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SNCF Class BB 67300

🇫🇷 France ·built by Brissonneau et Lotz· from 1967· class of 90 French B′B′ diesel-electric locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. BB 67371 Gare de Grenoble: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. SNCF BB 67304 at St Malo: Phil Scott ( Our Phellap )· CC BY-SA 3.0
3. 05.07.93 Valence-Ville BB67334 & BB7288: Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. 19870910 BB 67369 Roanne: Roehrensee· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. 22.08.92 St Malo BB67356 (6071076904): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
6. 28.08.89 Briançon BB67560, BB67309 & BB66127 (6169862964): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
7. BB67304-2009-A: KARELEM· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. 17.08.92 Vierzon BB 67318 (54311504759): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
9. Pupitre BB 67382: Nicolas Pépellin· CC BY-SA 3.0
10. BB 67317 à Longueau - 14 juin 2009: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Class BB 67300 is a group of diesel locomotives used by SNCF. They were built by Brissonneau and Lotz between 1967 and 1969. A development of the BB 67000 class of diesel engines fitted with electric train heating and three-phase transmission. Designed as a mixed traffic loco, twenty were fitted for push-pull operation.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

speed 140 km/htop speed
power 1.4 MWpower output
weight 80 tin working order
built 90made 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 59 years ago, in 1967.
Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
1.4 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
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: 1967–1979
in service from: 1967
number built: 90
kind: Diesel
traction: diesel
origin: 🇫🇷 France
builders: Brissonneau et Lotz
operators: Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed: 140 km/h
power: 1.4 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: B-B
length: 17.1 m
weight: 80 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2876866, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 67300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.