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X 2100 - X 2200 - X 2400 - X 2700 - X 2720 - X 2770 - X 2800 - X 3600 - X 3700 - X 3800 - X 4200 - X 4300 - X 4500 - X 4630 - X 4750 - X 4790 - X 4900 - X 5500 - X 5800 - X 9100 - X 72500 - X 73500 - X 73900 - X 76500 - X 94750 - X 97150
Trailers:
XR 6000 - XR 6200 - XR 7300 - XR 7800
Turbotrains:
T 1000 - T 2000
Electric multiple units
DC:
Z 1200 - Z 1300 - Z 1400 - Z 1500 - Z 3600 - Z 3700 - Z 3800 - Z 4100 - Z 4200 - Z 4400 - Z 4500 - Z 4900 - Z 5100 - Z 5300 - Z 5600 - Z 7100 - Z 7300 - Z 7500
X 2800 class numbered 119 units and were introduced from 1958.
X 2200 units were delivered, nearly identical to the X 2100 class except for the 1st class compartment now moved away from the motor. X2100, X2200 and X2800 were couplable together and could all form trains with trailors, a flexible solution to operating variables.
The second new generation railcar was designed to continue the replacement of older units like X 4300 and the remaining X 2800 series. This was a single body railcar with 514kW underfloor motor, air-conditioning, semi-panoramic windows and several open compartiments for a total of 79 seats. A top speed of 140kph.
The SNCF numbering system for electric and diesel locomotives confuses a number of people, and in past Journals locos have sometimes been mis-identified or completely bogus numbers quoted.
The progression from the low-powered classes (C61000) to the highest (CC72000 and now BB 75000) is probably not due to any conscious decision, but the result of the shunters and 'road-switchers' being developed first: the distinctly low-regime BB 71000 'pedalos' were sandwiched between the high-powered prototypes CC 70001/2 and the definitive CC 72000.
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