1C1 3900

Class of SNCF electric locomotive SNCF 1C1 3900Midi E 3200 File:Midi 1C1 E 3201.jpg Midi E 3201 Electric Westinghouse 1912 1 2-6-2 1-C-1 1′C1′ sg on 1,200 mm in 2 850 mm in 2 54 t 82 t Single phase AC, 12 kV, 16 2 3 Hz. Overhead line 2 pantographs Two, Westinghouse 75 km/h mph Continuous, 883 kW hpOne hour, 1,030 kW hp 1C1 3900 was a class of SNCF electric locomotive. The class had only one member, 1C1 3901. It was built in 1912 for the Chemins de fer du Midi and its Midi class was E 3200. It was one of six different prototype electric locomotives ordered by the Midi. It was withdrawn in 1959 and one motor from it is preserved. Overview Many lines of the Midi network being mountain lines, the company began an electrification programme in 1909. The system chosen was single phase alternating current at 12 kV and 16 2 3 Hz. Six prototype locomotives were ordered for the Perpignan – Villefranche-de-Conflent line. They were:Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Railway Locomotives P. Ransome-Wallis 2001 Courier Corporation 0-486-41247-4 149 https://books.google.com/books?id=GVgiRfFBiTgC&dq=Midi+electric+locomotives&pg=PA149 E 3001 from Thomson and General Electric E 3101 from AEG and Henschel E 3201 from Westinghouse, later SNCF 1C1 3900 E 3301 from Brown-Boveri and SLM Winterthur E 3401 from Ateliers du Nord et de l'Est E 3501 from Schneider Only the E 3201 really worked well. The company also ordered railcars E ABD 1 to 30, which later became Class Z 4900 fr Z 4900. Service The E 3201 worked throughout its career on the Perpignan – Villefranche-de-Conflent line for the haulage of freight trains, helped by the railcars. Thanks to its good reliability, it was kept by the SNCF when it was founded in 1938 and it remained in service until 1959. Preservation E 3201 / 1C1 3901 was to be preserved but, owing to an act of vandalism, only one motor from the locomotive could be saved. It is exhibited at the Cité du Train, Mulhouse. References 56 Category:1′C1′ locomotives Category:Standard gauge electric locomotives of France Category:Chemins de fer du Midi Category:Freight locomotives Category:Scrapped locomotives