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SNCF Class BB 67200

🇫🇷 France ·built by Brissonneau et Lotz· from 1980· class of 80 French diesel locomotives rebuilt from SNCF BB 67000

SNCF Class BB 67200, photo 1 of 10
1/10 BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Class BB 67200 diesel locomotives of SNCF were adapted from BB 67000 locomotives.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 90 km/htop speed
  • weight 80 tin working order
  • built 80made 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 46 years ago, in 1980.
  • Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1980–1984
number built
80
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇫🇷 France
builders
Brissonneau et Lotz
designer
Paul Arzens
operators
Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed
90 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo′Bo′
length
17.1 m
weight
80 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2876858, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 67200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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