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Railway Locomotives Introduced in 1971: Sncf Class BB 15000, New South Wales 442 Class Locomotive, Emd Sd38ac

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Chapters: Sncf Class Bb 15000, New South Wales 442 Class Locomotive, Emd Sd38ac. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The SNCF class BB 15000 is a class of 25kV 50Hz electric locomotives built by Alsthom and MTE between 1971 and 1978. Initially 65 locomotives strong, the series was widely used on the whole French 25kV network before losing services to TGV trains when the LGV Est went into service in 2007. In the mid-1960s, SNCF wanted to order a new type of dual-current electric locomotives. Although very satisfied by the performances of BB25200 locomotives these had one big disadvantage: being equipped with pure DC motors (under AC catenary power was rectified to DC by a transformer and a bridge rectifier), these locomotives could not produce the same power under both current systems. As thyristor technology advanced rapidly, SNCF decided to adopt the new technology for a whole new series of locomotives, later known as the "Nez Casses" or "BB 4400kW." Given the need for pure AC-locomotives was biggest, SNCF placed an initial order of 5 locomotives in 1968. In 1969 a second order of 10 locomotives followed, in 1970 a third order was made for another 10 locomotives. The remainder of 40 locomotives was ordered in 1973. The first 5 locomotives were delivered in 1971 in green "Maurienne" livery. The rest followed between 1973 and 1978, but were painted in the TEE-Arzens livery. Initially meant to support BB16000 locomotives on the eastern and northeastern lines, which could not keep up with the timetables anymore after top speed on some sections was raised to 160 km/h, they would become the most important locomotives on the northern and northeast network. After being tested on the Paris-Epernay main line in 1971, they were taken in commercial service from 19...http: //booksllc.net/?id=390628


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158271061
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 22
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 45 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158271069
  • Publisher Date: 14 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 229 mm

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