On board BB 9200 SNCF locomotive

A trip on board the BB 9247, french SNCF oldest locomotive (1959), between Orléans and Tours in Aqualys train.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Onboard
• envoyage
• BB9200
• 9247
• SNCF
• locomotive
• Aqualys

[TheMrBlinx]

Leave it to the French to put a steering wheel on a train!

[ManiacalMarlboroMan]

@geneland its for when you derail

[lailasalas]

@TechnicalJaguar I understand is the accelarator, just like the gas pedal in a car, or the speed throttle from notch 1 to 8 in a diesel locomotive.

[shimano57]

@Applachia0928 Fuck you

[shimano57]

@Applachia0928 Fuck you

[Huelva]

@ApolloWasReal Even those old DC locomotives can push impressive power levels, a BB9200 like the one in this video has about 5200 horsepower and a max speed of 160kmh... even more impressive is the CC6500, now retired, which pulled 9000hp maximum and could go beyond 200kmh, all with relatively archaic technology

[TechnicalJaguar]

What is that big wheel for?

[YvesD91]

Sympa la video - j'aime bien le bruit du tachro, ca me rappele des trajet en cabine fait alors que j'étais enfant sur les rames standard de PSL !

@ 1:30 le mécano abaisse le second panto après avoir décollé la rame, non?

[julosx]

@ApolloWasReal The southern lines are all still running on 1500 V DC except the Marseille-Ventimiglia line electrified in 25000 V AC in the late 60s.

[Huelva]

@Applachia0928 Idiot

[Huelva]

@JJRaff1822 The "steering wheel" is actually the throttle (technically is called "graduator handle"), and it uses notches too, but instead of the usual 8 notches on the American diesels these old electrics could have 30, 40 notches or even more, and you can use the handle to increase/decrease throttle notch by notch, or put in automatic notch progression... same goes for dynamic braking controlled by the same handle... newer locos with power electronics have notchlesss controls (wheel/lever)