SNCF Class BB 66000
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The SNCF Class BB 66000 is a class of 318 centre cab diesel locomotives built for SNCF by a consortium of CAFL, CEM, Alsthom, Fives-Lille and SACM between 1960 and 1968.
Numbered from BB 66001 to BB 66318, the locomotives were 14.898 m (48.88 ft) long and weighed 66–67 t (65–66 long tons; 73–74 short tons). Powered by an MGO V16BSHR diesel engine developing 1,030 kW (1,380 hp), they had a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph). They were intended for shunting and trip working. Though designed as a mixed traffic locomotive, they had no provision for train heating and could be seen working with boiler vans on passenger services. With the general introduction of electric train heating they were relegated to freight work.[1]
Under the original SNCF numbering scheme the first 80 locomotives were numbered 040 DG 1 to 040 DG 81.[2]
