what is it?
The locomotive SNCF BB 10003 was an experimental prototype locomotive converted from a SNCF BB 15000 electric locomotive and used to develop the use of asynchronous induction traction motors.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 44 years ago, in 1982.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 5 MW is about 59 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 16 years (1982–1998).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1982
- in service from
- 1982
- retired
- 1998
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC Catenary, For TMST tests (1991-2) : 3 kV DC Catenary,, 750 V DC Third rail †
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- weight
- 92 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876784, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 10003 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.