The
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...
Class BB 16100
electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a Battery (electricity), battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime mover (locomotive), ...
s were converted from
class BB 16000s by fitting
TDM push-pull equipment to work the
Paris Nord
The Gare du Nord (; ), officially Paris Nord, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. The station is served by trains that run between the capital and northern France via the Paris–Lille railway, as well ...
to
St. Quentin/
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...
services as well as
Paris St Lazare -
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
.
Conversions
* 16101 from 16004
* 16102 from 16017
* 16103 from 16046
* 16104 from 16040
* 16105 from 16014
* 16106 from 16009
* 16107 from 16048
* 16108 from 16026
* 16109 from 16023
* 16110 from 16035
* 16111 from 16016
* 16112 from 16010
* 16113 from 16030
* 16114 from 16062
* 16115 from 16060
References
MTE locomotives
Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives
16100
Railway locomotives introduced in 1991
25 kV AC locomotives
Standard gauge electric locomotives of France
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Passenger locomotives