The 2BB2 400 class were two electric locomotives built in 1926 for the Paris Orléans (PO) railway of France. After wartime coal shortages during World...
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kV AC down-step conversion. Kandó designed in 1926 the 1.5 kV DC 2BB2 400 (fr:2BB2 400) for the Paris-Orleans line which were the strongest DC locomotives...
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line. The Ganz form was used on the Hungarian-built Les Belles Hongroises 2BB2 400 locomotives for the French PO. This had four links forming the triangle...
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be more reliable in service than other PO electric locos, such as the 2BB2 400. The original Swiss drive used a single Buchli gear on one side to drive...
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system before WWII was 1,500 V DC, beginning with locomotives such as the 2BB2 400. Post-WWII, France occupied the south-west of Germany and the Höllentalbahn...
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by 50 percent less to the traditional shunting locomotives, saving only 400 tons of CO₂ per year. Reportedly, DB operates their fleet on pure battery...
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325 BB 900 CC 1100 BB 1280 BB 1320 BB 1420 BB 1500 BB 1600 BB 1800 2BB2 3200 2BB2 3300 2CC2 3400 1ABBA1 3500 1ABBA1 3600 1CC1 3700 1CC1 3800 BB 4100 BB...
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325 BB 900 CC 1100 BB 1280 BB 1320 BB 1420 BB 1500 BB 1600 BB 1800 2BB2 3200 2BB2 3300 2CC2 3400 1ABBA1 3500 1ABBA1 3600 1CC1 3700 1CC1 3800 BB 4100 BB...
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conditions. The extra range permitted by oil—700 km (435 mi) instead of 400 km (250 mi)—explains also the more intensive use of the locomotives. The...
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equipment being of the Prima type made by Alstom. The initial order was for 400 machines to be delivered from 2007 onwards with an option for a further 100...
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publications after 2007. In July 1998, Adtranz received a follow-on order for 400 more locomotives for medium-weight freight trains, the DBAG Class 185. The...
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tractive effort at low speed, despite a relatively low continuous power of 400 kW (540 hp), and without releasing much heat, because it supplied a fixed...
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325 BB 900 CC 1100 BB 1280 BB 1320 BB 1420 BB 1500 BB 1600 BB 1800 2BB2 3200 2BB2 3300 2CC2 3400 1ABBA1 3500 1ABBA1 3600 1CC1 3700 1CC1 3800 BB 4100 BB...
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383–384. "French Railways 82-ton 4,800hp diesel-hydraulic". Modern Railways. June 1964. pp. 398–400. "BB 69000". Locomotives Françaises 1950-2010. v t e...
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Railways 82-ton 4,800hp diesel-hydraulic". Modern Railways. June 1964. pp. 398–400. "French Railways 4,800hp diesel-electric". Modern Railways. December 1964...
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and eventually 160 low-power shunting locomotives (SNCF BB 460000) and 400 medium-power locomotives (see BB 475000) were ordered. For the low-power...
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