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 typeElectric
BuilderSociété Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques / Constructions électriques de France[1]
Build date1924[1]
Total produced20[1]
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICBo′Bo′
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length13.100 m (43 ft 0 in)[1]
Loco weight201-204: 78 tonnes
205-220: 77 tonnes[1]
Electric system/s1.5 kV DC Catenary[1]
Current pickup(s)Pantograph
Traction motors201-204: 4 × DK87A (201-204)
205-220: 4 × LC3500[1]
Performance figures
Maximum speedOriginally: 90 km/h (56 mph)
After 1960s: 70 km/h (43 mph)[2]
Power output1,076 kW (1,440 hp)[1]
Career
OperatorsChemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (PO)
SNCF
NumbersPO: E.201 to E.220[1]
SNCF: BB 201 to BB 220[1]
Scrapped201 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the 1960 the locomotives were transferred to shunting duties and the top speed lowered.[2] The first four units were withdrawn in 1967, the remaining units, differed slightly in the electrical components were finally all out of service by 1978.[2]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

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.
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