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{{short description|Class of 205 French electric locomotives}}
{{Infobox Locomotive
| name = SNCF Class BB 22200<br>British Rail Class 22
| powertype = Electric
| image = BB22394-Antibes.jpg
| caption = 22394 at [[Gare d'Antibes|Antibes station]] (2006)
| designer = 
| builder = [[Alstom]]
| serialnumber = 
| buildmodel = 
| builddate = 1976–1986
| totalproduction = 205
| aarwheels = B-B
| uicclass = B′B′
| gauge = {{RailGauge|sg}}
| trucks = 
| length = {{convert|17.48|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| locoweight = {{convert|90|t}}
| electricsystem = [[Overhead line|Catenary]]<br>[[25 kV AC railway electrification|25 kV 50 Hz AC]]<br>1500 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]]
| collectionmethod = [[Pantograph (rail)|Pantograph]], 2 off
| tractionmotors = Alstom TAB674, 2 off
| transmission = 
| maxspeed = {{convert|160|or|200|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}
| poweroutput = {{convert|4360|or|5600|kW|hp|abbr=on}}
| tractiveeffort = {{convert|294|kN|lbf|abbr=on}} (Max)
| factorofadhesion = 
| locobrakes = [[Railway air brake|Air]]
| trainbrakes = Air
| safety = 
| operator = [[SNCF]]
| fleetnumbers = BB 22201 – BB 22405 <br /> 22379, 22380, 22399 – 22405 (TOPS Numbers)
| officialname = 
| nicknames = ''Nez Cassés'' ("broken noses")
| locale = 
| disposition = 5 withdrawn, remainder in service
}}
The '''BB 22200''' is a class of [[electric locomotive]]s in service with the French railways [[SNCF]], built by [[Alstom]] between 1976 and 1986. They are a [[Multi-system (rail)|dual voltage]] version (1500 V DC and [[25 kV AC railway electrification|25 kV 50 Hz AC]]) of the [[SNCF Class BB 7200|BB 7200]] and [[SNCF Class BB 15000|BB 15000]] [[Nez Cassé]] classes.{{efn|The designation "22200" is, in fact, the sum of 7200 and 15000}}

==History, operations and design==
After the first test held in 1976, the BB 22200 were introduced on the [[Marseille]]–[[Nice]]–[[Ventimiglia, Italy|Ventimiglia]] line in southern France–northern [[Italy]]. The following year they started to haul longer distance trains such as the [[Le Train Bleu|''Train Bleu'']] (1000&nbsp;km from Ventimiglia to [[Paris]]) and the car-transport train between Marseille and Paris.

The BB 22200 are capable of a maximum speed of {{convert|160|km/h|mph}}. Eight locomotives, having a maximum power of {{convert|5600|kW|hp}}, were equipped for services up to {{convert|200|km/h|mph}} and can work on [[Lignes à Grande Vitesse|LGV]] lines.

From 1994 nine of the class were used for hauling freight trains through the [[Channel Tunnel]] as the [[British Rail Class 92|Class 92]] locomotives were not yet delivered.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcw5Mo3OFYkC|title=Engineering the Channel Tunnel|author=Colin J. Kirkland|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1995|page=297|isbn=9780419179207}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ptEeAQAAIAAJ|title=Annual report 1989-90|publisher=Channel Tunnel Safety Authority|year=1991|pages=16,111|isbn=9780115510106}}</ref> These were numbered 22379/380/399-405,<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Haydock
  | first = David
  |author2=Fox, Peter
   | title = European Handbook No.4 French Railway Locomotives & Multiple Units
  | publisher = [[Platform 5]], Sheffield
  | year = 1999
  | isbn = 1-872524-87-7}}</ref> and were used until 1995.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} For use on British railways these locomotives were allocated the UK [[TOPS]] '''Class 22'''.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/All%20Time%20class%20Loco.pdf
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061128181453/http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/All%20Time%20class%20Loco.pdf
|url-status= usurped
|archive-date= November 28, 2006
|title=The ''all-time'' guide to the UK Traction Classification System|access-date= 2008-01-13|author= TheRailwayCentre.Com}}</ref>

The surviving members of the class are used on services between [[Bercy]]–[[Nevers]] and [[Marseille]]–[[Bordeaux]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=van Uden |first1=Marco |title=SNCF Intercités electric locomotives |url=http://www.railfaneurope.net/list/france/france_sncf_ic.html |website=Railfan Europe |access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref> as well as on [[TER]] services between Lyon, Chambéry and Modane.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

[[File:BB22266 en livree en voyage.jpg|522266 in En Voyage livery|thumb]]

