10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. B17026 argenteuil3: Josué Ahoyo/Eole99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SNCF BB 17067: No machine-readable author provided. Babskwal assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3. BB 17000 - Commande de portes et vitesse limite: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. BB 17000 - Couloir 01: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. BB 17000 - Pupitre 01: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. BB 17000 - Pupitre 02: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. BB 17000 - Pupitre 03: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. 17061 EV: Didrik Venturini· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Arrivée d'un train en gare de Limay, Yvelines, France, en provenance de Mantes le 30 août 2014: Pmeunier23· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. BB 17000 + BB 27300 — gare de Paris-Saint-Lazare: Skililipappa· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class BB 17000 B-B was a class of AC electric locomotives built between 1965 and 1968. The class was used for suburban duties on railway lines around Paris, notably powering VB2N push-pull sets. They were monophase locomotives (running off 25 kV AC overhead supply) and had the nickname "danseuses" or "dancers".
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Served for 42 years (1965–2007).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965–1968
- in service from
- 1965
- retired
- 2007
- status
- retired
- number built
- 105
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- nicknames
- Danseuses (Dancers)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q643036, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 17000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.