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Class BB 7200

Class 7200 operates under 1.5 kV DC. There are built 240 of this class; most of them are now used for "Fret" (freight).
SNCF class BB 7200

SNCF class BB 7200 (85 kb)

Electric locomotive class BB 7200 with a passenger train in Banyuls Sur Mer, South France, July 1990.
SNCF BB 7225

BB 7225 (227 kb)

Electric locomotive BB 7225 with a southbound freight train in Chattellerault, August 31, 2004, 18:06.
SNCF BB 7326

BB 7326 (75 kb)

Electric locomotive BB 7326 in Agen, South France, July 1985.
SNCF BB 7340

SNCF BB 7340 (199 kb)

SNCF BB 7340 runs empty through Elne in Southern France on its way to le Boulou. September 9, 2004, 17:46.
SNCF BB 7392

BB 7392 (162 kb)

SNCF BB 7392 with a freigth train in Elne, Southern France, on September 9, 2004, 18:29.
SNCF BB 7406

BB 7406 (185 kb)

Electric locomotive BB 7406 with a freight train runs through Toury August 31, 2004, 14:07.
SNCF BB 7408

BB 7408 (72 kb)

Electric locomotive BB 7408 with passengertrain in Banyuls Sur Mer, South France, only a few kilometers from the border to Spain (Cerbère), July 1990.

Class BB 9200/9300

Class BB 9200 was built from 1957 as a multi-purpose locomotive. Class BB 9300 is an enhanced version, built from 1967. Both runs under 1,5 KV DC.
SNCF BB 9254

BB 9254 (191 kb)

Electric locomotive BB 9254 with a southbound passenger train runs through the little town of Chevilly, a little north of Orleans, on September 13, 2004, 11:37.
SNCF BB 9335

BB 9335 (95 kb)

Electric locomotive BB 9335 - according to the old numbering - not so many years ago french locomotives got new numbers. The Rhone valley, October 1999.

Class BB 9400/9600

Class BB 9400 was built from 1959. Class BB 9600 are rebuilt from class BB 9400 for TER-traffic and push-pull service. Both runs under 1,5 KV DC.
SNCF BB 9627

BB 9627 (109 kb)

SNCF BB 9627 pushes a local train out of Elne on September 9, 2004, 17:11.
SNCF BB 9635

BB 9635 (243 kb)

SNCF BB 9635 run empty a little east of Beziers on September 12, 2004, 13:07.

Serie BB 15000

SNCF BB 15012

SNCF BB 15012 (146 kb)

SNCF BB 15012 has just arrived at Maubeuge on June 5, 2005.
SNCF BB 15020

SNCF BB 15020 (220 kb)

SNCF BB 15020 runs through Woippy on August 24, 2007.

Class BB 16000

SNCF BB 16013

SNCF BB 16013 (84 kb)

SNCF BB 16013 arrives at Maubeuge with a passenger train on June 5, 2005, 16:36.
SNCF BB 16013

SNCF BB 16013 (96 kb)

SNCF BB 16013 again.
SNCF BB 16052

SNCF BB 16052 (138 kb)

SNCF BB 16052 in Maubeuge in front of a train for Paris Nord on June 5, 2005.

Class BB 16500

SNCF BB 416535

SNCF BB 416535 (116 kb)

SNCF BB 416535 with a TER train in Libercourt on October 5, 2007, 13:51.
SNCF BB 16618

SNCF BB 16618 (190 kb)

SNCF BB 16618 in Hazebrouck on August 23, 2007, 18:06.
SNCF BB 16749

SNCF BB 16749 (120 kb)

SNCF BB 16749 electric locomotive (25 kV) with a local train in Lille, about 1985.
BB16756

BB 16756 (54 kb)

Electric locomotive BB 16756 leaving Lille with a set of push-pull double deck cars, summer 1985.
SNCF BB 16791

SNCF BB 16791 (155 kb)

SNCF BB 16791 pushes a double decker train out of Maubeuge on June 5, 2005, 16:03.

