SNCF Class BB 60031

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PLM CCM-Jeumont Class "4-DMD-2" prototype No.4-DMD-2 (SNCF No.BB 60032) built 1938, at the SNCF Museum, Mulhouse, March 2009

The SNCF Class BB 60031 diesel locomotives were built by Homecourt/Jeumont for the Chemin de Fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée in 1938. They were powered by Sulzer engines, producing 550 hp, and weighed 66.7 tons.

Three locomotives were built. They were initially numbered DMD 1-3, but were soon renumbered into the SNCF numbering system as 040 DD 1-3. In 1962, they were renumbered again as BB 60031-60033.

Numbering

Details of each locomotive are shown below:

Number Built Withdrawn Status 1938 1939 1962 DMD 1 040 DD 1 BB 60031 1938 1970 Scrapped DMD 2 040 DD 2 BB 60032 1938 1971 Preserved at Musée Français du Chemin de Fer DMD 3 040 DD 3 BB 60033 1938 1969 Scrapped

Key: Preserved Scrapped

Preservation

One locomotive, no. BB 60032, survives in preservation at the French National Railway Museum in Mulhouse.

External links

• Early Sulzer powered French Shunters 1931-1954