==Names==
60 members of the class received names, chiefly of French communes, towns and cities. <ref name=P5>{{cite book |last1=Garvin |first1=Brian |last2=Fox |first2=Peter |last3=Appleby |first3=Chris |title=SNCF/French National Railways |date=1986 |publisher=Platform Five |location=Sheffield |isbn=0-906579-62-7 |pages=31–32}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable
! Number
! Name
! Number
! Name
|-
| BB 22202
| ''[[Oyonnax]]''
| BB 22318
| ''[[Carpentras]]''
|-
| BB 22218
| ''[[Fourmies, Nord|Fourmies]]''
| BB 22319
| ''[[Sorgues|Sorgues-sur-Ouvèze]]''
|-
| BB 22219
| ''[[Albertville]]''
| BB 22320
| ''[[Istres]]''
|-
| BB 22235
| ''Auberge''
| BB 22321
| ''[[Belleville, Rhône|Belleville-sur-Saône]]''
|-
| BB 22239
| ''[[Lons-le-Saunier]]''
| BB 22322
| ''[[Bollène]]''
|-
| BB 22242
| ''[[Mulhouse]]''
| BB 22323
| ''[[Cagnes-sur-Mer]]''
|-
| BB 22276
| ''[[Dijon]]''
| BB 22324
| ''[[Lannion]]''
|-
| BB 22277
| ''[[Is-sur-Tille]]''
| BB 22325
| ''[[Champigny-sur-Marne]]''
|-
| BB 22280
| ''[[Hazebrouck]]''
| BB 22329
| ''[[Quimper]]''
|-
| BB 22284
| ''[[Gevry]]-[[Chambéry]]''
| BB 22346
| ''[[Aubagne]]''
|-
| BB 22285
| ''[[Chantilly, Oise|Chantilly]]''
| BB 22351
| ''[[Valognes]]''
|-
| BB 22286
| ''[[Béthune]]''
| BB 22352
| ''[[Sablé-sur-Sarthe]]''
|-
| BB 22287
| ''[[Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne]]''
| BB 22353
| ''[[Plaisir, Yvelines|Plaisir]]''
|-
| BB 22288
| ''[[Louhans]]''
| BB 22354
| ''[[Ancenis]]''
|-
| BB 22291
| ''[[La Ferté-Alais]]''
| BB 22356
| ''[[Lorient]]''
|-
| BB 22300
| ''[[Chalon-sur-Saône]]''
| BB 22366
| ''[[Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine|Malakoff]]''
|-
| BB 22301
| ''[[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]]''
| BB 22371
| ''[[Ladoix-Serrigny]]''
|-
| BB 22302
| ''[[Rive-de-Gier]]''
| BB 22372
| ''[[Mauriac, Cantal|Mauriac]]''
|-
| BB 22303
| ''[[Croix, Nord|Croix]]''
| BB 22373
| ''[[Aulnay-sous-Bois]]''
|-
| BB 22304
| ''[[Langeac]]''
| BB 22374
| ''[[Noyon]]''
|-
| BB 22305
| ''[[Saint-Rambert-d'Albon]]''
| BB 22375
| ''[[Méricourt, Pas-de-Calais|Méricourt]]''
|-
| BB 22307
| ''[[Le Teil]]''
| BB 22375
| ''[[Douai]]''
|-
| BB 22308
| ''[[Gisors]]''
| BB 22377
| ''[[Roubaix]]''
|-
| BB 22311
| ''Pierrefitte''{{efn|There are a number of French communes and {{lang|fr|départements}} of this name. Source does not specify which one it was named after. For a list see [[Pierrefitte (disambiguation)]]}}
| BB 22378
| ''[[Le Quesnoy]]''
|-
| BB 22312
| ''[[Juan-les-Pins|Antibes Juan-les-Pins]]''
| BB 22381
| ''[[Le Bourget]]''
|-
| BB 22313
| ''[[Digne-les-Bains]]''
| BB 22382
| ''[[Clermont, Oise|Clermont de l'Oise]]''
|-
| BB 22314
| ''[[Tain-l'Hermitage]]''
| BB 22383
| ''[[Bully-les-Mines]]''
|-
| BB 22315
| ''[[Miramas]]''
| BB 22384
| ''[[Saint-André-lez-Lille]]''
|-
| BB 22316
| ''[[Lomme]]''
| BB 22385
| ''[[Longeau (river)|Longeau]]''
|-
| BB 22317
| ''[[La Tour-du-Pin]]''
| BB 22392
| ''[[Charles Tellier]]''
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[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==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|SNCF Class BB 22200}}

{{SNCF locos}}
{{Nez Cassé locomotives}}
{{British Rail Locomotives}}

[[Category:Alstom locomotives]]
[[Category:B-B locomotives]]
[[Category:SNCF locomotives|22200]]
[[Category:1500 V DC locomotives]]
[[Category:25 kV AC locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1976]]
[[Category:Standard gauge electric locomotives of France]]


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