SNCF BB 1-80

what is it?

The BB 1 to 80 are electric locomotives of the former Paris-Orléans company first built in 1924, taken over by the SNCF at its creation in 1938. This class was one of a group of four, altogether totalling 200 locomotives for mixed traffic use, ordered by the Orléans network during the electrification of the Paris - Vierzon line; they were put into service between 1924 and 1928. Later, some of these locomotives operated various services at the head of passenger trains, in push-pull mode, in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris.

who runs it

Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à OrléansSociété nationale des chemins de fer françaisCDChemin de fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi

base stats

• speed 90 km/htop speed
• weight 72 tin working order
• built 80made 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 102 years ago, in 1924.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏12.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 56 years (1924–1980).

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

spec sheet

built

1924–1928

in service from

1924

retired

1980

status

preserved

number built

80

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

SEECF

operators

Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi

top speed

90 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

Catenary/3rd rail

length

12.7 m

weight

72 t

nicknames

Biquettes

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