DC 40100

Description

DC 40100 are a series of 10 locomotive electric quadricourant of the SNCF. They were delivered in two phases, the 4 first in 1964, the six last, with some improvements, in 1969 - 1970.

These machines quadricourant, the only ones of the SNCF to date if one excludes TGV PBKA, were designed to ensure the international services between France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Their polycourant equipment in fact would have enabled them to traverse all continental Europe.

SNCB brought into service at the same time on Paris-Brussels-Cologne the six engines quadricourant series 18 (see Matériel engine of SNCB) also manufactured by Alsthom which were directly derived from DC 40100 .

These two small series inaugurated the profile called in “broken nose” to the reversed Pare-brise due to the designer Paul Arzens who was applied thereafter to several other series of which DC 6500 and BB 15000.

Service

Although equipped to circulate under the German current (15 Kv-16 2/3 Hz), DC 40100 practically never went to Germany during their career. Their equipment 1,5 Kv and 15 Kv was dismounted besides, by making engines bicourant 3 Kv (Belgium) and 25 Kv (north of France).

They thus ensured of 1964 1996 the international passenger trains between Paris and Brussels (towards Amsterdam) or Liege towards Cologne, of which many Trans-Europ-Express train ( the Brabant , Star of North , Ile de France , Blue Oiseau …).

Judged with use insufficiently reliable and very expensive in maintenance (of to technology reduction in the résitance for increased the effort tractive of the engine which tended to explode), they yielded the place to the oars at high speed Thalys (PBA and PBKA) in 1996.

Particular machine

  • the DC 40106 was destroyed very quickly after its startup in 1969. It remained in repair differed until in 1973, date of its rebuilding and handing-over in service.

Preserved machines (2005)

See too

  • Material engine of the SNCF

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