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Trainsimming M odern French Railw ays Part Tw o M arch 2003 A CC 6500 in the Green Maurienne livery taking Italian passenger carriages on a Pilgrim train back to Modane, and Italy, July 1994 (Etoile de Savoie). Engine Model: Bruno Terrien (From a purist point of view the extra 40 in the number was only applied from 1999) In Part Two: French In Part two we cover all electric and The electrical locomotives developed in the Engine diesel locomotives in use, or retired in the 60‘s and 70‘s have different versions for use numbering last few years, starting off with the SNCF on the 1500V DC network, the 25 kV AC system numbering/classification system, color network and with dual voltage versions that schemes, and then a description of the can be used on both networks. ñ Color locomotives by family, covering their use. schemes Dual voltage locomotives normally have two Particular attention will be paid to pantographs, one for AC and the other for DC. locomotives used on the routes presented Older locos need to drop one panto, coast, ñ Electrics in part one: the Etoile de Savoie, PACA then raise the other when changing. and the non TGV lines out of Paris Gare ñ Diesels du Nord and Lille Flandres in TGV Nord. ñ Small Shunters ñ Resources Trainsimming M odern French R ailw ays Part Tw o 2 French Locomotive N umbering system Traditionally, and still used by Railway modelers and specialist magazines, the French numbering/classification A1A-A1A 68523 is a diesel, where 685 is a separate sub system comprises: series, with two bogies, each with a driven axle, a non- powered axle and a driven axle. Letters or numbers designating the number of driven and non driven axles on each bogie Strictly speaking the BB and CC are not now used, and at present, following segmentation, an additional prefix is ñ Then five numbers, the first two or three designating being put on the number to designate the SNCF branch the type of propulsion power and the class, and the owning the loco. last two or three the number of that engine in the series. 1 Grandes Lignes Long Distance Passenger To confuse things sometimes, as there are only a 100 4 Fret Freight numbers in this system, numbers move on to the next set. 5 Action Regional Regional 6 Infrastructure Maintenance A 1 Driven axle 1 1 Non driven axle 8 Ile de France Regional in the Ile de B 2 Driven axles 2 2 Non driven axles France C 3 Driven axles 9 Owned or subsidized D 4 Driven axles by Local authority or third party. Number Power The other leading letters are 0 œ 9999 1500 DC 10000 œ 19999 25 kV X Diesel rail cars and multiple units 2101-4999 20000 œ 29999 Dual voltage 1500 DC and 25 kV (Autorails) 30000 œ 39999 Tri system Electric Y Shunter (Switcher) 2201-9999 40000 œ 49999 Four system Electric T Gas turbine sets 1001-2082 60000 + Diesel Z Electric multiple units (Automoteurs 3711-9636 électrique) Hence CC 6559 in the opening picture is the 59th loco of the Class 6500 1500V DC loco, with two bogies each with three axles. A CC 72000 in the latest En-Voyage scheme for Grandes Lignes. The scheme uses vinyl overlays, and has been widely condemned as being tacky. This loco has also been re- engined with a more ecological engine. Model: Brunno Terrien, Trainsimming M odern French R ailw ays Part Tw o 3 Locomotive color schemes In marked contrast to, say, the Germans or the Swiss with some of which relate only to specific locomotives, with a limited number of color schemes over the last thirty have sub varieties within the main scheme. years, the French have a wide variety of color schemes, Electric locomotives Blue-green Blue green with white lining or The original standard livery for electric passenger or mixed traffic aluminum trim locomotives Béton (Cement) Cement gray with orange bands From 1980 - standard 1980 and 90 livery Grand Confort Pale Gray with red band lined in Used on CC 6500 and BB 15000 to match similar painted (sometimes called orange carriages on high speed trains TEE) Corail Plus Metallic gray with red flash on From 1997 to match the refurbished Corail plus carriages (sometimes called side and front end (the prototype Multiservice) had a blue flash) Ile de France W hite with blue window bands Used for EMUs and push-pull in the Greater Paris area plus red doors and front ends on EMUs Fret Two tone gray with green sides From 1999 on locos allocated to the Fret division En voyage Gray with one mauve and one From 2002 on Long distance passenger turquoise nose with an En Voyage picture/vinyl. M ain line