SNCF 2D2 5500

SNCF 2D2 5500
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderCEM - Fives-Lille[1]
Build date1926 (1926)-1943 (1943)
Total produced50
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UIC2′Do2′
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length17.78 m (58 ft 4 in)
Loco weight130 tonnes (130 long tons; 140 short tons)[2]
Electric system/s1,500 V DC
Current pickup(s)2× Pantograph
Traction motors4× 1000 hp motors
Performance figures
Maximum speed130 km/h (81 mph),
later 140 km/h (87 mph)
Power output:
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 • Continuous2,625 kilowatts (3,520 hp)[3]
Career
OperatorsCompagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, then SNCF
Number in class50
NumbersE 500 series with the PO, then SNCF 2D2 500 and 2D2 5503-5537, 5538-5545, 5546-5550
Nicknames
  • 'Nez de cochon' (Pig-nose),
  • 'Femme enceinte' (Pregnant lady),
  • 'Waterman' (after Waterman ink jar)[4]
Delivered5503-5537: May 1933, 5538-5545: December 1937, 5546-5550: April 1942
Retired1978 through 1980
Preserved2D2 5516 at Cité du train, 2D2 5525 in excursion service

The 2D2 5500 were electric locomotives operated by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, then SNCF in France, in operation from 1933 to 1980.

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