SNCF Class Y 7100

Class Y 7100
Y 7148 at Strasbourg
Type and origin Power type Diesel Builder Billard Decauville Build date 1958–1962 Total produced 210
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4wDH  • UIC B Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Driver dia. 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 in)[1] Wheelbase 3,685 mm (12 ft 1.1 in)[1] Length 9.94 m (32 ft 7 in)[2] Loco weight 32 tonnes (31 long tons; 35 short tons)[2] Fuel type Diesel Prime mover Poyaud 6PYT[2] Engine type Diesel Transmission Hydraulic
Performance figures Maximum speed 54 km/h (34 mph)[2] Power output 150 kW (200 hp)[2] Tractive effort 73 kN (16,000 lbf)[2]
Career Operators SNCF Class Y7100 Numbers Y7101–Y7310

The Y 7100 class of small shunters originally had 210 members. The first 130 were built by Billard, with the remaining 80 by Decauville. They have the 0-4-0 ("B") wheel arrangement, 150 kW diesel engines and hydraulic transmission. They can be found all over the French network.

Y 7192 was converted to mechanical transmission and renumbered as Y 7001. This locomotive was the prototype for the Y7400 class.

Operators

In addition to SNCF, VLFI have purchased four Y 7100 locomotives (numbers 7172, 7200, 7214 & 7245) from SNCF.^[when?][2]^[page needed] two further locos are recorded in use in the Port of Rouen (Grand port maritime de Rouen french).

Some of them are preserved by touristic railroads.^[citation needed]

References

1. Haydock, David (1986). Motive power recognition: 5 SNCF French Railways (First ed.). Shepperton, Surrey UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1637-2.
2. Haydock, David (2008). European Handbook No. 4 French Railways Locomotives & Multiple Units (Fourth ed.). Sheffield, UK: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-902336-65-7.

External links

• Fleet list (SNCF): "Le parc matériel moteur SNCF: Y7100" (PDF). trainso.pages-perso-orange.fr. Trains du Sud-Ouest. Retrieved 21 January 2011.