SNCF Class BB 27300 the number carried on the locomotive is prefixed with the number 8, to denote the unit as belonging to the Île-de-France division of SNCF. The first locomotives entered service in 2006 on suburban trains from Paris Montparnasse railway station. Current deployment sees a total of 25 locomotives operating services from Paris-Montparnasse on trains to Dreux, Mantes-la-Jolie and Rambouillet. At Montparnasse they have displaced older SNCF Class BB 8500 and BB 25500 locomotives. A further 42 locomotives operate from Paris Saint-Lazare railway station on trains to Poissy, Mantes-la-Jolie, Pontoise, Gisors, and Ermont Eaubonne. At Saint-Lazare BB 8500 and BB 17000 locomotives
SNCF Class BB 20005 heavier freight trains) and the BB25200 series which had bogies for and were higher geared (for lighter passenger trains and to operate in push-pull mode). SNCF Class BB 20005 The SNCF class BB 20005 locomotive was a prototype locomotive of the BB25150/BB25200 series, transformed from the damaged BB16028 in 1961. After the end of its test period in 1975 it was reinstated with its original equipment under its original number BB16028. After successful tests with BB20004, prototype of BB25500 locomotives, another new series of dual-voltage locomotives was ordered by SNCF: the BB25150 and BB25200 series. These had a higher power