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SNCF Class BB 25100
🇫🇷 France ·built by Matériel de Traction Electrique· from 1964· class of 25 French dual-voltage electric locomotives
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- 1. F - BB 25100 à Thionville: DIDIER DELVOYE· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The BB 25100 is a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Materiel de Traction Electrique (MTE) in 1967. They are dual voltage locomotives working off both 1500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC with a top speed of 130 km/h (81 mph). The class was designed by André Jacquemin.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1964–2007).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1964–1965
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 2007
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Matériel de Traction Electrique
- designer
- André Jacquemin
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo’
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 85 t
- nicknames
- BB Jacquemin
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876816, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 25100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.