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SNCF BB 13000
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Jeumont-Schneider· from 1954· class of French electric locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BB 13052 Longo: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 11.09.87 Luxembourg SNCF BB13029 (6801760537) (cropped): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 11.09.87 Luxembourg SNCF BB13029 (6801760537): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The BB 13000 class were electric locomotives operated by SNCF in France. They were one of four classes, together with the BB 12000, CC 14000 and CC 14100 classes, that formed an experimental group for studying the practicality of the new French 25 kV 50 Hz AC electrification.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1954–1994).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1961
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1994
- status
- retired
- number built
- 53
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Jeumont-Schneider, Fives Group, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, OC Oerlikon, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 104 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 15.2 m
- weight
- 85 t
- nicknames
- 'Fers à repasser' (Flatirons), 'Trancheur de jambon' (bacon slicers)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876791, Wikipedia: SNCF BB 13000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.