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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BB 27300 - BB 27308: Lunon92· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. BB 27300 (55072635323): Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. BB 27300 (54315890417): Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. BB 17000 + BB 27300 — gare de Paris-Saint-Lazare: Skililipappa· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. BB 27300 + VB2N — gare de Gisors: Skililipappa· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. BB 27300 + VB2N — gare du Pont-Cardinet.1: Skililipappa· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. BB 27300 + VB2N — gare du Val d'Argenteuil.1: Skililipappa· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. BB 27300 + VB2N — gare du Val d'Argenteuil.4: Skililipappa· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class BB 27300 is an electric locomotive. There are 67 BB 27300 locomotives, built as part of the Prima range by Alstom. The first BB 27300 were delivered starting in 2006.
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 22 years ago, in 2004.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 4.2 MW is about 49 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2004–2009
- in service from
- 2004
- number built
- 67
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 4.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line:, 3, 3
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19.5 m
- weight
- 89 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q432785, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 27300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.