SNCF Class BB 9200

BB 9278 at Paris Gare d'Austerlitz on 5 September 2005.

The SNCF Class BB 9200 1500 V DC electric locomotives were built by Schneider-Jeumont/CEM between 1958-1964. 92 of them were built and 20 remain.

History

These train engines are products of the Jacquemin product family of train engines (locomotives), offspring of the prototype BB 9004, and named after the engineer who designed their bogies.

The locomotives were designed for a maximum speed of 160 km/h (99 mph) and were the first such train engines in France. In the late sixties, a small group of train engines was converted for 200 km/h (120 mph) operation, hauling prestige TEE trains like the Capitole - these train engines were called the BB 9200 Capitole. These types were later superseded by the CC 6500 train engines. Some of these train engines have been in service for more than 10 million kilometers (6.2 million miles) since they have been set to service.

Current service

The regular services of the remaining BB 9200 train engines are inter-regional trains between Paris Montparnasse and Le Mans, between Paris Austerlitz and Tours and between Paris Gare de Lyon, Dijon and Lyon. Some few are in service for freight trains.

Phasing out of the series of train engines was expected for 2007.

BB 9200 Capitole

The BB 9200 Capitole train was a train engine type variant of the SNCF Class BB 9200 train engine type specially constructed for high speed trains (faster than 160 km/h or 99 mph). Due to its special design they were also called the BB rouge. From 1967 to 1970 the SNCF started the high speed service with the Capitole between Paris and Toulouse. This train connection included some sections with a speed of more than 200 km/h (120 mph).

BB 9291 et 9292 : train engine type variants constructed for 250 km/h (160 mph).
BB 9278, 9281, 9282 et 9288 : train engine type variants that were transformations of serial machines, and limited to 200 km/h (120 mph)

The BB 9200 rouges with their "Capitole" plates were also a model in rail transport modelling, especially the Märklin and Roco (Roco 43563) models, renowned by hobbyists. (The Märklin 3059, which reproduced the BB 9291, is especially prized.)

References

Cuny, Vincent (September 2007). "Le Capitole c'est pas Japon". Correspondences Ferroviares (in French) (34): pp. 50–59. CS1 maint: Extra text (link)
Porcher, Thierry (March–April 2007). "Il y a 40 ans - La Révolution Rouge du CAPITOLE". Objectif Rail (in French) (20): pp. 38–45. CS1 maint: Extra text (link)

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Locomotives of SNCF

Electric locomotives

DC:

BB 1–80
BB 100
BB 200
BB 300
CC 1100
BB 1280
BB 1320
BB 1420
BB 1500
BB 1600
BB 1800
2BB2 3200
2BB2 3300
2CC2 3400
1ABBA1 3500
1ABBA1 3600
1CC1 3700
1CC1 3700
BB 4100
BB 4600
BB 4700
BB 4730
2D2 5400
2D2 5500
CC 6001
BBB 6002
BBB 6003
CC 6500
CC 7000
BB 7003
CC 7100
BB 7200
BB 8100
BB 8500
BB 8700
BB 9001
BB 9003
2D2 9100
BB 9200
BB 9300
BB 9400
BB 9600
BB 9700
BB 80000
BB 88500

BB 12000 BB 13000 CC 14000 CC 14100 BB 15000 BB 16000 BB 16100 BB 16500 BB 17000

Prototype and experimental	BB 10001 CC 10002 BB 10003 BB 10004

Dual-voltage:

BB 20100 C 20150 BB 20200 CC 21000 BB 22200 CC 25000 BB 25100 BB 25150 BB 25200 BB 25500 BB 26000 BB 27000 BB 27300 CC 92000

Prototype and experimental	CC 20001 CC 20002 BBB 20003 BB 20004 BB 20005 BB 20006 BB 20011 and BB 20012

Triple-voltage:

Quad-voltage:

Diesel locomotives

Main-line locos:

BB 60000 C 61000, C61100 BB 61000 A1AA1A 62000 BB 62400 BB 63000 BB 63400 BB 63500 BB 64700, BB 64800 CC 65000 CC 65500 BB 66000 BB 66400 BB 66600 BB 66700 BB 67000 BB 67200 BB 67300 BB 67400 A1AA1A 68000 A1AA1A 68500 BB 69000 BB 69400 CC 70000 BB 71000 CC 72000 CC 72100 BB 75000 BB 76000 CC 77000 CC 80000

Prototype and experimental	BB 60000 040.DI. → BB 60001 030.DC → C 60002 040.DC → BB 60021 040.DM → BB 60031–33 040.DF → BB 60041 141.DA. → 1D1 60051

Shunters:

Y 2100
Y 2200
Y 2400
Y 5100
Y 5200
Y 6000
Y 6200
Y 6300
Y 6400
Y 7100
Y 7400
Y 8000
Y 8400
Y 9000
Y 9100
Y 11200
YBD 12000
YBE 14000
YBE 15000
Y 50100
Y 51100
Y 51200
Y BL

see also SNCF coaches, SNCF multiple units, List of SNCF classes

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