SNCF BB 100

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[1] and were initially used on the newly electrified Paris - Vierzon line before being displaced by the SNCF 2D2 5500 class.[2]

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

After 1945 the units were used on freight trains between Paris and the area around Toulouse.[2]

See also

References
  1. BB 100
  2. "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.
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