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...

 Class BB 7200 is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotive

Electric locomotive

An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or an on-board energy storage device...

s. They are part of the "Nez Cassé" family of locomotives, this being the DC version. Class BB 15000

SNCF Class BB 15000

The SNCF class BB 15000 is a class of 25kV 50Hz electric locomotives built by Alsthom and MTE between 1971 and 1978. Initially 65 locomotives strong, the series was widely used on the whole French 25kV network before losing services to TGV trains when the LGV Est went into service in...

 is the AC version while the Class BB 22200

SNCF Class BB 22200

The BB 22200 is a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Alsthom between 1976-1986. They are a dual voltage version of the BB 7200 and BB 15000 classesThe designation "22000" is in fact the sum of 7200 and 15000.From 1994 nine BB 22200 units were used for...

 is a dual-voltage version. They are numbered to show that the DC and AC class make the dual-voltage locomotives (7200 + 15000 = 22200). Another relative is the Dutch NS 1600 Class, a DC locomotive based on the BB7200.

7209, 7210, 7308 and 7348 have all been destroyed in accidents.

The class are numbered 7201 - 7440. Some have cast plates.

Names

Some of the class carry names:

Number	Name
7203	Saint-Flour Saint-Flour Saint-Flour is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* Saint-Flour, Cantal, in the Cantal département* Saint-Flour, Puy-de-Dôme, in the Puy-de-Dôme département* Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire, in the Lozère département...
7221	Saint-Amand-Montrond Saint-Amand-Montrond Saint-Amand-Montrond is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A small town of farming and a little light industry situated some southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D951 with the D300 and D2144 roads....
7223	La Souterraine La Souterraine La Souterraine is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:An area of farming and light industry comprising the town and a few small hamlets situated some west of Guéret at the junction of the D1, D912, D951 and the N145 roads. The small river...
7232	Souillac Souillac Souillac is the name of two places:*Souillac, Lot, in the Lot département of France*Souillac, Mauritius, a city and the capital of the district of Savanne...
7236	Chambéry Chambéry Chambéry is a city in the department of Savoie, located in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.It is the capital of the department and has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century, when Amadeus V of Savoy made the city his seat of power.-Geography:Chambéry...
7237	Pierrelatte Pierrelatte Pierrelatte is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.-Population:-References:*...
7238	Thonon-les-Bains Thonon-les-Bains Thonon-les-Bains is a town in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-History:...
7239	Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-External links:*...
7240	Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon...
7241	Villeurbanne Villeurbanne Villeurbanne is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris. Villeurbanne is the second-largest city in the department.-History:The current location of...
7242	Vienne Vienne Vienne is the northernmost département of the Poitou-Charentes region of France, named after the river Vienne.- Viennese history :Vienne is one of the original 83 departments, established on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Poitou,...
7243	Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Villeneuve-Saint-Georges is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Transport:Villeneuve-Saint-Georges is served by two stations on Paris RER line D: Villeneuve – Triage and Villeneuve-Saint-Georges.-Demography:-International...
7244	Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * * *...
7253	Montrejeau Montréjeau Montréjeau is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-History:Montréjeau was the site of one of the French Revolution's last pitched battles between republicans and royalists. In the summer of 1799, anti-revolutionary insurrection broke out in the Haute-Garonne. For a...
7256	Valenton Valenton Valenton is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.It extends over 531 hectares of which 84 are green spaces. The most important public green space is the Plage Bleue Park where different events are organized every year. Among them, we have...
7270	Entraigues-sur-Sorgues Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
7410	Fontenay-sous-Bois Fontenay-sous-Bois Fontenay-sous-Bois is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Name:The name Fontenay was recorded in the Middle Ages as Fontanetum, meaning "the springs", from Medieval Latin fontana .The commune was known alternatively as Fontenay-les-Bois ,...
7411	Lamure-sur-Azergues Lamure-sur-Azergues Lamure-sur-Azergues is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.-References:*...