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SNCF BB 200
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques· from 1924· class of 20 French electric locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive PO E.222 en gare de Juvisy, 1928 (cropped): Agence Rol· Public domain
what is it?
The SNCF locomotives BB 201 to BB 220 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. Originally built for mixed services between Paris and Bordeaux, the locomotives were soon used primarily for freight trains. During the 1960 the locomotives were transferred to shunting duties and the top speed lowered.
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 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 43 years (1924–1967).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924
- in service from
- 1924
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- 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
- 90 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 13.1 m
- weight
- 78 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2876806, Wikipedia: SNCF BB 200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.