The CC 7107 improves the World rail speed record reaching 331 kilometers per hour (206 mph) on March 28-29, 1955 between Bordeaux and Dax, Landes.
SNCF's CC 7100 class are part of a series of electric locomotives built by Alsthom. The prototype 'CC 7000' (7001 & 7002) were built in 1949 and the production series locomotives CC 7101-CC 7158 f... (more)
During the 1950s, SNCF investigations into high-speed rail saw some CC 7100 class locomotives specially modified for operation at speeds far higher than their regular service speed. These experime... (more)