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Power type
  
Electric

Build date
  
1924–1927

UIC class
  
Bo′Bo′

Builder
  
SEECF

Total produced
  
80

SNCF BB 1-80

Gauge
  
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in)

The SNCF locomotives BB 1 to BB 80 were a class of 1500 V DC 4-axle electric locomotives originally built for the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans in the 1920s. The locomotives were originally numbered E.1 to E.80 prior to the Paris and Orleans railway company's incorporation into the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) in 1937.

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History

The locomotives were used on both passenger and freight services, particularly in the suburbs of Paris. Between 1948 and 1950 28 of the class were sent to the depot at Chambéry to help with increased traffic between France and Italy, on the Ligne de la Maurienne (French).

In 1960 22 of the class were modified to work in multiple and operate from a third rail supply, operating on the Maurienne line until displaced by the CC 6500 class in 1970.

The locomotives were retired in 1980, one unit No.36 has been preserved at the Musée Français du Chemin de Fer in Mulhouse.

Miniature models

Jouef has produced versions in HO scale in both Paris-Orleans, and SNCF liverys.

References

SNCF BB 1-80 Wikipedia