what is it?
The SNCF class BB 20005 locomotive was a prototype locomotive of the BB25150/BB25200 series, transformed from the damaged BB16028 in 1961. After the end of its test period in 1975 it was reinstated with its original equipment under its original number BB16028.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 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.
- 3.9 MW is about 46 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 16.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 14 years (1961–1975).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1961
- in service from
- 1961
- retired
- 1975
- 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
- 3.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary, 1.5 kV DC, 25 kV AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 16.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876810, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 20005 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.