SNCF Class BB 10003

SNCF BB 10003
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderAlstom / MTE
Build date1982 (converted from BB 7003)
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICBo'Bo'
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Wheel diameter1,250 mm (49.21 in)
Loco weight92 t (91 long tons; 101 short tons)
Electric system/s25 kV AC Catenary
For TMST tests (1991-2) : 3 kV DC Catenary,
750 V DC Third rail †
Current pickup(s)For 25 kV and 3 kV DC, Pantograph
For 750 V DC, Contact shoe[note 1]
Traction motors4 asynchronous motors type AST5B1
Performance figures
Maximum speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output5 MW (6,700 hp)
Career
Withdrawn1998
Dispositionreinstated as BB 15007 in 1998
Sources :[2] except †[1]

The locomotive SNCF BB 10003 was an experimental prototype locomotive converted from a SNCF BB 15000 electric locomotive and used to develop the use of asynchronous induction traction motors.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference or was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Thierry Martel. "BB 10003 (prototype)". Le dépôt de Longueau (www.passiondutrain.fr) (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2011.


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