page_title: SNCF Class CC 7100
section_title: Withdrawal and preservation
hierarchical_section_title: SNCF Class CC 7100 / History / Withdrawal and preservation
caption_attribution_description: English: Electric CC 7107 (see badge on front) loco owned by French railways SNCF, shot taken at Deutsche Bahn workshop in Munich-Freimann, Germany. Loco broke world speed record in 1955.
context_page_description: SNCF's CC 7100 class are part of a series of electric locomotives built by Alsthom. The prototype 'CC 7000' were built in 1949 and the production series locomotives CC 7101-CC 7158 followed during 1952–1955. Two of the class are notable for setting world rail speed records: CC 7121 reaching 243 kilometres per hour on 21 February 1954, and CC 7107 reaching 331 kilometres per hour on 28/29 March 1955.
context_section_description: By 2001, the class was reduced to just five operating examples. The introduction of the BB 27000 class dual voltage freight locomotives led to the final withdrawal of these last locomotives from regular service.
  Together with fellow record holder BB 9004, CC 7107 was towed to Germany in 2006 to be present for No 1216 050's record breaking run.
caption: CC 7107 in Germany, 4 September 2006
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