SNCF BB 100

PO E.101 to E.180 SNCF BB 100
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Bâtignolles-Châtillon / Oerlikon Build date 1924–25 Total produced 80
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Bo′Bo′ Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Length 12.580 m (41 ft 3 in) Loco weight 79 tonnes (78 long tons; 87 short tons) Electric system/s 1.5 kV DC Catenary Current pickup(s) Pantograph Traction motors 4 × TM 3301
Performance figures Maximum speed 90 km/h (56 mph) Power output 1,136 kW (1,520 hp)
Career Operators Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO) SNCF Numbers PO: E.101 to E.180 SNCF: BB 101 to BB 180 Scrapped between 1967 and 1971

The SNCF locomotives BB 101 to BB 180 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. The class were built as part of an order for 200 locomotives of similar types and were initially used on the newly electrified Paris - Vierzon line before being displaced by the SNCF 2D2 5500 class.

After 1945 the units were used on freight trains between Paris and the area around Toulouse.

See also

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

References

Literature

• Davies, John. Chemins de fer du Midi and Chemins de fer de Paris à Orleans Locomotive List 1840–1938. Woodbridge, Queensland: Dr. John Davies. pp. 197–198. ISBN 0-9585541-0-2.
• Jacques Defrance (1978) [1969]. Le matériel moteur de la SNCF. La Vie du Rail.

External links

• "Picture Gallery, Directory: /pix/fr/electric/dc/PO (Paris Orleans locomotives)". www.railfaneurope.net.