SNCF Class T 2000
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 SNCF's turbotrain in Houlgate on the Deauville-Dives line in 1989. |
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| Power type | Autorail |
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| Builder | ANF |
| Build date | 1972 - 1976 |
| Gauge | 1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) |
| Length | 128.90 m |
| Total weight | 225 t |
| Fuel type | gazole |
| Engine type | Turmo III, Turmo XII |
| Top speed | 160 km/h |
| Power output | 775 kW + 1150 kW |
| Career | SNCF |
| Class | T 2000 |
| Number in class | 13 |
| Number | T 2001 to T 2082 |
| Locale | Normandy, Pays-de-la-Loire, Aquitaine, Rhône-Alpes, Alsace-Lorraine |
| Retired | 2004 |
After constructon of the TGS and the ETG, the first experimental high speed train TGV was put into service in May 1972 as TGV 001. The second generation of turbotrains was the RTG, numbered T 2000, and was put into service at the end of 1972. The RTG, Rame à turbine à gaz (gaz turbine train), were equiped with two 775 kW Turmo III turbines and two auxiliary 300 kW Astazou turbines to power air conditionning and lighting in the passenger coaches.
The T 2000 are esthetically similar to the T 1000 as in they have the same driving cabin but possess a longer chassis and the number of elements of five instead of the T 1000's three. Each turboengine is equiped with a 3500 litre diesel tank necessary for the train to run long routes, with a consumption of 430 litres per hour for traction and 150 litres per hour for passenger comfort. Electropneumatic braking is performed by cast iron soles, disk brakes and electromagnetic shoes under each bogeys for emergency brakes.
The first trains were put into service on the routes from Lyon to Strasbourg, Nantes and Bordeaux. The capacity of the ETG's being inferior to demand, the next batch of RTGs were put on the Western line out of Paris to Caen and Cherbourg. The 1973 oil crisis and SNCF's interest in electric traction put a stop to new orders of RTGs. Even coupled, the capacity of two RTGs was insuffcient at high peak times and so an extra trailer was added to the trains between 1978 and 1981. The second oil crisis, in 1979, increased the price of oil once more and so Turmo XII turbines, less greedy on gazoil and more powerful with an output of 1150 kW, were fitted. Unlike the ETGs (T 1000), the RTGs were later fitted with couplers, which meant the trains were able to be driven by one driver only. The future of the T 2000 became dark in the 1990s when they were taken of the Lyon-Strasbourg in 1995 and off the Paris-Caen-Cherbourg in June 1996. the Lyon-Nantes route was taken over by BB 67400 and CC 72000. The T 2000 then only ran the route between Lyon and Bordeaux on which they excelled thanks to their double ended cabs and the four turnarounds on the line. The fleet was then reduced down to ten trains and were equiped of ground-train radio. Hybrid trains were formed with engines from different consists to lengthen their lifespan. The fleet dimished to six in 2003 and four on 11 December 2004. As a result, the journey from Lyon to Bordeaux was lengthened from 7'30 to 9'00.
One power car, number T 2057, has been preserved at the French National Railway Museum.
| Multiple units of SNCF | |
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| Diesel and gas-turbine multiple units | |
| Diesel units: | X 2100 - X 2200 - X 2400 - X 2700 - X 2720 - X 2770 - X 2800 - X 3600 - X 3700 - X 3800 - X 4200 - X 4300 - X 4500 - X 4630 - X 4750 - X 4790 - X 4900 - X 5500 - X 5800 - X 9100 - X 72500 - X 73500 - X 73900 - X 76500 - X 94750 - X 97150 |
| Trailers: | XR 6000 - XR 6200 - XR 7300 - XR 7800 |
| Turbotrains: | T 1000 - T 2000 - TGV 001 |
| Electric multiple units | |
| DC: | Z 1200 - Z 1300 - Z 1400 - Z 1500 - Z 3600 - Z 3700 - Z 3800 - Z 4100 - Z 4200 - Z 4400 - Z 4500 - Z 4900 - Z 5100 - Z 5300 - Z 5600 - Z 7100 - Z 7300 - Z 7500 |
| AC: | Z 6000 - Z 6100 - Z 6300 - Z 6400 - Z 11500 |
| Dual-voltage: | Z 8100 - Z 8800 - Z 9500 - Z 9600 - Z 20500 - Z 20900 - Z 21500 - Z 22500 - Z 23500 - Z 24500 - U 25500 - Z 26500 - Z 27500 - Z 92050 |
| Bi-mode units: | B 81500 - B 82500 |
| TGV: | Eurostar - TGV Atlantique - TGV Duplex - TGV La Poste - TGV POS - TGV Réseau - TGV Sud-Est - Thalys PBA - Thalys PBKA |
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