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CC 14100
CC 14151 in Béning / Lothringen
Numbering:	CC 14101–14202
Number:	102
Manufacturer:	Alsthom / Fives-Lille / CEM
Year of construction (s):	1954–1958
Ausmusterung:	1984–1997
Axis formula :	What what'
Gauge :	1435 mm (Normalspur)
Long:	18.890 mm
Height:	3,695 mm (roof edge)
Width:	2.900 mm
Service mass:	127 t
Top speed:	60 km / h
Continuous output :	1860 kW
Driving wheel diameter:	1100 mm
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz
Power transmission:	Pantograph
Number of traction motors:	6

The CC 14100 is a series of heavy, six-axle electric locomotives operated by the French state railways Société nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF). The locomotives were used for heavy freight trains in the north and east of the country from the mid-1950s.

Table of Contents

• 1 appearance
• 2 electrical engineering
• 3 Use
• 4 whereabouts
• 5 Weblinks
• 6 individual proofs

Look

CC 14161 in Thionville (1993) CC 14187 in Thionville (1993) Locomotive train with CC 14181 (center) in Woippy (1993)

A special design feature of the CC 14100 is the position of the driver's cab in the middle of the vehicle. The two pantographs are attached to a projecting support structure above the driver's cab. In order to enable a view from the driver's cab, the locomotive has long hood-like stems at the front and rear , similar to the crocodile locomotives . Unlike the crocodile locomotives, the CC 14100 has a mono frame and no articulated frame. The four-axis sister series BB 12000 , BB 1300 , which were also manufactured in the 1950s, have a design similar to the CC 14100 . A conceptual predecessor is the heavy CC 1100 shunterwhich was built from 1937 to 1948. The unusual appearance has earned the entire BB and CC series the nickname “iron” (fer à repasser). In the beginning, the locomotives were painted blue, later they were given a green color with a yellow front.

Electrical engineering

Until the early 1950s, the power supply of the electrical rail network in France was provided solely by direct current. The SNCF wanted to gain experience with an alternating current system as an alternative and decided on a large-scale test on the line from Thionville to Valenciennes. This route lay outside the other main arteries, it was hilly and it was an important connection in freight trains for the heavy industry in the region. It was decided to use single-phase alternating current with 25 kV / 50 Hz. The experiment was successful. It led to further routes being operated with alternating current and the country now has two different systems. When selecting the locomotives, a large-scale test was also carried out and four different electric drive solutions were procured, two each for the four-axle (BB 12000, BB 13000) and two each for the six-axle (CC 14000, CC 14100) series. [1]

The electrical equipment for the CC 14100 was supplied by Alsthom . A transformer first reduces the input voltage from 25,000 V to 3000 V. Then a synchronous motor is driven, which is mechanically firmly connected to two direct current generators. The direct current feeds the six traction motors connected in parallel. The drive has proven itself for heavy freight trains in hilly terrain. The good controllability and the smooth start-up were also praised. The low maximum speed of 60 km / h was accepted. [2]During tests, the CC 14100 pulled a train with a weight of 1850 tons a ramp with an 11 ‰ gradient and a train with 3500 tons a ramp with 5 ‰. Previously, steam locomotives had to be used in double traction in freight trains on the connection from Thionville to Valenciennes .

use

A CC 14100 in front of a freight train near Hombourg-Budange (1993)

The locomotives were delivered between 1954 and 1958. They were mainly used to transport raw materials such as coal, iron ore, coke, lime and bulk goods such as steel and scrap between the industrial centers in Lorraine and northern France. [3] With the decline of heavy industry in the region from the mid-1970s, the volume of transport also declined. The locomotives were considered reliable but slow. It was also said that the locomotives were quite noisy. [4] There is an externally identical six-axle series CC 14000which has a fundamentally different electrical engineering and of which only 20 copies have been built. This series was considered to be much more susceptible to failure. After more than 30 years in service, the CC 14100 were gradually replaced by new machines from the mid-1980s, such as E.g .: BB 25100 , BB 22200 and BB 26000 . [5]

The national railway company of Luxembourg CFL began some electric freight locomotives of the four-axle BB type. There they were numbered BB 3600 to 3619. [6]

Whereabouts

Two museum copies are still available:

• CC 14161 outside in Conflans-en-Jarnisy
• CC 14183 in the Mining Museum in Petite-Rosselle

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  CC 14161 in Conflans-en-Jarnisy (2017)

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  CC 14161 in Conflans-en-Jarnisy (2017)

Weblinks

Commons : SNCF Class CC 14100 - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Youtube video about the electrification of the Valenciennes - Thionville line (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jean CUYNET: The beginnings of the “industrial” current at the SNCF . In: J3eA . 7, Nr. 1, 2008, S. 0007. Abgerufen am 12. May 2020.
2. ^ Jacques Defrance: The driving equipment of the SNCF , NM La Vie du Rail, 1978
3. ↑ Aurélien Prévot: CC 14000 and CC 14100: emblematic of the North-East thoroughfare . In: Loco-Revue , n ° 807, Oktober 2014, Auray, LR Presse , S. 32–33.
4. ^ Les CC 14100 ont 60 ans . In: ferrovissime . Retrieved May 11, 2020.
5. ^ CC 14100 SNCF . In: Trains d'Europe . Retrieved May 11, 2020.
6. ↑ Power to replace BB 12000 - 13000 + CC 14000 - 14100 . In: Forums LR Press . Retrieved May 13, 2020.