Француздық BB 9200 локомотивтерінің тарихы

The SNCF Class BB 9200 1500 V DC electric locomotives were built by Schneider Jeumont/CEM between 1958 1964. 92 of them were built, the last being withdrawn in 2014.

These locomotives are products of the Jacquemin product family, offspring of the prototype BB 9004, and named after the engineer who designed their bogies. The locomotives were designed for a maximum speed of and were the first such engines in France. In the late sixties, a small group of locomotives was converted for operation, hauling prestige TEE trains like the Capitole these locomotives were called the BB 9200 Capitole. These types were later superseded by the CC 6500 locomotives. Some of these locomotives covered more than before they were withdrawn.

The regular services of the BB 9200 locomotives were inter regional trains between Paris Montparnasse and Le Mans, between Paris Austerlitz and Tours and between Paris Gare de Lyon, Dijon and Lyon. Some were in service on freight trains. Phasing out of the class was completed by 2014.

The BB 9200 Capitole was a variant of the SNCF Class BB 9200 locomotive specially constructed for operating high speed trains running at speeds greater than ). Due to the special colour scheme they were also called the BB rouge. They also sported Capitole front plates and single arm pantographs; the rest of the class had diamond pantographs. From 1967 to 1970 the SNCF started the high speed service with the Capitole between Paris and Toulouse. This route included some sections with a speed of more than
BB 9291 and 9292 : locomotive variants constructed for BB 9278, 9281, 9282 and 9288 : locomotive variants, that were conversions of standard members of the class, and limited to
Models of the BB 9200 rouges with their Capitol plates were produced by Märklin, Lima, Jouef and Roco.