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SNCF Class BB 25200

🇫🇷 France ·built by Matériel de Traction Electrique· from 1965· class of 50 French dual-voltage electric locomotives

⚡ electric locomotive electric
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. BB 25239 à Aix: Florian Pépellin· Public domain
  2. 2. BB 25250 Aix-les-Bains (2008): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. BB 25238 et TER entre Grésy et Aix-les-Bains (février 2006): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. BB 25241 et BB 67219 au repos à Annemasse (juin 2007): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. BB 25245 - Gare d'Aix-les-Bains-Le Revard, 2005: Jean-Jacques Levrot· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. BB 25252 pour Modane à Lyon-Part-Dieu (novembre 2010): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. BB 25257 en gare de Chambéry sous la neige (2008): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. 06.07.93 Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux BB 25203 (32794436576): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. 21.08.92 Messac-Guipry BB 25228 (15450822700): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. 21.08.92 Rennes BB25205 (6862044403): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
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SNCF Class BB 25200, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Florian Pépellin· Public domain

what is it?

The BB 25200 is a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Materiel de Traction Electrique (MTE) between 1967 and 1976. They are dual voltage locomotives working off both 1500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC. Designed by André Jacquemin, the class is a development of the earlier BB 25100 and BB 25150 locomotives with a higher top speed, being capable of 160 km/h (99 mph). It is the dual voltage equivalent of the BB 9200 and BB 16000 classes.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

  • speed 160 km/htop speed
  • built 50made 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 61 years ago, in 1965.
  • 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.
  • 16.2 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
1965–1974
number built
50
kind
Electric
traction
electric
origin
🇫🇷 France
builders
Matériel de Traction Electrique
designer
André Jacquemin
operators
Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed
160 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
length
16.2 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q636282, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 25200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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