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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 ...

BB 69400 are a class of diesel locomotives resulting from the renovation and re-engining of members of class BB 66400 between 2004 and 2005 for the freight sector,

Fret A fret is any of the thin strips of material, usually metal wire, inserted laterally at specific positions along the neck or fretboard of a stringed instrument. Frets usually extend across the full width of the neck. On some historical inst ...

, of SNCF.

Rebuilding

The original MGO V16BSHR engines were replaced with MTU 12V 4000 R41 units. The re-engineering of the BB 69400 was an opportunity to review the ergonomics of the driving stations with the integration of standardized equipment and soundproofing of the cabin. Cabin air conditioning was installed utilising a 7.80 kW Soprano unit.

Livery

In addition to the Fret livery worn by these locomotives since their conversion, the BB 69400 allocated to the infrastructure sector, Infra, since 2015, have been repainted in the latter's yellow and grey livery.

Fleet list and dépôt allocation

''Allocation as of 1 January 2019''

Preservation

The following locomotives have been preserved: *BB 69421 : Train à vapeur en Limousin. *BB 69432 : Matériel Ferroviaire Patrimoine National. *BB 69436 : Agrivap: Les trains de la découverte. *BB 69449 : Amicale des Anciens et Amis de la Traction Vapeur, à Montluçon (03). *BB 69499 : Train à vapeur du Limousin.

References

Bibliography

* * * Revue bimestrielle Voies Ferrées, ''Le matériel moteur de la SNCF'', en plusieurs articles sur plusieurs numéros par année * Revue mensuelle Rail Passion, ''État trimestriel du matériel moteur SNCF'', un article par trimestre BB 69400 69400 Railway locomotives introduced in 1968 Standard-gauge locomotives of France Rebuilt locomotives Freight locomotives Fives-Lille locomotives SACM locomotives {{France-rail-transport-stub