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:''Not to be confused with the SNCF BB60000 prototypes from the 1950s and 1960s.'' The SNCF class BB 60000 are a class of 4 axle heavy shunting and light freight diesel electric locomotives built at the Vossloh Espana works in Valencia. Since the class is primarily used as a freight locomotive the class is commonly referred to as SNCF BB460000.〔The prefix "4" used by FRET for freight locomotives〕 SNCF made an initial order for 160 locomotives in 2004. The manufacturer's designation is GA 1000 AS.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=References Vossloh Rail Vehicles )〕 Two further machines have been ordered (2009) by Egenie of France.〔 ==History== At the end of the 1990s SNCF was faced with a diesel locomotive fleet of which the larger part was older than 30 years, and thus fuel-consuming and expensive in maintenance. Some locomotive classes were re-engined (BB66400 in BB69400, CC72000 in CC72100) to overcome some of the problems on the short term. In the longer term however, new locomotives had to be ordered as also the re-engined locomotives would reach the end of their useful age. An initial plan saw 69 medium-power locomotives (together with the SBB) and 55 high-power locomotives ordered. This plan was intensively modified, and eventually 160 low-power shunting locomotives (SNCF BB460000) and 400 medium-power locomotives (see BB475000) were ordered. For the low-power shunting locomotives there were 3 biddings: Vossloh offered the G1000BB, the Italian firm Firema the D146 locomotive and Alstom with an enhanced version of the SBB Am841 locomotives. The Vossloh bid was deemed too expensive and also Firema couldn't convince FRET, so Alstom was awarded the contract in 2004〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shunting Diesel-Electric Locomotives GA 1000 AS )〕〔By 2006 Vossloh had become owner of the Alstom plant in Valencia, and thus inherited and completed the order.〕 At first the locomotives were to be powered with an MTU engine, as those engines were used in BB69400 and BB75000 locomotives and had a good performance, but the MTU engine was replaced with one from Caterpillar due to financial reasons. In October 2008 SNCF ordered an additional 15 locomotives for its Infrastructure division. These locomotives will be numbered in the 660000 series.,〔The prefix "6" is used by the infrastructure division (''SNCF Infra'') for its locomotives〕 and will be painted in the yellow and grey Infrastructure livery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SNCF Class BB 60000」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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