The
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...
Class CC 65000
diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover (locomotive), power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is con ...
s were built by
Alsthom,
CAFL and
SACM between 1957 and 1958. They were most often used in the triangle Nantes-Tours, Tours-Bordeaux and Bordeaux-La Rochelle-Nantes.
The series was withdrawn from service between 1981 and 1988 but two examples were preserved: CC 65001 at the
Cité du Train
The Cité du Train (English: ''City of the Train'' or ''Train City''), situated in Mulhouse, France, is one of the ten largest railway museums in the world. It is the successor to the ''Musée Français du Chemin de Fer'' (French National Railw ...
in Mulhouse and CC 65005 by the
Train des Mouettes.
65000
Alstom locomotives
SACM locomotives
Co′Co′ locomotives
CC 65000
Railway locomotives introduced in 1957
Standard-gauge locomotives of France
Passenger locomotives
Streamlined diesel locomotives
Co'Co' Diesel Locomotives of Europe
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