SNCF BB 100

PO E.101 to E.180
SNCF BB 100
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderBâtignolles-Châtillon / Oerlikon
Build date1924–25
Total produced80
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICBo′Bo′
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length12.580 m (41 ft 3 in)
Loco weight79 tonnes (78 long tons; 87 short tons)
Electric system/s1.5 kV DC Catenary
Current pickupPantograph
Traction motors4 × TM 3301
Performance figures
Maximum speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Power output1,136 kW (1,520 hp)
Career
OperatorsChemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO)
SNCF
NumbersPO: E.101 to E.180
SNCF: BB 101 to BB 180
Scrappedbetween 1967 and 1971

The SNCF locomotives BB 101 to BB 180 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 class were built as part of an order for 200 locomotives of similar types and were initially used on the newly electrified Paris - Vierzon line before being displaced by the SNCF 2D2 5500 class.

After 1945 the units were used on freight trains between Paris and the area around Toulouse.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 BB 100 [citation needed]
  2. 1 2 3 "BB 100". fc30.pagesperso-orange.fr (in French). Trains d'Europe.

Literature

  • Davies, John. Chemins de fer du Midi and Chemins de fer de Paris à Orleans Locomotive List 1840–1938. Woodbridge, Queensland: Dr. John Davies. pp. 197–198. ISBN 0-9585541-0-2.
  • Jacques Defrance (1978) [1969]. Le matériel moteur de la SNCF. La Vie du Rail.