SNCF Class BB 60031 explained

PLM 4.DMD
SNCF 040.DD
SNCF 60030-series
Powertype:Diesel-electric
Builddate:1938
Totalproduction:3
Uicclass:Bo′Bo′
Wheeldiameter:1120mm
Engine Total:6m (20feet)
Bogie:2.5m (08.2feet)
Length:12.2m (40feet)
Width:3m (10feet)
Height:4.15m (13.62feet)
Primemover:Sulzer 6LDA25
Aspiration:Rateau turbocharger
Displacement:94 litre
Alternator:355V 353kW
Tractionmotors:Jeumont TC 118, 4 off
Cylindercount:6
Cylindersize:9.83inches×12.6inchesin (×in)
Maxspeed:500NaN0
Poweroutput:550CV
Withdrawndate:1969–1973
Preservedunits:One: 4.DMD.2

The SNCF Class BB 60030 diesel locomotives were built by FAMH / Jeumont for the Chemin de Fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) in 1938. They were powered by Sulzer engines, producing 550 bhp, and weighed 68.5 tonnes.

Three locomotives were built. They were initially given their PLM numbers – 4.DMD.1 to 4.DMD.3, but were soon renumbered into the SNCF numbering system as 040.DD. to 040.DD.3. In 1962, they were renumbered again as BB 60031 to 60033.

Numbering

Numberwidth=50 rowspan=2Builtwidth=50 rowspan=2Withdrawnalign=left rowspan=2Status
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4.DMD.1040.DD.1BB 6003119381970Scrapped
4.DMD.2040.DD.2BB 6003219381971Preserved at Cité du Train
4.DMD.3040.DD.3BB 6003319381969Scrapped
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Key:
Preserved
Scrapped

Preservation

One locomotive, BB 60032, survives in preservation at the French National Railway Museum in Mulhouse.