SNCF Class BB 9200 43563) models, renowned by hobbyists. (The Märklin 3059, which reproduced the BB 9291, is especially prized.) SNCF Class BB 9200 The SNCF Class BB 9200 1500 V DC electric locomotives were built by Schneider-Jeumont/CEM between 1958-1964. 92 of them were built and 20 remain. These train engines are products of the Jacquemin product family of train engines ("locomotives"), offspring of the prototype BB 9004, and named after the engineer who designed their bogies. The locomotives were designed for a maximum speed of and were the first such train engines in France. In the late sixties, a small group of train
SNCF historically significant: for the first time in the history of SNCF their headquarters is no longer located within the city limits of Paris. From 1999 to 2013, SNCF's headquarters were located in the Montparnasse neighborhood of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, located near the Gare Montparnasse. Prior to 1999, the SNCF's historic headquarters was located at 88 Rue Saint-Lazare in the 9th arrondissement. In 1996 the chairman of SNCF, Louis Gallois, announced that SNCF would move its headquarters to a new location during the middle of 1997. Since 1 January 2015 SNCF consists of three divisions: SNCF has full or