Summary
The BB 22200 is a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Alstom between 1976 and 1986. They are a dual voltage version (1500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC) of the BB 7200 and BB 15000 Nez Cassé classes.[a]
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History, operations and design edit
After the first test held in 1976, the BB 22200 were introduced on the Marseille–Nice–Ventimiglia line in southern France–northern Italy. The following year they started to haul longer distance trains such as the Train Bleu (1000 km from Ventimiglia to Paris) and the car-transport train between Marseille and Paris.
The BB 22200 are capable of a maximum speed of 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph). Eight locomotives, having a maximum power of 5,600 kilowatts (7,500 hp), were equipped for services up to 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph) and can work on LGV lines.
From 1994 nine of the class were used for hauling freight trains through the Channel Tunnel as the Class 92 locomotives were not yet delivered.[1][2] These were numbered 22379/380/399-405,[3] and were used until 1995.[citation needed] For use on British railways these locomotives were allocated the UK TOPS Class 22.[4]
The surviving members of the class are used on services between Bercy–Nevers and Marseille–Bordeaux,[5] as well as on TER services between Lyon, Chambéry and Modane.[citation needed]
Names edit
60 members of the class received names, chiefly of French communes, towns and cities. [6]
See also edit
- SNCF BB 20011 and 20012 two locomotives of the class used as test locomotives for synchronous electric motors and other technology used in the SNCF Class BB 26000
Notes edit
- ^ The designation "22200" is, in fact, the sum of 7200 and 15000
- ^ There are a number of French communes and départements of this name. Source does not specify which one it was named after. For a list see Pierrefitte (disambiguation)
References edit
- ^ Colin J. Kirkland (1995). Engineering the Channel Tunnel. Taylor & Francis. p. 297. ISBN 9780419179207.
- ^ Annual report 1989-90. Channel Tunnel Safety Authority. 1991. pp. 16, 111. ISBN 9780115510106.
- ^ Haydock, David; Fox, Peter (1999). European Handbook No.4 French Railway Locomotives & Multiple Units. Platform 5, Sheffield. ISBN 1-872524-87-7.
- ^ TheRailwayCentre.Com. "The all-time guide to the UK Traction Classification System" (PDF). Archived from the original on November 28, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ van Uden, Marco. "SNCF Intercités electric locomotives". Railfan Europe. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ Garvin, Brian; Fox, Peter; Appleby, Chris (1986). SNCF/French National Railways. Sheffield: Platform Five. pp. 31–32. ISBN 0-906579-62-7.
