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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 02.08.85 Paris Montparnasse BB 8130: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. BB 8120: Murgatroyd49· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. BB 80000 & BB 8100 - Culoz, 2018: Anthony Levrot· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. BB8240 LAD: Romain Martin· CC BY-SA 1.0
- 5. Locomotives BB 8100 attendant leur démolition à Culoz (2018): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 11.03.89 Lyon Part Dieu BB8207 (6169325849): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. 08.04.87 Villeneuve-St-Georges BB8222 and BB7416: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. BB 8271 (vue arrière) - Culoz, 2018: Anthony Levrot· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF BB 8100 was a French class of 1500 V DC electric locomotives, used on the Paris-Lyon "Imperial" rail line. A post war development of the BB 300 class, they were much loved by the SNCF, 171 locomotives were built between 1948 and 1955. They were used to haul both freight and, later, passenger trains.
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 78 years ago, in 1948.
- 2.1 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1948–1955
- retired
- 2011
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 172
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 2.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.5kV DC
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 12.9 m
- weight
- 92 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876873, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 8100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.