Nez cassé (broken nose), French Fry (Amtrak demonstrator)
The SNCFClass CC 6500 is a class of 1.5 kV DCelectric locomotives. The CC 6500 was, together with the CC 40100 [fr] and diesel CC 72000, the first generation of the 'Nez Cassé' family of locomotives and designed for hauling express trains with speeds up to 200 km/h (124 mph) but also used for heavy freight trains. Among the trains they hauled in their first years of service were the SNCF flagship train Le Mistral and Trans Europ Express trains Aquitaine, Le Capitole and l'Étendard.[2]
^Hérubel, Olivier; Zalkind, Jacques (2000), CC 6500 - CC 21000, Éditions de la Régordane, p. 178.
^Nock, O.S. (1978). "The Aquitaine: pioneer of electric power", in World Atlas of Railways, pp. 120–121. New York: Mayflower Books (original publisher: Artists House, London, UK). ISBN0-8317-9500-X.