SNCF BB 1280

PO E 1-13, later PO E 281-293
SNCF BB 1280
PO E.1 (preserved at Mulhouse railway museum, 2012)[i]
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderGeneral Electric/Blanc-Misseron[1]
Build dateE.1 to E.8 : 1900-1904
E.9 to E.13 : 1905-1912
Total produced13
Rebuild date1930-5[1]
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICBo′Bo′
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Wheelbase2.388 m (7 ft 10.0 in) (bogie)
Length10.609 m (34 ft 9.7 in)¤
11.371 m (37 ft 3.7 in)‡
Loco weight50 t (49 long tons; 55 short tons)*, 60 t (59 long tons; 66 short tons)*¶
54.6 t (53.7 long tons; 60.2 short tons)‡,
64 t (63 long tons; 71 short tons)‡¶
Electric system/s600 V DC third rail*
1500 V DC Catenary†
Current pickup(s)third rail / mini-pantograph[2]
Pantograph†
Traction motorsfour GE motors
Transmissionseries/parallel switching,[3] rheostatic control,[4] under 1500 V metadyne control
MU workingsecond series only (E.9 to E.13)‡
Performance figures
Maximum speed70 km/h (43 mph)*, later 100 km/h (62 mph)*‡[2]
50 km/h (31 mph)¶
Power output680 kW (910 hp) / 500 kW (670 hp) (hourly / continuous)
140 kW (190 hp) / 103 kW (138 hp) (hourly / continuous)¶
Career
OperatorsCompagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, later SNCF
Class
  • PO E.1 to 13
  • PO E.281-293 (1500 V versions)
  • SNCF BB 280-293
  • SNCF BB 1280-1293 (after 1949)
NicknamesBoîte à sel (Salt cellars)[2]

The SNCF BB 1280 class were a class of 600 V DC 4 axle Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives, formerly Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans machines (originally PO E.1 to E.13), initially built for an underground section of line connecting the Gare d'Austerlitz to the Quai d'Orsay in inner Paris. The locomotives were converted for 1500 V DC use in the 1930s, and renumbered PO E.281 to E.293. They were absorbed by the SNCF, and operated as shunters until the late 1960s.


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  3. ^ Parshall & Hobart (1907), "Paris-Orleans Locomotives", p.325.
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