SNCF BB 200

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]

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 Configuration: ​  • UIC 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 pickup(s) 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]

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the 1960 the locomotives were transferred to shunting duties and the top speed lowered.[2] The first four units were withdrawn in 1967, the remaining units, differed slightly in the electrical components were finally all out of service by 1978.[2]

See also

• SNCF BB 1-80, SNCF BB 100, SNCF BB 1320, SNCF BB 1420 - similar locomotives, part of the same order of 200 locomotives

References

1. see fr:BB 200
2. "BB 200 ex E 200 PO". 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 (17 July 1971). "BB 209 Paris Austerlitz". www.railfaneurope.net.
• Jean-Paul Lescat (17 July 1971). "BB 209 Paris Austerlitz". www.railfaneurope.net.