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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BB 69449 en tête d'une RRR à Amiens: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. BB 69431 depot de longueau: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. BB 69400 (51144911075): Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. PXL 20250505 BB69400: Beaufix· CC0
- 5. BB 66400 + VT2 + BB 69400 — gare d'Aulnay-sous-Bois.1: Skililipappa· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. BB 66400 + VT2 + BB 69400 — gare d'Aulnay-sous-Bois.2: Skililipappa· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. BB 69400 (50690562561): Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. BB 69400 et voiture Mauzin à Sotteville: Mouliric· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. BB69400: Mieguy· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. SNCF BB 69400: Chris0693· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SNCF BB 69400 are a class of diesel locomotives resulting from the renovation and re-engining of members of class BB 66400 between 2004 and 2005 for the freight sector, Fret, of SNCF.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 15 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 22 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1968–2010
- in service from
- 2004
- status
- in service
- number built
- 64
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom, Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d’Homécourt, Compagnie Électro-Mécanique, Fives Group
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 15 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876862, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 69400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.