diesel Green Mid green with yellow stripes The first post war scheme Blue and Gray Blue and Gray with white lining W ith variations the standard color for diesels Fret As Electric En Voyage As Electric S hunters Green Green with yellow stripes Orange/Brown Orange with brown band From mid eighties œ Also called Arzens orange scheme. The schemes for EMU‘s and DMUs will be covered in part three. www.train-rail.com has color side The person most responsible for the French style is Paul plates for each loco showing the Arzens. His first loco was the CC 7100, but his design that color schemes used. perhaps most typify French loco design are the ones with the slanted windscreens, and the BB 67000 and A1A-A1A 68000 diesels, the blue scheme on these diesels, as well as the Grand Confort express train livery and Orange/brown shunting scheme. Trainsimming M odern French R ailw ays Part Tw o 4 M ajor developments in post w ar electric locos. From Part one, we know that France has both 1500V DC freight. This was initially using monomotor œ that is lines and 25kV AC lines, the later electrified since the all the motorized axles on the bogie powered by one late 1950‘s. As a result the major developments in motor through gears - and the deployment of twin Electric locos post war were: gears; one with a high speed for passenger, and a lower speed with more pull for freight. Fitted Production of 1500 V DC locomotives with minor originally to the —Dancers“, then to all later classes improvements to pre war designs. (BB 8100). of electric (and diesels) locomotives. ñ Development of fast electric trains with motorized ñ The development of —true“ dual voltage locomotives bogies œ with the CC 7000/7001 in 1949, or BB œ true in the sense that they had the produced the bogies fitted with the Jacquemin transmission same power under both 1500v DC and 25kV AC. developed by the SNCF (BB 9200) in 1957. Probably with the BB 22200. ñ The development of 25 kV 50Hz locomotives. The ñ Once the BB 26000, a true dual voltage universal first ones developed the —Fers à repasser“ (Flat locomotive (because of the Synchronous motor) was irons) in 1954 for the Thionville line had central developed (1988) no more mono-current cabins to simplify the development, and reduce locomotives were built. costs. ñ The development of the Universal locomotive capable of both fast passenger and slower heavier . SNCF Electric locos in use or recently retired. Family Name 1500 DC 25 kV AC Dual Three Notes voltage system Nez cassés (Broken CC 6500 Nez cassés (broken noses) is the generic name noses) for the locos built by Alsthom (electric and the diesel CC 72000) designed by Paul Arzens with a slanted window, which reduces glare on the windscreen. A sub class in Green is named the M auriennes from the name of the route to Modane. - CC 7000/7100 Nez cassés (Broken BB 7200 BB 15000 BB 22200 Noses) Bonnes à tout faire BB 8100 (Maids for all) BB 80000 Danseuses (Dancers) BB 8500 BB 16500 BB 20200 So called because they dance on the rails. BB 88500 BB 17000 BB 25500 Jacquemin BB 9200 BB 16000 BB 25100 M. Jacquemin was Head Engineer of the BB 9300 BB 16100 BB 25200 Division of Engineering and Electrical Traction BB9600 (DETE), which developed the transmission BB9700 system. The standard type of the 1950‘s Fer à repasser BB 12000 So called because of their central monocab (Flat irons) The first 25kV AC engines built for the Valenciennes Thionville line œ now withdrawn Sybic BB 26000 Sybic means Synchronous œBicurrent Astride BB 36000 Astride Asynchronous Tritension Drive Engine - BB 27000 The last class of loco. Freight only. Trainsimming M odern French R ailw ays Part Tw o 5 Class: CC 6500 Number 6501 - 6578 Built: Built: 1969 œ75 Voltage: 1500 V DC Speed: 200 Km/h Multi: No Number 76 in Use: Use: Originally Passenger on Fast and named passenger trains, now Freight Color Grand Confort, Béton, Maurienne Green, FRET For a long time the most powerful class of the SNCF œ there are three sub classes with different side body grills œ the second batch of 20 originally fitted for working the third rail supply on the Chambéry-Modane —Maurienne“ route. Although these have long been converted, some still retain their light green paint scheme. Originally pulled high speed trains to the South of France, but the arrival of the TGV PSE and Atlantique, and the BB 26000 has meant they are now used for freight, with occasional passenger. The last four were originally dual voltage 21001 - 4 A CC 6500 in Grand Confort scheme on its way to Modane (Etoile de Savoie) July 2001.