, Capitole or Aquitaine, for example) or rapid trains, then Grandes Lignes. Their power (5,900 kW) soon enabled them to haul even the heaviest freight trains, thanks to their double gear train (high-speed or low-speed).
The "Maurienne" machines, meanwhile, provided difficult mountain service for both passenger and freight trains. In 1976, with the re-electrification of the line by catenary, their service was merged with that of the other machines, for freight and passenger trains in the southeast.
Gradually, during the 1990s, they were brought together at the Vénissieux depot, leaving the last large V200-drawn passenger trains to the BB 26000. Their activity was refocused on freight trains, particularly on the Maurienne line.
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