Tags: Locomotive.
The SNCF Class CC 6500 is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives. The CC 6500 was together with the CC 40100 (fr) and diesel CC 72000 the first generation of the Nez Casse family of locomotives and designed for hauling express trains with speeds up to 200km/hr (125 mph) but also used for heavy freight trains. Among the trains they hauled in their first years of service were the Trans Europ Express trains the Aquitaine Le Capitole and l’Étendard.