SNCF BB 1320

The SNCF locomotives BB 1321 to BB 1324 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]

SNCF BB 1320
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM) / Constructions électriques de France (CEF)[1] Build date 1927[1] Total produced 4[1]
Specifications Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) Length 13.10 m (43 ft 0 in)[1] Loco weight 77 t (76 long tons; 85 short tons)[1] Electric system/s 1500 V DC Catenary[1] Current pickup(s) Pantograph Traction motors 4 x DK 87 F (manufacturer CEF)[1]
Performance figures Maximum speed 65 km/h (40 mph)[1] Power output 912 kW (1,223 hp)[1]
Career Operators Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (PO) SNCF Numbers PO : E.221 to E.224[1] SNCF : BB 1321 to BB 1324[1] Withdrawn 1975[1]

After incorporation into SNCF the locomotives were used for shunting duties after the late 1940s.[2]

See also

• SNCF BB 1-80, SNCF BB 100, SNCF BB 200, SNCF BB 1420 - similar locomotives, part of the same order of 200 locomotives

References

1. See fr:BB 1320
2. "BB 1320". 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

• Jean-Paul Lescat. "BB 1321 (ex "Po"). Paris Montparnasse, September 11, 1975". www.railfaneurope.net.
• Jean-Paul Lescat. "BB 1323 and 2D2 5405 Paris Montparnasse, July 31, 1968". www.railfaneurope.net.