SNCF BB 1420

The SNCF locomotives BB 1425 to BB 1440 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.[2]

SNCF BB 1420
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Société alsacienne de constructions mécaniques (SACM)[1] Constructions électriques de France (CEF)[2] Build date 1927-1929[2] Total produced 15[2]
Specifications Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) Length 12.754 m (41.84 ft)[2] Loco weight 74.9 t (73.7 long tons; 82.6 short tons)[2] Electric system/s 1500 V DC Catenary[2] Current pickup(s) Pantograph Traction motors 4 x DK 87 F (manufacturer CEF)[2]
Performance figures Maximum speed 90 km/h (56 mph)[2] Power output 912 kW (1,223 hp)[2]
Career Operators Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (PO) SNCF Numbers PO : E.225 to E.240[2] SNCF : BB 1425 to BB 1440[2] Withdrawn 1974[2]

The locomotives were used on mixed trains on lines between Paris and Bordeaux,[1] after incorporation into SNCF the locomotives were used for shunting duties.[3]

See also

• SNCF BB 1-80, SNCF BB 100, SNCF BB 200, SNCF BB 1320 - similar locomotives, part of the same order of 200 locomotives

References

1. "SNCF withdrawn dc electric locomotives". www.railfaneurope.net. Class 1420.
2. fr:BB 1420
3. "BB 1320". fc30.pagesperso-orange.fr (in French). Trains d'Europe.

Literature

• Jacques Defrance (1978) [1969]. Le matériel moteur de la SNCF. La Vie du Rail.

External links

• Jean-Paul Lescat. "BB 1435 (74 T) Brive, August, 1969". www.railfaneurope.net.