The SNCF Class BB 71000 is a class of 30 centre-cab B′B′ diesel shunting locomotives. Introduced in 1965, they were the last locomotives in service with SNCF to feature side rods.[1] The class was withdrawn from traffic between 1998 and 1999. A number were sold on for industrial use.[2]
^Garvin, Brian; Fox, Peter; Appleby, Chris (1986). SNCF/French National Railways. Sheffield: Platform Five. pp. 52–54. ISBN0-906579-62-7.