Class BB 22200

Class 22200 operates under both 1.5 kV DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC - 25 kV AC is used in the northern part of France and Cote d'Azur and 1.5 kV DC is used in the rest of France. The BB 22200 series is the same locomotive as the BB 7200 series (1.5 kV DC) and the BB 15000 (25 kV AC), and the designation "22200" is from 7200 + 15000 = 22200.
SNCF BB 422208

SNCF BB 422208 (108 kb)

SNCF BB 422208 in Libercourt on October 5, 2006.
SNCF BB 22276

BB 22276 (73 kb)

Electric locomotive BB 22276 in Lille (now Lille Flandres), 1985.
SNCF BB 22289

SNCF BB 22289 (85 kb)

SNCF BB 22289 passes through Dole on May 15, 2002.
SNCF BB 22337

BB 22337 (82 kb)

SNCF BB 22337 in Maubeuge on June 5, 2005.
BB 22366

SNCF BB 22366 (69 kb)

SNCF BB 22366 in Paris Gare de Lyon, 1985.
SNCF BB 22374

SNCF BB 22374 (221 kb)

SNCF BB 22374 heads a freight train through Toury in direction Orleans on August 31, 2004, 13:56.
SNCF BB 22400

SNCF BB 22400 (215 kb)

SNCF BB 22400 with TER 76435 (Avignon - Cerbere) in Elne on September 9, 2004, 18:27.

Class BB 26000

SNCF BB 26020

SNCF BB 26020 (158 kb)

SNCF BB 26020 is heading a passanger train bound for Paris through Toury on August 31, 2004, 13:42.
SNCF BB 26107

SNCF BB 26107 (212 kb)

SNCF BB 26107 runs empty through Elne in direction Cerbere on September 9, 2004, 17:41.
SNCF BB 26108

SNCF BB 26108 (205 kb)

SNCF BB 26108 is heading a freight train in direction Cerbere through Elne on September 9, 2004, 18:07.
SNCF BB 26130

SNCF BB 26130 (200 kb)

SNCF BB 26130 is heading a freight train in direction Cerbere through Elne on September 9, 2004, 17:53.
SNCF BB 26134

SNCF BB 26134 (218 kb)

SNCF BB 26134 is heading a freight train through Woippy on August 24, 2007, 15:36.

Class BB 27000

SNCF BB 427042

SNCF BB 427042 (238 kb)

SNCF BB 427042 runs through Woippy with a northbound freight on August 24, 2007, 15:29.
SNCF BB 427096

SNCF 427096 (206 kb)

SNCF 427096 runs through Hazebrouck on August 23, 2007, 18:01.
SNCF 427124

SNCF 427124 (197 kb)

SNCF 427124 runs through Hazebrouck on August 23, 2007, 18:12.
SNCF BB 427137

SNCF BB 427137 (246 kb)

SNCF BB 427137 runs through Woippy with a northbound freight on August 24, 2007, 16:17.

Class BB 36000

SNCF BB 36004

SNCF BB 36004 (165 kb)

SNCF BB 36004 is hauling a freight train through Hazebrouck on August 23, 2007, 17:45.
SNCF BB 36030

SNCF BB 36030 (232 kb)

SNCF BB 36030 in Maubeuge on June 5, 2005.

Class BB 37000

SNCF BB 437005

SNCF BB 437005 (229 kb)

SNCF BB 437005 in Woippy on August 24, 2007, 15:50.
SNCF BB 437010

SNCF BB 437010 (285 kb)

SNCF BB 437010 in Koblenz, Germany, on August 20, 2008.
SNCF BB 437018

SNCF BB 437018 (220 kb)

SNCF BB 437018 in Koblenz, Germany, on August 20, 2008.

SNCF BB 63000

SNCF BB 63143

SNCF BB 63143 (104 kb)

SNCF BB 63143 diesel locomotive shunting passenger cars in Lille about 1985.
SNCF BB 63741

SNCF BB 63741 (293 kb)

SNCF BB 63741 on a station in northern France (can't remember the name) on June 5, 2005.

SNCF BB 66000

SNCF BB 66428

SNCF BB 66428 (86 kb)

SNCF BB 66428 in Dole on May 15, 2002.
SNCF BB 66476

SNCF BB 66476 (52 kb)

SNCF BB 66476 in Northern France, probably Calais, about 1985 - 1987.

TGV

Video of SNCF TGV meeting SNCF TGV Duplex

Video of SNCF TGV meeting SNCF TGV Duplex (3.6 MB) - 14 seconds - WMV format

Video of SNCF TGV meeting SNCF TGV Duplex in Avelin on Oktober 5, 2006, 12:30.
TGV no. 56

SNCF TGV 56 (226 kb)

TGV no. 56 arrives in Hazebrouck from Dunkerque on August 23, 2007, 17:34.
SNCF TGV 553

SNCF TGV 553 (185 kb)

TGV-sæt 553 runs through Woippy on August 24, 2007, 15:44.
TGV in the Rhone Valley

TGV train in the Rhone Valley (66 kb)

A TGV train speeds through a small station in the Rhone Valley with a speed of probably around 200 km/h. October 1999.

