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SNCF Class BB 67400

🇫🇷 France ·built by Brissonneau et Lotz· from 1969· class of French diesel-electric locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. BB67596-Amiens: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. BB 67611 et sa livrée Capitole à Daours (80): BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. 04.06.91 Lauterbourg BB 67517: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. 04.09.89 Mouchard BB66013+BB66207+BB67458 (52253366156): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
5. 05.02.93 Calais-Maritime BB67619 (6287389446): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
6. 05.06.91 Wissembourg BB67571 (7050879579) 1: Phil Richards from London, UK derivative work: Regi51· CC BY-SA 2.0
7. BB 67400 au dépôt de Longueau: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. BB 67400 tractant des BB 67300 à Chambéry (août 2023): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. BB 67611 sur la rotonde de longueau A: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. Allier 544 Langeac: Frachet· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The SNCF Class BB 67400 diesel locomotives were built by Brissonneau and Lotz between 1969–1975. The final development of the BB 67000 class, they can be found working all over France on both freight and passenger trains.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

speed 140 km/htop speed
power 1.8 MWpower output
weight 83 tin working order
built 232made 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 57 years ago, in 1969.
Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 14 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: 1969–1975
number built: 232
kind: Diesel
traction: diesel
origin: 🇫🇷 France
builders: Brissonneau et Lotz
operators: Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed: 140 km/h
power: 1.8 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: B′B′
length: 17.1 m
weight: 83 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q898685, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 67400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.