| SNCF BB 36000 Astride |
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| SNCF BB 436055, At Bois-Plan, near Chambéry, April 2006. | |
| Power type | Electric |
| Builder | Alstom |
| Build date | 1996–2001 |
| Total produced | BB 36000 : 30 BB 36300 : 30 |
| UIC classification | Bo'Bo' |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), clearance UIC 505-1 |
| Length | 19.110 m (62 ft 8 in) |
| Width | 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in)† |
| Height | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)† |
| Locomotive weight | 90 tonnes (89 long tons; 99 short tons) |
| Electric system | 25kV 50Hz AC, 15kV & 3kV DC |
| Traction motors | 4 asynchronous motors |
| Top speed | 200 km/h (120 mph) |
| Power output | 5,600 kW (7,500 hp) |
| Tractive effort | starting : 320kN continuous: 285kN @ 70 km/h (19 m/s) |
| Locomotive brakes | Electrodynamic - regenerative and rheostatic (2950kW) |
| Safety systems | KVB, RPS, GSMR radio Memor (Belgium) RSC, SCMT (Italy) |
| Career | SNCF |
| Number | 36001–36030 & 36051–36060 |
| Locale | BB 36000 France and Belgium 36300 France and Italy |
| First run | 1996 |
| Disposition | In service |
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| Sources : [1][2] except † [3] | |
The SNCF Class BB 36000 locomotives are a class of triple voltage 4 axle Bo'Bo' electric locomotives built by GEC-Alsthom (later Alsthom) between 1996 and 2001 for SNCF. Initially only to be a tri-voltage version of BB 26000 locomotives, it was further developed and became eventually a completely new locomotive type. They mostly operate on French-Belgian freight corridors such as Calais-Montzen and Lille Délivrance-Antwerpen Noord.
SNCB/NMBS's class 13 and CFL's class 3000 locomotives were derived from the BB 36000.
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The first 30 locomotives of Class BB 36000 were built as a result of a modification of an order for 264 of the dual voltage SNCF Class BB 26000 (Sybic); instead only 234 Sybics were built, the last 30 of the order were instead built as a triple voltage design capable of also operating on 3kV DC with a different electric motor type (AC induction) and newer Power semiconductor device technology (GTO type).[4][5]
BB 36000 were also slated for use in the canceled Nightstar cross-channel services. With the Nightstar project frozen in 1997 and shelved in 1999, the locomotives were displaced to FRET, the freight branch of SNCF.
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