#2842
SNCF Class BB 325
🇫🇷 France ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 1946· class of French electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BB 327 Miramas: Lucsaretto· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class BB 325 was a class of 25 electric locomotives built between 1946 and 1948. The class was a development of the pre-war Midi Class E4700 and very similar to the Class BB 300. As delivered they were numbered 0325–0355.
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 80 years ago, in 1946.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 52 years (1946–1998).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1946–1948
- in service from
- 1946
- retired
- 1998
- status
- retired
- number built
- 21
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Siemens, Alstom, Matériel de Traction Electrique
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V dc
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- weight
- 80 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q105759832, Wikipedia: SNCF Class BB 325 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.