SNCF Class BB 60031

what is it?

The SNCF Class BB 60030 diesel locomotives were built by FAMH / Jeumont for the Chemin de Fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) in 1938. They were powered by Sulzer engines, producing 550 bhp, and weighed 68.5 tonnes. Three locomotives were built.

who runs it

Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la MéditerranéeSociété nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

• speed 50 km/htop speed
• weight 68.5 tin working order
• built 3made 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 88 years ago, in 1938.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏12.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 33 years (1938–1971).

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

spec sheet

built

1938

in service from

1938

retired

1971

status

retired

number built

3

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d’Homécourt, Jeumont-Schneider

operators

Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, Société nationale des chemins de fer français

top speed

50 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′

length

12.2 m

weight

68.5 t

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