SNCF Class CC 1100

SNCF Class CC 1100
CC 1101 at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges in 1986
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Batignolles-Châtillon/Oerlikon Build date 1937–1948 Total produced 12 Rebuild date 1989–1995
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-6-0  • UIC C′C′ Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Wheel diameter 1,400 mm (55 in) Length: ​  • Over body 17.910 m (58 ft 9.1 in) Loco weight 91 t (90 long tons; 100 short tons) Electric system/s 1500 V dc Current pickup(s) Pantograph Transmission Mechanical
Performance figures Maximum speed 25 km/h (16 mph) Power output: ​  • Continuous 400 kW (540 hp) Tractive effort 183 kN (41,000 lbf)
Career Operators SNCF Class CC 1100 Number in class 25 Numbers E 1001–E 1012 CC 1101–CC 1112 Nicknames Mille-plats (Centipede) Preserved CC 1110

The SNCF Class CC 1100 was a class of 12 centre cab electric shunting locomotives, the first two of which were originally ordered for the PO-Midi. Originally numbered E 1001–E 1012, under the 1950 SNCF renumbering they became CC 1101–CC 1112. They were built by Batignolles-Châtillon and Oerlikon, the first two, E 1001 and E 1002, in 1937 and the remaining ten, E 1003–E 1012, between 1943 and 1948.^[1] Completely rebuilt between 1989 and 1995, the last was withdrawn from service in 2005.^[2]