SNCF BB 1320

The SNCF locomotives BB 1321 to BB 1324 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.[1]

SNCF BB 1320
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderSociété Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM) / Constructions électriques de France (CEF)[1]
Build date1927[1]
Total produced4[1]
Specifications
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length13.10 m (43 ft 0 in)[1]
Loco weight77 t (76 long tons; 85 short tons)[1]
Electric system/s1500 V DC Catenary[1]
Current pickup(s)Pantograph
Traction motors4 x DK 87 F (manufacturer CEF)[1]
Performance figures
Maximum speed65 km/h (40 mph)[1]
Power output912 kW (1,223 hp)[1]
Career
OperatorsChemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (PO)
SNCF
NumbersPO : E.221 to E.224[1]
SNCF : BB 1321 to BB 1324[1]
Withdrawn1975[1]

After incorporation into SNCF the locomotives were used for shunting duties after the late 1940s.[2]

See also

References
  1. See fr:BB 1320
  2. "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.
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