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SNCF Class BB 9300

🇫🇷 France ·built by Schneider Electric· from 1967· class of 40 French electric locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. SNCF BB 9329 at Paris Gare d'Austerlitz: No machine-readable author provided. Our Phellap~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Arrivée d'un TER à Argelès-sur-Mer (août 2008): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. BB 9300 à St-Vincent de Tyrosse: Florian Pépellin· Public domain
4. BB 9337 à Toulouse: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. BB9327 SNCF - Gare de Luchon - Phil Richards: Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
6. TER arrivant de Cerbère en gare de Collioure (août 2007): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. BB 9326 en manoeuvre à Cerbère (août 2008) 1: Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. BB 9326 en manoeuvre à Cerbère (août 2008) 2: Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. BB 9326 en manoeuvre à Cerbère (août 2008) 3: Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. LOCOMOTIVE EN VOYAGE (8639340673): patrick janicek from Courbevoie, France· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The SNCF Class BB 9300 was a class of French 1500V DC electric locomotives built by Schneider-Jeumont/CEM between 1967 and 1969. They were later mainly used on passenger services around Marseille, Avignon, Nîmes, Narbonne and Toulouse, and all had been withdrawn by 2014.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

speed 160 km/htop speed
power 3.9 MWpower output
built 40made 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 59 years ago, in 1967.
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.
3.9 MW is about 45 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
Served for 47 years (1967–2014).

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

spec sheet

built: 1967–1969
in service from: 1967
retired: 2014
status: retired
number built: 40
kind: Electric
traction: electric
origin: 🇫🇷 France
builders: Schneider Electric, Compagnie Électro-Mécanique, Jeumont-Schneider, Matériel de Traction Electrique
operators: Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed: 160 km/h
power: 3.9 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: 1.5 kV DC Catenary
wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′
length: 16.2 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q751355, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 9300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.