SNCF Class BB 22200

what is it?

The BB 22200 is a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Alstom between 1976 and 1986. They are a dual voltage version (1500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC) of the BB 7200 and BB 15000 Nez Cassé classes.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

• weight 90 tin working order
• built 205made in total

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 50 years ago, in 1976.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏17.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧓Still in service after 50 years.

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built

1976–1986

in service from

1976

status

in service

number built

205

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

electric system

Catenary, 25 kV 50 Hz AC, 1500 V DC

wheel arrangement

B′B′

length

17.5 m

weight

90 t

nicknames

Nez Cassés ("broken noses")

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.