SNCF Class T 2000 T 2000s with more fuel-efficient Turmo XII turbines which also offered a power increase from . Unlike T 1000s, the T 2000s' control equipment was also modified so that a coupled set could be operated by a single engineer. One power car, number T 2057, has been preserved at the French National Railway Museum. SNCF Class T 2000 SNCF Class T 2000 trainsets, also known under their French acronym RTG ("Rame à turbine à gaz," i.e., gas turbine trainset), were the second generation of turbine-powered trains in France and saw commercial service from 1972 to 2004. Building on the successful
SNCF Class BB 30000 SNCF Class BB 30000 The SNCF Class BB 30000 electric locomotives were built by Fives-Lille, CEM and MTE in 1961. They were the tri-current version of BB 9400 "Vespa" locomotives, of which they were closely derived, and inherited much of the knowledge of the experiences of BB 20004. With electrification of the mayor European axes pending in the late-1950s, SNCF engineers dreamed of a locomotive type which could operate of all 4 major European currents: 1.5 kV DC, 3 kV DC, and . Unfortunately, the technology to develop such kinds of locomotives wasn't advanced enough at that time. Therefore, the