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Pages in category "Electric locomotives of France" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The BB 22200 is a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Alstom between 1976 and 1986. They are a dual voltage version (1500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC) of the BB 7200 and BB 15000 Nez Cassé classes. [a]
The SNCF class BB 15000 is a class of 25 kV 50 Hz electric locomotives built by Alstom and MTE between 1971 and 1978. Initially 65 locomotives strong, the class was widely deployed on the whole French 25 kV network before being replaced by TGV trains when the LGV Est went into service in 2007.
The power cars are numbered by the standard locomotive numbering scheme, prefixed by TGV. The trailers are given a number which consists of the first two digits of the power car's number, followed by the number of the trailer in the set, and finishing with the number of the trainset, prefixed by TGVR or TGVZR , if powered.
The locomotives were designed for a maximum speed of 160 km/h (99 mph) and were the first such engines in France. In the late sixties, a small group of locomotives was converted for 200 km/h (120 mph) operation, hauling prestige TEE trains like the Capitole - these locomotives were called the BB 9200 Capitole .
BB 9003 was built and delivered in 1952 and was the first French locomotive to be remote-controlled from the exterior of its train. [clarification needed] BB 9004 was built and delivered in 1954 and later set a rail speed record of 331 km/h (206 mph) on 29 March 1955 on the Landes line between Facture and Morcenx, France, [1] a day after SNCF 7107 did not exceed the actual speed of 325 km/h ...
The CC 21000 was a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Alsthom in 1969 and 1974. It was a dual voltage version of the CC 6500 class working off both 1500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC.
Electric locomotives of France (1 C, 13 P) ... French locomotive classification; N. List of Chemins de Fer du Nord locomotives This page was ...