SNCF Class BB 12000

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SNCF BB 12000
SNCF BB-12010 at Strasbourg, 1992
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Schneider-Westinghouse, Alsthom, Schneider-Jeumont Build date 1954–1961 Total produced 148
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Bo′Bo′ Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Length 15.200 m (49 ft 10+3⁄8 in) Loco weight 83.4–85.6 tonnes (82.1–84.2 long tons; 91.9–94.4 short tons) Electric system/s 25 kV 50 Hz AC Current pickup(s) Pantograph, 2 of Traction motors SW 435, 4 of
Performance figures Maximum speed 120 or 140 km/h (75 or 87 mph) Power output: ​  • Continuous 2,470 kW (3,310 hp)
Career Operators SNCF Numbers BB 12001 – BB 12148 Retired 2000

The SNCF Class BB 12000 were electric locomotives operated by SNCF, the French railway operator. The first examples arrived on the railway in 1953, operating on the 25 kV 50 Hz line to the coal mines of the Houillères de Lorraine in the north-east of France.^[1]