TGV Duplex

SNCF TGV Duplex no. 213 at the High Speed Rail Exhibition in Copenhagen, Bella Center, in summer 1997.
SNCF TGV Duplex 213

SNCF TGV Duplex 213 (234 kb)

SNCF TGV Duplex 213, Copenhagen, 1997.
SNCF TGV Duplex

SNCF TGV Duplex 213 (187 kb)

SNCF TGV Duplex 213
SNCF TGV Duplex 213

SNCF TGV Duplex 213 (151 kb)

SNCF TGV Duplex 213
SNCF TGV Duplex 213

SNCF TGV Duplex 213 (67 kb)

SNCF TGV Duplex 213, drivers cabin
SNCF TGV Duplex 213

SNCF TGV Duplex 213 (144 kb)

SNCF TGV Duplex 213, interior at the top floor.

TGV Duplex

TGV Duplex

Video of SNCF TGV Duplex (3.5 MB) - 8 sec - WMV format

A SNCF TGV Duplex at Avelin on October 5, 2006, 12:02.
TGV Duplex

TGV Duplex (271 kb)

A TGV Duplex hurries through Avelin just south of Lille on October 5, 2006, 12:30.

TGV Thalys PBKA

Thalys in Ruisbroek

Thalys in Ruisbroek (108 kb)

Thalys-train runs through Ruisbroek, a southern Bruxelles suburb, on April 29, 2002.

TGV Thalys PBA

Thalys 4533

Thalys 4533 (206 kb)

Thalys 4533 runs through Mechelen Nekkerspoel, Belgium, as train THA 9326 (Amsterdam Centraal - Paris Nord) on April 6, 2009, 11:43
Thalys 4538

Thalys 4538 (156 kb)

Thalys 4538 runs through Lage Zwaluwe on April 3, 2009, 16:57.
Thalys 4538

Thalys 4538 (250 kb)

Thalys 4538 in Rotterdam CS on April 4, 2009, with departure for Paris Nord 14:26.

Class Z 7300 - Z 7500 trainsets

SNCF Z 7350

SNCF Z 7350 (131 kb)

EMU Z 7350 in Chattellerault on August 31, 2004.
SNCF Z 7365

Z 7365 (99 kb)

EMU Z 7365 in Banyuls Sur Mer, South France, July 1990.
SNCF Z 7504

SNCF Z 7504 (266 kb)

EMU Z 7504 a little east of Beziers on September 12, 13:11.

Class Z 24500 trainsets

SNCF Z24500 no. 304

SNCF Z24500 no. 304 (100 kb)

Trainset class Z24500 no. 304 in Libercourt on October 5, 2006, 13:55.
SNCF Z24500 no. 377

SNCF Z24500 no. 377 (175 kb)

Trainset class Z24500 no. 377 in Hazebrouck on August 23, 2007, 17:32.
SNCF Z24500 no. 379

SNCF Z24500 no. 379 (175 kb)

Trainset class Z24500 no. 379 in Hazebrouck on August 23, 2007, 17:50.

Other trainsets

SNCF DMU X 2424

X 2424 (57 kb)

Diesel train set X 2424 in Agen, July 1985.
SNCF Z 7110

SNCF Z 7110 (89 kb)

SNCF Z 7110 in Banyuls Sur Mer, South France, July 1990.
SNCF X 72534

SNCF X 72534 (234 kb)

DMU X 72534 a little east of Beziers on September 12, 14:11.
SNCF Z 92055

SNCF Z 92055 (178 kb)

EMU Z 92055 (Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais) in Hazebrouck on August 23, 2007, 18:20.

Rolling stock etc.

SNCF Rame Inox Omnibus

SNCF Rame Inox Omnibus (211 kb)

SNCF Rame Inox Omnibus in Hazebrouck on August 23, 2007, 18:07.

A little about SNCF classes

The "old" SNCF locomotive classes has a prefix that tells the number of wheels (typically BB or CC) and a number with 4 or 5 digits. Numbers below 10000 are 1.5 kV DC, number 10000 - 19999 are 25 kV 50 Hz AC, numbers 20000 - 29999 are dual-voltage (1,5 kV and 25 kV), number 30000-39999 are triple voltage and numbers 40000 - 49999 are 4 voltages (1.5 kV and 3 kV DC + 15 kV and 25 kV AC), number 60000 - 79999 are diesel locomotives.

Introduced in 1999, the new current classes have 6 digits, the last 5 are the same as the old classes. The first digit show which division the locomotive belongs to: 1 is Voyageurs France-Europe (VFE), 2 is Corail InterCités (CIC), 4 is freight, 5 is TER (regional trains).


Updated January 2, 2010 / copyright Finn Møller
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