SNCF Class BB 60031

The SNCF Class BB 60031 diesel locomotives were built by Homecourt/Jeumont for the Chemin de Fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée in 1938. They were powered by Sulzer engines, producing 550 hp, and weighed 66.7 tons.

Three locomotives were built. They were initially numbered DMD 1-3, but were soon renumbered into the SNCF numbering system as 040 DD 1-3. In 1962, they were renumbered again as BB 60031-60033.

Details of each locomotive are shown below:

Number			Built	Withdrawn	Status
1938	1939	1962	Built	Withdrawn	Status
DMD 1	040 DD 1	BB 60031	1938	1970	Scrapped
DMD 2	040 DD 2	BB 60032	1938	1971	Preserved at Musée Français du Chemin de Fer
DMD 3	040 DD 3	BB 60033	1938	1969	Scrapped

Key:
Preserved
Scrapped

One locomotive, no. BB 60032, survives in preservation at the French National Railway Museum in Mulhouse.

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