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3 unusual facts about SNCF BB 1280


SNCF BB 1280

Tin plate version of the locomotive were manufactured by Maerklin in Gauge I, and by Bing, LR, and Jouet de Paris (Jep) in Gauge 0.

The SBCF BB 1280 class were a class of 600 V DC 4 axle Bo'Bo' electric locomotives, formerly Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans machines (originally PO E.1 to E.13), initially built for an underground section of line connecting the Gare d'Austerlitz to the Quai d'Orsay in inner Paris.

In the late 1920s/1930s 1500V DC began to be used on the PO rail system; the locomotives were converted for 1500V operation at workshops at Vitry using a Metadyne for traction control.



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