SNCF Class BB 20005

Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length	16.68 m (54 ft 9 in)
Width	2.988 m (9 ft 9.6 in)
Height	4.298 m (14 ft 1.2 in)
Loco weight	84 short tons (75 long tons; 76 t)
Electric system/s	Catenary; 1.5 kV DC; 25 kV AC
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	two TO-136B 1.5 kV DC traction motors
Safety systems	Crocodile

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Alsthom & MTE
Build date	1961 (rebuilt from BB16028)

SNCF BB20005
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Alsthom & MTE
Build date	1961 (rebuilt from BB16028)
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length	16.68 m (54 ft 9 in)
Width	2.988 m (9 ft 9.6 in)
Height	4.298 m (14 ft 1.2 in)
Loco weight	84 short tons (75 long tons; 76 t)
Electric system/s	Catenary; 1.5 kV DC; 25 kV AC
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	two TO-136B 1.5 kV DC traction motors
Safety systems	Crocodile
Performance figures
Maximum speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output	3,890 kW (5,220 hp) under 25 kV; 3,290 kW (4,410 hp) under 1.5 kV
Career
Operators	SNCF
Number in class	1
First run	1961
Disposition	reinstated to BB16028

The SNCF class BB 20005 locomotive was a prototype locomotive of the BB25150/BB25200 series, transformed from the damaged BB16028 in 1961. After the end of its test period in 1975 it was reinstated with its original equipment under its original number BB16028.

History

After successful tests with BB20004, prototype of BB25500 locomotives, another new series of dual-voltage locomotives was ordered by SNCF: the BB25150 and BB25200 series. These had a higher power than their predecessors, and in order to test the new parts and technology it was decided to rebuild a BB16000 locomotive into dual-voltage.

BB20005 differed from previous prototypes in the way that it had a both complete AC and DC equipment, previous locomotives only having a complete AC equipment and a small DC equipment, limiting their power under 1.5 kV.With a full AC and DC equipment, BB20005 developed nearly 85% of its power under 1.5 kV, which was a great achievement at that time, knowing that only 2 years before BB20004 developed only 45% of its power under 1.5 kV.

The prototype helped to develop the bogies of the 2 'BB Jacquemin' series: the BB25150 series which had bogies for 130 km/h (81 mph) and were lower geared (to pull heavier freight trains) and the BB25200 series which had bogies for 160 km/h (99 mph) and were higher geared (for lighter passenger trains and to operate in push-pull mode).

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References

"La BB 20 005 ex BB 16028 de la SNCF". Les Prototypes Monophasés de L'Étoile de Savoie (in French).

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