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 Class 141R ergonomic hitherto unknown to SNCF crews. Driving and firing controls were within reach while seated, with automatic coal feeding thanks to the mechanical stoker, and oil-firing was even easier. They were "banalisées" ("standardised"), that is, not assigned to a particular crew. On the 19 October 1975 the last 141 R in use with the SNCF, 141 R 1187 of Vénissieux depot, worked a special return working between Lyon and Veynes. Four locomotives of Narbonne depot were leased to the Hellenic State Railways from November 1973 to April 1974. Twelve 141.R locomotives have been preserved. Among them, in operating condition are: