SNCF Class BB 9200

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History

These locomotives are products of the Jacquemin product family, offspring of the prototype BB 9004, and named after the engineer who designed their bogies.

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Service

The regular services of the BB 9200 locomotives were inter-regional trains between Paris Montparnasse and Le Mans, between Paris Austerlitz and Tours and between Paris Gare de Lyon, Dijon and Lyon. Some were in service on freight trains. Phasing out of the class was completed by 2014.[1]

Names

Two members of the class were named. [2]

Number Name Number Name
9248 La Teste-de-Buch 9280 Arpajon

BB 9200 Capitole

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BB Rouge in Mulhouse

The BB 9200 Capitole was a variant of the SNCF Class BB 9200 locomotive specially constructed for operating high speed trains running at speeds greater than Script error: No such module "convert".). Due to the special colour scheme they were also called the BB rouge. They also sported Capitole front plates and single-arm pantographs; the rest of the class had diamond pantographs. From 1967 to 1970 the SNCF started the high speed service with the Capitole between Paris and Toulouse. This route included some sections with a speed of more than Script error: No such module "convert"..

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Models of the BB 9200 rouges with their Capitol plates were produced by Märklin, Lima, Jouef and Roco.

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