SNCF Class BB 37000

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Class BB37000
Class BB37000
SNCF Fret locomotive 37023 at Unkel
Power type Electric
Builder Alstom
Build date 2004
Total production 60
UIC classification Bo'Bo'
AAR wheel arr. B-B
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Length 19.72 m
Weight on drivers 22.5 t
Total weight 90 t
Electric system(s) 1.5 kV DC
15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC
25 kV 50Hz AC
Current Collection method(s) Pantograph
Top speed 140 km/h
Power output 4,200 kW
Locomotive brakes  
Train brakes  
Career SNCF/Fret
Class BB37000
Number in class 59 (at 2007)
Number(s) 370001-37006, 37008-37060
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The SNCF Class BB 37000 "Prima" electric locomotives are currently being built by Alstom. These locomotives are the triple-voltage version of the Class BB 27000. Sixty of these locomotives, numbered 37001-37060, have been ordered by Fret SNCF for international freight traffic. 37007 was destroyed in October the 11th of 2006 in a terrible accident at Zoufftgen.

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