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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SNCF BB 16101 at Paris Gare du Nord: No machine-readable author provided. Our Phellap~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 3 Locomotives SNCF: Albert Bergonzo· CC0
- 3. BB 16101 en tête d'un TER 2N à Amiens: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. BB 16105 à Paris-Nord - 10 septembre 2008: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. BB 16111 à Amiens - 26 décembre 2008: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. BB 16113 (28870727490): patrick janicek from Courbevoie, France· CC BY 2.0
- 7. BB 16113 Villeneuve: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class BB 16100 electric locomotives were converted from class BB 16000s by fitting TDM push-pull equipment to work the Paris Nord to St. Quentin/Amiens services as well as Paris St Lazare - Rouen.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 4.1 MW is about 49 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1963
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Le Matériel de Traction Électrique
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 4.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.7 m
- weight
- 88 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876812, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 16100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.