Original page created on 24/07/2009; updated on 13/02/2023.
Brand - Reference
Trix 22361
Type
BB 12061
Mass / Max. current @ 12 V
340 g / 1 A
Comments
The secondary suspension springs are stuck on the bogie beams; but these parts are held by simple tenons: it is therefore easy to spread them a little away.
See:
- Loco-Revue Forum.
- gamos81.altervista.org for the reference list of issued BB 12000 models.
Modifications
- Lenz Silver decoder.
- Independent red lights.
- J.-P. Pennati MT pantographs. See the modification.
- Buffers painted, electric heating cables replaced with mini-wrapping wires.
History
Locomotives built in 148 units from 1954 to 1961 by Le Matériel de traction électrique MTE (Jeumont-Schneider-Creusot group) and Alsthom. Continuous power 2473 kW. Maximum speed: 120 km/h. Weight 81.3 to 85.6 t depending on sub-series.
Among the different series of machines called “fers à repasser” (irons) built to test the 25 kV / 50 Hz power supply on the French Nord-Est artery (called Valenciennes - Thionville), the BB 12000 equipped with a graduator (sort of variable transformer), rectifiers and DC motors gave the most satisfaction, even exceeding their initial specifications. This is why their electrical diagram was then extended to all the single-phase series that followed, and even to some dual-current machines.
The BB 12061 is put into service on 26 July 1958 in Strasbourg. Successive depots: Thionville (10-58), Mohon (4-59), Lens (9-79), Mohon (4-83), Lens (9-92). It is withdrawn on 29 May 1994.
For a machine assigned to the Nord, it would be better to have a number between 12063 and 12120 among others (except 12078, 93, 107), which were in Aulnoye in the 1970s.
Documents
- Loco-Revue sheet
No. 52 / 11967 - 65 a 5. Note: the picture of this sheet represents
the BB 12001, the only one equipped with sheet metal pantograph
supports. Sheet preview.
- Loco-Revue diagram No. 1126
of 12 April 1956. Size 640 × 450 mm. Diagram preview
. - Assignment per year, from eurocity64.
- Photos on the Rail Fan Europe website.
- Wikipedia article.
- trains-europe.fr website.
- Trix instruction leaflet.
Photo J. Defrance.
| Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall length | 15 200 | 174.7 | 174.8 |
| Chassis length | 14 010 | 161.0 | 160.7 |
| Cab width | 2 900 | 33.3 | 33.4 |
| Height | 3 695 | 42.5 | 42.0 |
| Pivot distance | 8 200 | 94.3 | 94.5 |
| Bogie wheelbase | 2 600 | 36.8 | 36.2 |
| Wheel diameter | 1 250 | 14.4 | 14.1 |
Document available as a PDF.
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specifying the title of the document-s.
For conditions, see page
Loco-Revue documentary sheets. .
Era III original state, blue body and bogies. Depot of Mohon.
Not very fine engraving; pantos are especially not very resembling, including the rather coarse bows. There appears to be a reversal of the bonnet grids (not symmetrical). The reversal of the body on the chassis does not correct it, because the underside of the chassis is not symmetrical either, and cannot be reversed, except to machine the metal…