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 type Electric Builder Bâtignolles-Châtillon / Oerlikon[1] Build date 1924–25[1] Total produced 80[1]
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Bo′Bo′ Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) Length 12.580 m (41 ft 3 in)[1] Loco weight 79 tonnes (78 long tons; 87 short tons)[1] Electric system/s 1.5 kV DC Catenary[1] Current pickup(s) Pantograph Traction motors 4 × TM 3301[1]
Performance figures Maximum speed 90 km/h (56 mph)[1] Power output 1,136 kW (1,520 hp)[1]
Career Operators Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (PO) SNCF Numbers PO: E.101 to E.180[1] SNCF: BB 101 to BB 180[1] Scrapped between 1967 and 1971[2]

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

See also

• SNCF BB 1-80, SNCF BB 200, SNCF BB 1320, SNCF BB 1420 - similar locomotives, part of the same order of 200 locomotives

References

1. BB 100
2. "BB 100". fc30.pagesperso-orange.fr (in French). Trains d'Europe.

Literature

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

External links

• "Picture Gallery, Directory: /pix/fr/electric/dc/PO (Paris Orleans locomotives)". www.railfaneurope.net.