2BB2 400

The 2BB2 400 class were two electric locomotives built in 1926 for the Paris Orléans (PO) railway of France. After wartime coal shortages during WWI, post-war reconstruction from 1919 focussed on electrification, powered by hydro electricity. In 1923 the PO began electrification of the 200 km section of the Toulouse main line from Paris to Vierzon using a supply of 1,500V DC. The Ganz Works of Budapest, Hungary supplied these two locomotives, to the design of Kálmán Kandó.

2BB2 400

The 2BB2 400 class were two electric locomotives built in 1926 for the Paris Orléans (PO) railway of France. After wartime coal shortages during WWI, post-war reconstruction from 1919 focussed on electrification, powered by hydro electricity. In 1923 the PO began electrification of the 200 km section of the Toulouse main line from Paris to Vierzon using a supply of 1,500V DC. The Ganz Works of Budapest, Hungary supplied these two locomotives, to the design of Kálmán Kandó.