SNCF Class BB 30000

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SNCF BB 30000

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Fives-Lille, CEM, MTE
Build date	1961
Total produced	2

Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR	B-B
• UIC	B′B′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length	14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Loco weight	69 tonnes (68 long tons; 76 short tons)
Electric system/s	Catenary 1.5 kV DC 3 kV DC 25 kV 50 Hz AC
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	Two 1.5 kV DC SW 6308 traction motors
Safety systems	Crocodile

Performance figures
Maximum speed	150 km/h (93 mph)
Power output	2,250 kW (3,020 hp)

Career
Operators	SNCF
Numbers	BB 26001 and BB 26002 (1961–64) BB 30001 and BB 30002 (1964–retired)
Nicknames	Vespa tricourant
First run	1961
Retired	1970 (BB30002, damaged by fire) 1974 (BB 30001)

The SNCF Class BB 30000 electric locomotives were built by Fives-Lille, CEM and MTE in 1961. They were the tri-current version of BB 9400 "Vespa" locomotives, of which they were closely derived, and inherited much of the knowledge of the experiences of BB 20004.

History

With electrification of the mayor European axes pending in the late-1950s, SNCF engineers dreamed of a locomotive type which could operate of all 4 major European currents: 1.5 kV DC, 3 kV DC, 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC. Unfortunately, the technology to develop such kinds of locomotives wasn't advanced enough at that time. Therefore, the engineers stuck to the idea of realizing a reliable series of dual-voltage locomotive first.

But, with the electrification of the Paris-Brussels line pending, the engineers wanted to modify the locomotives so that they also could operate of the Belgian 3 kV DC. As the locomotive had still primitive DC motors, this could be done by connecting them together in series or series-parallel.

In 1961 the 2 locomotives were delivered as BB 26001 and BB 26002 and closely resembled to their DC counterparts BB 9400, but had also some differences: they had already double lights (one couple for white, one couple for red) instead of a single couple on BB 9400/BB 16000 series and their pantographs were inverted.

Career

BB 26002 pulled the very first commercial train on the fully electrified Paris-Brussels line on 9 September 1963. For the first 4 years the locomotives operated in pool with the Belgian HLE 15 locomotives but after the arrival of the stronger CC 40100 series, they pulled the lighter trains between Paris and Belgium due to their low power. They were also renumbered in BB 30001 and BB 30002 in 1963. BB 30002 was retired in 1970 after it was damaged by a fire, BB 30001 followed in 1974.

References

"Les "polytension" du Nord et de la Belgique". Le Train Spécial 50. Éditions Publitrains: 42–43. 2007. ISSN 0986-6663.

SNCF locomotives

Electric
locomotives

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 CC 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 69200 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

Steam locomotives

Tender locomotives	232.P 232.Q 232.R 232.S 232.U 141.P 141.R 240.P 241.P 242.A 150.P 150.X 150.Y 150.Z
Tank locomotives	221.Q 030.TA 030.TU 030.TW 040.TX 050.TX 050.TQ 151.TQ

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