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SNCF BB 100
🇫🇷 France ·built by Batignolles-Châtillon· from 1924· class of 80 French electric locomotives
what is it?
The SNCF locomotives BB 101 to BB 180 were a class of 1500 V DC 4-axle electric locomotives originally built for the Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans in the 1920s. The class were built as part of an order for 200 locomotives of similar types and were initially used on the newly electrified Paris - Vierzon line before being displaced by the SNCF 2D2 5500 class. After 1945 the units were used on freight trains between Paris and the area around Toulouse.
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 47 years (1924–1971).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924
- in service from
- 1924
- retired
- 1971
- status
- retired
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Batignolles-Châtillon, Oerlikon Works
- operators
- Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 12.6 m
- weight
- 79 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876786, Wikipedia: SNCF BB 100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.