SNCF BB 200

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)PantographTraction motors201-204: 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]

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]

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the 1960 the locomotives were transferred to shunting duties and the top speed lowered.^[2] The first four units were withdrawn in 1967, the remaining units, differed slightly in the electrical components were finally all out of service by 1978.^[2]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

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. 198–199. ISBN 0-9585541-0-2.
• 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.