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SNCF BB 1420
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques· from 1927· class of 15 French electric locomotives
what is it?
The SNCF locomotives BB 1425 to BB 1440 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. The locomotives were used on mixed trains on lines between Paris and Bordeaux, after incorporation into SNCF the locomotives were used for shunting duties.
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 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 47 years (1927–1974).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927–1929
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1974
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- 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
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 912 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1500 V DC Catenary
- length
- 12.8 m
- weight
- 74.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876801, Wikipedia: SNCF BB 1420 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.