SNCF BB 1420

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SNCF BB 1420
Specifications
Power type Electric
Builder Société alsacienne de constructions mécaniques (SACM)[1]
Constructions électriques de France (CEF)[2]
Build date 1927-1929[2]
Total produced 15[2]
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Length 12.754 m (41.84 ft)[2]
Locomotive weight 74.9 t (73.7 long tons; 82.6 short tons)[2]
Electric system(s) 1500 V DC Catenary[2]
Current collection
method
Pantograph
Traction motors 4 x DK 87 F (manufacturer CEF)[2]
Top speed 90 km/h (56 mph)[2]
Power output 912 kW (1,223 hp)[2]
Career
Railroad(s) Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (PO)
SNCF
Number PO : E.225 to E.240[2]
SNCF : BB 1425 to BB 1440[2]
Withdrawn 1974[2]

The SNCF locomotives BB 1425 to BB 1440 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.[2]

The locomotives were used on mixed trains on lines between Paris and Bordeaux,[1] after incorporation into SNCF the locomotives were used for shunting duties.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "SNCF withdrawn dc electric locomotives". www.railfaneurope.net. Class 1420. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 BB 1420
    This article incorporates information from the revision as of 58668273 of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.
  3. "BB 1320". fc30.pagesperso-orange.fr (in French). Trains d'Europe. 

Literature

  • Jacques Defrance (1969, republished 1978). Le matériel moteur de la SNCF. La Vie du Rail. 

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