SNCF Class BB 22200


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 of the BB 7200 and BB 15000 Nez Cassé classes.

History, operations and design

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 and the car-transport train between Marseille and Paris.
The BB 22200 are capable of a maximum speed of. Eight locomotives, having a maximum power of, were equipped for services up to 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. These were numbered 22379/380/399-405, and were used until 1995. For use on British railways these locomotives were allocated the UK TOPS Class 22.
The surviving members of the class are used on services between Bercy–Nevers and Marseille–Bordeaux, as well as on TER services between Lyon, Chambéry and Modane.

Names

60 members of the class received names, chiefly of French communes, towns and cities.
NumberNameNumberName
BB 22202OyonnaxBB 22318Carpentras
BB 22218FourmiesBB 22319Sorgues-sur-Ouvèze
BB 22219AlbertvilleBB 22320Istres
BB 22235AubergeBB 22321Belleville-sur-Saône
BB 22239Lons-le-SaunierBB 22322Bollène
BB 22242MulhouseBB 22323Cagnes-sur-Mer
BB 22276DijonBB 22324Lannion
BB 22277Is-sur-TilleBB 22325Champigny-sur-Marne
BB 22280HazebrouckBB 22329Quimper
BB 22284Gevry-ChambéryBB 22346Aubagne
BB 22285ChantillyBB 22351Valognes
BB 22286BéthuneBB 22352Sablé-sur-Sarthe
BB 22287Saint-Jean-de-MaurienneBB 22353Plaisir
BB 22288LouhansBB 22354Ancenis
BB 22291La Ferté-AlaisBB 22356Lorient
BB 22300Chalon-sur-SaôneBB 22366Malakoff
BB 22301Villeneuve-d'AscqBB 22371Ladoix-Serrigny
BB 22302Rive-de-GierBB 22372Mauriac
BB 22303CroixBB 22373Aulnay-sous-Bois
BB 22304LangeacBB 22374Noyon
BB 22305Saint-Rambert-d'AlbonBB 22375Méricourt
BB 22307Le TeilBB 22375Douai
BB 22308GisorsBB 22377Roubaix
BB 22311PierrefitteBB 22378Le Quesnoy
BB 22312Antibes Juan-les-PinsBB 22381Le Bourget
BB 22313Digne-les-BainsBB 22382Clermont de l'Oise
BB 22314Tain-l'HermitageBB 22383Bully-les-Mines
BB 22315MiramasBB 22384Saint-André-lez-Lille
BB 22316LommeBB 22385Longeau
BB 22317La Tour-du-PinBB 22392Charles Tellier