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SNCF BB 1320
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques· from 1927· class of 4 French electric locomotives
what is it?
The SNCF locomotives BB 1321 to BB 1324 were a class of 1500 V DC 4 axle electric locomotives originally built for the Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans in the 1920s. After incorporation into SNCF the locomotives were used for shunting duties after the late 1940s.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- 912 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1927–1975).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1975
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, Constructions électriques de France
- 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
- 65 km/h
- power
- 912 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC Catenary
- length
- 13.1 m
- weight
- 77 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876799, Wikipedia: SNCF BB 1320 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.