SNCF Class BB 36000

what is it?

The SNCF Class BB 36000 locomotives (named Astride) are a class of triple voltage 4 axle twin bogie electric locomotives built by GEC-Alsthom (later Alstom) between 1996 and 2001 for SNCF. Sixty units were built, with thirty units later converted to subclasses 36200, and 36300 - locomotives with additional safety equipment for cross border trains between France and Italy. As of 2012 there are 30 units of the original 36000 class and 30 units of the 36300 subtype. Locomotives operating in Italy have been given the Italian designation FS Class E436.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• power 6 MWpower output
• weight 90 tin working order
• built 60made 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 30 years ago, in 1996.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
• 🚗6 MW is about 71 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏19.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧓Still in service after 30 years.

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

spec sheet

built

1996–2001

in service from

1996

status

in service

number built

60

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Alstom

operators

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

top speed

200 km/h

power

6 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

Catenary, 25 kV 50 Hz AC,, 1.5 kV DC, 3 kV DC

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′

length

19.1 m

weight

90 t

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