SNCF Class BB 10003
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The locomotive SNCF BB 10003 was an experimental prototype locomotive converted from a SNCF BB 15000 electric locomotive and used to develop the use of asynchronous induction traction motors.
History
[edit]The locomotive BB 10003 was created from an earlier experimental machine BB 7003 in 1982. It was used to test the use of asynchronous induction motors in locomotives.[note 2][2][3]
From 1986 to 1987 the locomotive was used in experiments testing the viability of a diesel electric locomotive with asynchronous traction motors; the locomotive was coupled to a remotorised SNCF CC 72000 locomotive which acted as an electrical generator.[1]
In 1990/1 the locomotive was used as a test machine for operations of the TGV-TMST on 750 V and 3000 V.[4] In 1998 the locomotive was converted back to a non-experimental class - as SNCF BB 15007. (SNCF Class BB 15000)[2][4]
Legacy
[edit]The results were not as good as synchronous motor technology; it was not until the introduction of GTO transistor technology that series production of an asynchronous induction motored locomotive began in France, as the Eurostar TGV (1992),[3] and later the BB 36000 Astride (1996).
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "BB 10003". fc30.pagesperso-orange.fr (in French). Trains d'Europe.
- ^ a b c Thierry Martel. "BB 10003 (prototype)". Le dépôt de Longueau (www.passiondutrain.fr) (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ a b c "BB 15000". ferrovia.free.fr (in French). Machines remarquables de la série. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ a b "SNCF withdrawn locomotives". www.railfaneurope.net. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
External links
[edit]- N.C. Jones; J.J. Greening; A.A. Thevenon (21–23 May 1991). "BB 10003-prototype electric locomotive for the TMST". Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference. pp. 125–132. doi:10.1109/RRCON.1991.160936. ISBN 978-0-7803-0072-9. S2CID 108554205.
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