SNCF Class BB 12000

Specifications
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

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Schneider-Westinghouse, Alsthom, Schneider-Jeumont
Build date	1954–1961
Total produced	148

SNCF BB 12000
SNCF BB 12000
	SNCF BB-12010 at Strasbourg, 1992
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Schneider-Westinghouse, Alsthom, Schneider-Jeumont
Build date	1954–1961
Total produced	148
Configuration:;
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
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	120 or 140 km/h (75 or 87 mph)
Power output:;
• Continuous	2,470 kW (3,310 hp)
Operators
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.