SNCF BB 100

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Length12.580 m (41 ft 3 in)^[1]Loco weight79 tonnes (78 long tons; 87 short tons)^[1]Electric system/s1.5 kV DC Catenary^[1]Current pickup(s)PantographTraction motors4 × TM 3301^[1]

Performance figures
Maximum speed	90 km/h (56 mph)[1]
Power output	1,136 kW (1,520 hp)[1]

Career
Operators	Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO) SNCF
Numbers	PO: E.101 to E.180[1] SNCF: BB 101 to BB 180[1]
Scrapped	between 1967 and 1971[2]

The SNCF locomotives BB 101 to BB 180 were a class of 1500 V DC 4-axle electric locomotives originally built for the Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans in the 1920s. The class were built as part of an order for 200 locomotives of similar types^[1] and were initially used on the newly electrified Paris - Vierzon line before being displaced by the SNCF 2D2 5500 class.^[2]

After 1945 the units were used on freight trains between Paris and the area around Toulouse.^[2]

• SNCF BB 1-80, SNCF BB 200, SNCF BB 1320, SNCF BB 1420 - similar locomotives, part of the same order of 200 locomotives

• Davies, John. Chemins de fer du Midi and Chemins de fer de Paris à Orleans Locomotive List 1840–1938. Woodbridge, Queensland: Dr. John Davies. pp. 197–198. ISBN 0-9585541-0-2.
• Jacques Defrance (1978) [1969]. Le matériel moteur de la SNCF. La Vie du Rail.

• "Picture Gallery, Directory: /pix/fr/electric/dc/PO (Paris Orleans locomotives)". www.railfaneurope.net.