SNCF Class X 2400

The X 2400 by the French state railway SNCF series is a diesel railcar, which was built in a number of 79 pieces 1951-1955. The vehicles could accommodate 12 travelers in the first and 56 travelers in 2nd class, were 27 m long and reached a top speed of 120 km / h The railcars were often coupled together with a sidecar of other units.

Commissioning of 2 x 300 hp vehicles coincided with the start of the series X 5500 and X 5800 Mobylettes with 150 hp and the X series 3800 Picasso with 300 hp. Thus, the fleet of rail buses and combustion railcars SNCF could be renewed before the war fundamentally with three uniform series of different performance classes after the Second World War. Also, these combustion railcars facilitated the replacement of steam traction.

The series was first located in Limoges and was coupled with a sidecar series XR 8000, used on the lines in the Massif Central. There, soon joined the added row X 2800, although they had only one engine, but was stronger.

Since the maintenance costs for the series X 2400 were higher than for the series X 2800, this was moved to Rennes. Until 1989 X 2400 were replaced by the X 2100 and X series 2200.

The X 2464 was taken out of circulation in 1988 and rebuilt in a test train. He was repainted in the Corail colors dark gray, orange and white. Ten vehicles are still obtained in total.

The X series 2400 was built in two versions:

  • XABDP 2470-2479 with a weight of 44.5 t and two Saurer engines with an output of 235 kW (320 hp).

Vehicles received

  • X 2402: Les Hôpitaux - Neufs, CFT Pontarlier Vallorbe
  • X 2403: in Nimes, held by the Chemins de Fer de la Haute- Auvergne ( CFHA, which operates the museum route Bort- les- Orgues - Neussargues ).
  • X 2416: in Carhaix -Plouguer, CFTA
  • X 2419: in Vendôme, inverted for the CFT vallée du Loir between Thoré -la- Rochette and Troo
  • X 2423: in Loudéac in the Chemins de fer du Centre -Bretagne ( CFCB ) since June 2005,
  • X 2425: in Estivareilles, Chemin de Fer du Haut Forez since April 2006
  • X 2426: Les Hôpitaux - Neufs, Association le Coni'fer. Originally operated by the Train Touristique du Cotentin, 1995 sold to PontAuRail in Pont -Audemer and then to the CF Touristique du Rhin, since December 2006, when the current owner.
  • X 2429: in Carhaix -Plouguer, CFTA
  • X 2464: as a test train to October 2010, in the service of SNCF, since out of service
  • X 2475: Saint-Etienne ( Museum )

The vehicle X 2448, stationed first in Saint- Amand- les -Eaux ( AAMCS ), was scrapped due to the poor condition until February 2009. Some parts have been re-used for the X in 2403. The X 2468 was dismantled in September 2009 in Culoz for spare parts. Previously stationed in Attigny, the vehicle of the CFT Sud des Ardennes in 2007 was delivered.

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