SNCF Class BB 16500

Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	B′B′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1,100 millimetres (43 1⁄4 in)
Length	14.40 m (47 ft 3 in)
Width	2.985 m (9 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC
Current pickup(s)	Overhead lines
Traction motors	TAO 646A1 (×2)

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Alsthom
Build date	1958–1964
Total produced	294

SNCF BB 16500
	BB 16698 at Trouville-Deauville, 8 August 2004
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Alsthom
Build date	1958–1964
Total produced	294
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	B′B′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1,100 millimetres (43 1⁄4 in)
Length	14.40 m (47 ft 3 in)
Width	2.985 m (9 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC
Current pickup(s)	Overhead lines
Traction motors	TAO 646A1 (×2)
Performance figures
Maximum speed	140 km/h (87 mph)
Power output:;
• Continuous	2,580 kW (3,460 hp)
Tractive effort	324 kN (73,000 lbf)/192 kN (43,000 lbf)
Career
Operators	SNCF TER
Class	BB 16500
Numbers	16501–16794
Nicknames	Danseuses
Locale	Lille, Reims, Metz, Strasbourg
Withdrawn	2002–2011

The SNCF BB 16500 were a class of electric locomotives built by Alsthom between 1958 and 1964 for the SNCF.

They are part of the family of locomotives: SNCF Class BB 8500, SNCF Class BB 88500, SNCF Class BB 17000, SNCF Class BB 20200 and SNCF Class BB 25500. After they were withdrawn in 2011, one locomotive was bought by Romanian railway operator Regiotrans (now Regio Călători) and used on freight trains.

Gallery

16628 at Reims on a TER service in 2008

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