The BB 22200 is a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Alstom between 1976 and 1986. They are a dual voltage version (1500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC) of the BB 7200 and BB 15000 Nez Cassé classes.
History, operations and design After the first test held in 1976, the BB 22200 were introduced on the Marseille–Nice–Ventimiglia line in southern France–northern Italy. The following year they started to haul longer distance trains such as the Train Bleu (1000 km from Ventimiglia to Paris) and the car-transport train between Marseille and Paris.
The BB 22200 are capable of a maximum speed of . Eight locomotives, having a maximum power of , were equipped for services up to and can work on LGV lines.
From 1994 nine of the class were used for hauling freight trains through the Channel Tunnel as the Class 92 locomotives were not yet delivered. These were numbered 22379/380/399-405, and were used until 1995. For use on British railways these locomotives were allocated the UK TOPS Class 22.
The surviving members of the class are used on services between Bercy–Nevers and Marseille–Bordeaux, as well as on TER services between Lyon, Chambéry and Modane.
Names 60 members of the class received names, chiefly of French communes, towns and cities. Number Name Number Name BB 22202 Oyonnax BB 22318 Carpentras BB 22218 Fourmies BB 22319 Sorgues-sur-Ouvèze BB 22219 Albertville BB 22320 Istres BB 22235 Auberge BB 22321 Belleville-sur-Saône BB 22239 Lons-le-Saunier BB 22322 Bollène BB 22242 Mulhouse BB 22323 Cagnes-sur-Mer BB 22276 Dijon BB 22324 Lannion BB 22277 Is-sur-Tille BB 22325 Champigny-sur-Marne BB 22280 Hazebrouck BB 22329 Quimper BB 22284 Gevry-Chambéry BB 22346 Aubagne BB 22285 Chantilly BB 22351 Valognes BB 22286 Béthune BB 22352 Sablé-sur-Sarthe BB 22287 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne BB 22353 Plaisir BB 22288 Louhans BB 22354 Ancenis BB 22291 La Ferté-Alais BB 22356 Lorient BB 22300 Chalon-sur-Saône BB 22366 Malakoff BB 22301 Villeneuve-d'Ascq BB 22371 Ladoix-Serrigny BB 22302 Rive-de-Gier BB 22372 Mauriac BB 22303 Croix BB 22373 Aulnay-sous-Bois BB 22304 Langeac BB 22374 Noyon BB 22305 Saint-Rambert-d'Albon BB 22375 Méricourt BB 22307 Le Teil BB 22375 Douai BB 22308 Gisors BB 22377 Roubaix BB 22311 Pierrefitte BB 22378 Le Quesnoy BB 22312 Antibes Juan-les-Pins BB 22381 Le Bourget BB 22313 Digne-les-Bains BB 22382 Clermont de l'Oise BB 22314 Tain-l'Hermitage BB 22383 Bully-les-Mines BB 22315 Miramas BB 22384 Saint-André-lez-Lille BB 22316 Lomme BB 22385 Longeau BB 22317 La Tour-du-Pin BB 22392 Charles Tellier
See also SNCF BB 20011 and 20012 two locomotives of the class used as test locomotives for synchronous electric motors and other technology used in the SNCF Class BB 26000
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