SNCF BB 200

PO E.201 to E.220
SNCF BB 200
Type and origin
Power type Electric
Builder Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques / Constructions électriques de France[1]
Build date 1924[1]
Total produced 20[1]
Specifications
UIC class Bo′Bo′
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length 13.100 m (43 ft 0 in)[1]
Loco weight 201-204: 78 tonnes
205-220: 77 tonnes[1]
Electric system(s) 1.5 kV DC Catenary[1]
Current collection Pantograph
Traction motors 201-204: 4 × DK87A (201-204)
205-220: 4 × LC3500[1]
Performance figures
Maximum speed Originally: 90 km/h (56 mph)
After 1960s: 70 km/h (43 mph)[2]
Power output 1,076 kW (1,440 hp)[1]
Career
Operators Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (PO)
SNCF
Numbers PO: E.201 to E.220[1]
SNCF: BB 201 to BB 220[1]
Scrapped 201 to 204: 1967[2]
205 to 220: 1978[2]

The SNCF locomotives BB 201 to BB 220 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.[1]

Originally built for mixed services between Paris and Bordeaux, the locomotives were soon used primarily for freight trains. During the 1960 the locomotives were transferred to shunting duties and the top speed lowered.[2] The first four units were withdrawn in 1967, the remaining units, differed slightly in the electrical components were finally all out of service by 1978.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 see fr:BB 200
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "BB 200 ex E 200 PO". fc30.pagesperso-orange.fr (in French). Trains d'Europe.

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