The BB9200's are thought by many to be the most prestigious SNCF locomotives of the 1960's, in particular after having hauled the famous 'Mistral' and 'le Capitole' trains. These legendary locos, derived from the prototypes BB9003 and 9004, became the first electric locos to run at 160 km/h in 1959 then at up to 200 km/h in 1967. They gave rise to the long line of locos known as Jacquemin (from the name of the designer of the bogies) with their DC sister locos BB9300's and the BB16000's as well as the dual voltage BB25100 and 25200's . Assigned to express train haulage from the start on the Paris-Lyon-Marseilles line running alongside the CC7100's and 2D2 9100's, they were appreciated for their power and their performance. Repainted in red (as above) to match the Capitole coaches running from Paris in Toulouse they were later re-liveried to contrast with the Corail coaches at the end of the 1970's in particular between Paris and Tours.

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BB 9283 at PARIS Austerlitz station 1976 Patrick Meunier

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