The SNCF Class BB 61000 diesel locomotive

Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...

s were built by Vossloh

Vossloh

Vossloh AG is a German transport technology manufacturer based in the Westphalian town of Werdohl. The group has 4,700 employees , and generated sales of €1.2 billion, of which approximately 60% came from the rail infrastructure division, and the remainder from the motive power and components...

 to their G1206 design between 2002-2005 for the French state railways. Twenty three locomotives were built, numbered 61001-61023. As they are operated by the freight sector, the locomotives carry a '4' prefix (i.e. they are numbered 461001-461023).

These are the second locomotives to be numbered in this range, the first being the Class C 61000 (+ TC 61100)

SNCF Class C 61000

The SNCF Class C 61000 diesel shunters were built by Compagnie Electro-Méchanique between 1950-1953. 48 locomotives were built, numbered C 61001-61048. They were used for heavy shunting duties around Le Havre. In addition 12 slave units, numbered TC 61101-61112 were built, to provide extra power...

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Fleet List

Locomotive	Entered Service	Left Service	Livery	Depot	Disposition
BB 61001	14 June 2002	/	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61002	14 June 2002	/	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61003	14 June 2002	/	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61004	14 June 2002	/	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61005	14 June 2002	/	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61006	14 June 2002	/	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61007	10 Jan 2003	/	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61008	10 Jan 2003	/	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61009	13 June 2003	25 June 2008	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61010	13 June 2003	5 Sept 2008	Fret	Strasbourg	ECR Euro Cargo Rail Euro Cargo Rail is a French rail freight operator formed in 2005 as a subsidiary of English, Welsh and Scottish Railway .-History:Euro Cargo Rail was founded in February 2005, in April 2005 EWS InternationalEWS International was the division of EWS responsible for operations through the Channel...
BB 61011	15 Dec 2003	15 Jan 2009	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61012	30 Jan 2004	4 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61013	23 Jan 2004	3 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg
BB 61014	5 Dec 2003	4 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI Voies Ferrées Locales et Industrials VFLI is a train operating company based in France. It is a subsidiary of SNCF. The company was formed in 1998 as a low cost short line and industrial railway operator....
BB 61015	9 Feb 2004	4 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI
BB 61016	13 Feb 2004	4 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI
BB 61017	6 Feb 2004	4 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI
BB 61018	19 Jan 2004	6 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI
BB 61019	25 Feb 2004	4 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI
BB 61020	13 Feb 2004	4 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI
BB 61021	25 Feb 2004	4 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI
BB 61022	19 Jan 2004	4 Mar 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI
BB 61023	9 Jan 2004	24 Aug 2009	Fret	Strasbourg	VFLI