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The SNCF BB 1280 class were a class of 600 V DC 4 axle Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives, formerly Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans machines (originally PO E.1 to E.13), initially built for an underground section of line connecting the Gare d'Austerlitz to the Quai d'Orsay in inner Paris. The locomotives were converted for 1500 V ...
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Lefranc, Georges. "The French Railroads, 1823–1842", Journal of Business and Economic History, II, 1929–30, 299–331. Le Henaff, Colonel, and Captain Bronecque. The French railroads and the war (1922) World War I online; Milward, Alan, and S.B. Saul. The Economic Development of Continental Europe 1780–1870 (1973) pp 335–43. Mitchell ...
Locomotive Seguin is the first steam locomotive to use a tubular boiler, a groundbreaking invention that multiplied the developed power by sixfold. [1] Boiling is achieved by circulating the combustion gases in multiple 'fire tubes' passing through the heating body, significantly increasing the thermal exchange surface and efficiency.
It also maintains 3,900 locomotives and 500 high-speed trains. Each of SNCF's TGV trains travels more than 39,000 km (24,000 mi) a month – enough to circle the globe. Each year SNCF's Human Resources Department provides over 1.2 million hours of training to its over 25,000 employees.
The Class BB 8700 electric locomotives were rebuilt from the BB 8500 (or BB 88500) as the first subseries for the growth in Maurienne. Indeed, while the CC 6500 participated in this task, the reorganization of traction in Maurienne had led them to other services. Since the BB 8500 had been restricted for some years to 150 km/h (93 mph), as a ...