SNCF 2D2 9100
{{short description|French class of express passenger electric locomotives from the 1950s}}
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| name = SNCF 2D2 9100
| image = 2D2-9108-a.jpg
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| powertype = Electric
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| builder = CEM - Fives-Lille
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| builddate = 1950
| totalproduction = 35
| uicclass = 2′Do2′
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| locoweight = {{convert|144|tonnes}}{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}}
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| electricsystem = 1,500 V DC
| collectionmethod = 2× Pantograph
| tractionmotors = 4× {{convert|990|kW|}}{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}}
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| poweroutput 1 hr= {{convert|3640|kW}}{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}}
| poweroutput cont= {{convert|3280|kW}}{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}}
| tractiveeffort = {{convert|226|kN}}{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}}
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| operator = SNCF
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| numinclass = 35
| fleetnumbers = 2D2 9101 – 2D2 9135
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The 2D2 9100 was a class of electric locomotives operated by the SNCF in France, introduced in 1950. They were a development of the pre-war 2D2 5500, built during the post-war push for increased electrification.{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}}
Design
File:2D2-9108 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-c.jpg
File:2D2-9108 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-b.jpg
The class was an updated development of the pre-war 2D2 5500 built for the PO-Midi. Mechanically similar, they incorporated a number of improvements to the electrical system to give smoother control. The 9100 represented the ultimate of the rigid-framed electric locomotive; later designs would be bogie designs.{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc=Class CC7100 Co-Co| pages=108–109 }}{{sfnp|Ransome-Wallis|1959|page=183}}
The design had originated on the Paris-Orléans with the two {{illm|2D2 5300{{!}}E 501–2|de|PO E 501 und 502}} class locomotives of 1925. These had four traction motors, one per axle, driving through Buchli drives and following Swiss practice. They were considered to be more reliable in service than other PO electric locos, such as the 2BB2 400.{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}}{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc=Ganz 2-B-B-2| pages=50–51 }} The original Swiss drive used a single Buchli gear on one side to drive each axle, the French locomotives used a double-sided drive with the Buchli gear duplicated for each end of the axle, which was considered to reduce wear.{{efn-lr|The belief was not merely that the two gears shared the load, thus the rate of wear, but also that it reduced the effects of torsion in the shaft. A similar effect was noted with the phasing gears of the early Napier Deltic engine.}}{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}}
The locomotives operated from a {{1,500 V DC}} catenary with two pantographs, powering four {{cvt|990|kW}} traction motors. Like most other 1,500 V DC locomotives, they used four motors, with speed control by series-parallel switching and fine control by field-weakening resistances. Improvements to the design of the motors, particularly the compensating windings, allowed finer steps of resistance to be used, so that the jerk when switching steps was only a fifth of what it had been previously.{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}} This also improved their high-speed performance, giving a top speed of {{cvt|140|kph}}.{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc= Class 9100 2-Do-2 |pages=98–99}}
Like other French locomotives of this era, they were not equipped with a driver's seat at first, merely a simple saddle. This was replaced by a standing seat when the VACMA 'dead man's pedal' was introduced in 1963, then by a jump seat in 1973.2D2 9100 c'est bientôt la fin !, par André Rasserie, revue Voies Ferrées n°27, janvier-février 1985, éditée par Presses et Éditions Ferroviaires.
Service history
Post-war, the Paris-Lyon line was electrified and more fast express passenger locomotives were required. 35 of this class were built from 1950, from an anticipated demand for around 100. The first was delivered by 2 March 1950 and the last on 31 July 1951.Livre : Les locomotives de type 2D2, par G. Charmentier, éditions du Cabri, décembre 1981.
The initial production was cut short in favour of a Co-Co bogie design, the CC 7100.{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc=Class CC7100 Co-Co| pages=108–109 }} These were introduced from 1952 and, thirty years later, would go on to replace the 2D2 9100. Like the original 2′Do2′ design, this was inspired by Swiss achievements in high-speed chassis design, in this case with the {{illm|SBB-CFF-FFS Re 4/4 I{{!}}Re 4/4I|de|SBB Re 4/4 I}} and then the {{illm|SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 4/4{{!}}Ae 4/4|de|BLS Ae 4/4}}, which established bogie locomotives as being capable of running at express speeds.{{sfnp|Modern Locomotives|2000|loc=Class CC7100 Co-Co| pages=108–109 }}
In their final years, they were based at {{illm|Gerland, Lyon{{!}}Lyon-Mouche|fr|Gerland}} and used for freight services.
Withdrawals began in 1982 and they were all withdrawn by 1987.
= Preservation =
A single example, 2D2 9135, the last of the class, has been preserved. It is listed as a monument historique{{Palissy|PM75002776}} by the AFCL association[http://www.afcl2d2.sitew.fr/#Presentation.A AFCL2D2-9135], sur afcl2d2.sitew.fr. Consulté le 12 juin 2014. and has been at the {{illm|Gare de Laroche - Migennes{{!}}Laroche - Migennes|fr|Gare de Laroche - Migennes}} depot since 2014.
A second locomotive, 2D2 9134, was preserved at Saint-Étienne, but was scrapped in 2008.
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References
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= Bibliography =
{{Commons category|SNCF Class 2D2 9100|SNCF 2D2 9100}}
- {{cite book
|last1=Hollingsworth |first1=Brian
|last2=Cook |first2=Arthur
|title=Modern Locomotives
|year=2000
|publisher=Pavilion Books
|isbn=0-86288-351-2
|ref={{harvid|Modern Locomotives|2000}}
}}
- {{Cite book
|author=Jacques Defrance
|title=Les Engins Moteurs Français (SNCF) 1.7.1982
| publisher=Éditions Frank Stenvalls | location=Malmö
| year=1983 | isbn=91-7266-073-2
}}
- {{Cite book
| author=Olivier Constant
|title= Les locomotives à courant continu 1500 V
| work=Le Train. Sup-encyclopédie – Encyclopédie du matériel moteur SNCF
| publisher=Publitrains eurl
| year=2006
|issn=1267-5008
|oclc=473054995
}}
- {{Cite book
|title=Encyclopedia of World Railway Locomotives
|series=Dover Transportation
|editor-first=P. |editor-last=Ransome-Wallis
|publisher=Courier Corporation
|orig-year=1959
|year=2001
|isbn=0486412474
|ref={{harvid|Ransome-Wallis|1959}}
}}
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Category:Standard gauge electric locomotives of France
Category:1500 V DC locomotives