SNCF Class BB 60031
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The SNCF
Class BB 60031 diesel locomotive
s were built by Homecourt
/Jeumont
for the Chemin de Fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée in 1938. They were powered by Sulzer
engines, producing 550 hp, and weighed 66.7 tons
.
Three locomotives were built. They were initially numbered DMD 1-3, but were soon renumbered into the SNCF
numbering system as 040 DD 1-3. In 1962, they were renumbered again as BB 60031-60033.
Details of each locomotive are shown below:
One locomotive, no. BB 60032, survives in preservation at the French National Railway Museum
in Mulhouse
.
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
Class BB 60031 diesel locomotive
Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...
s were built by Homecourt
Homécourt
Homécourt is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.- See also :* Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department...
/Jeumont
Jeumont
Jeumont is a commune lying on the Belgian border, located in the Maubeuge-Nord canton department in northern France.-Heraldry:-References:*...
for the Chemin de Fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée in 1938. They were powered by Sulzer
Sulzer (manufacturer)
Sulzer Ltd. is a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, founded by Salomon Sulzer-Bernet in 1775 and established as Sulzer Brothers Ltd. in 1834 in Winterthur, Switzerland. Today it is a publicly owned company with international subsidiaries...
engines, producing 550 hp, and weighed 66.7 tons
Ton
The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years. It is used principally as a unit of weight, and as a unit of volume. It can also be used as a measure of energy, for truck classification, or as a colloquial term.It is derived from...
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Three locomotives were built. They were initially numbered DMD 1-3, but were soon renumbered into the SNCF
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
numbering system as 040 DD 1-3. In 1962, they were renumbered again as BB 60031-60033.
Details of each locomotive are shown below:
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One locomotive, no. BB 60032, survives in preservation at the French National Railway Museum
Musée Français du Chemin de Fer
The Cité du train , the French national railway museum is the biggest railway museum in the world, this one being situated in Mulhouse...
in Mulhouse
Mulhouse
Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...
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