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SNCF Class BB 9200

🇫🇷 France ·built by Jeumont-Schneider· from 1957· class of 92 French Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives

⚡ electric locomotive electric retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. SNCF BB 9278 at Paris Gare d'Austerlitz: No machine-readable author provided. Our Phellap~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. SNCF BB 9218: Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy.· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. 03.07.93 Toulouse-Matabiau BB9273 (7050879221): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 18.08.92 Nîmes BB 9207 (14901109795): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 9269 1: Titane8226· CC BY 3.0
  6. 6. 9287: Titane8226· CC BY 3.0
  7. 7. BB 9240: Lunon92· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. BB 9270 arrivée avec son train à Lyon-Perrache (mars 2004): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. Cité du train 75: B.Zsolt· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. SNCF BB 9282-JPVL: Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy· CC BY-SA 3.0
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SNCF Class BB 9200, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The SNCF Class BB 9200 1500 V DC electric locomotives were built by Schneider-Jeumont/CEM between 1957-1964. 92 of them were built, the last being withdrawn in 2014.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

  • speed 200 km/htop speed
  • weight 82.8 tin working order
  • built 92made 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 69 years ago, in 1957.
  • Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
  • Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 58 years (1957–2015).

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built
1957–1964
in service from
1957
retired
2015
status
retired
number built
92
kind
Electric
traction
electric
origin
🇫🇷 France
builders
Jeumont-Schneider, Compagnie Électro-Mécanique
operators
Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed
200 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
1500 V DC
wheel arrangement
Bo′Bo′
length
16.2 m
weight
82.8 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q849857, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 9200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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