I recently received a BB 7200 of the SNCF, Märklin 3225. This locomotive was advertised as “in good condition” and we’ll have a first look at it together. We’ll also run related models this week.

Here’s what you’ll find in this video:

00:00 Introduction
00:57 Model overview
03:17 Vital statistics
04:10 Prototype overview
11:00 My 3325 – Unboxing
15:15 Matching Märklin stock
18:31 Run with related models
21:50 Conclusion and thanks

Thanks for watching!

Channel email: the3rdrailchannel@gmail.com

Featured Märklin: models:
3325, with 4161, 4253
3326, with 4164, 4165, 4264, 4265
3333, with Jouef 5081, 5082, 5083, 5084
3321, with 4254, 4170, 4161

Related videos:
3321 – https://youtu.be/iqZ7XRBP9is
3333 – https://youtu.be/EiQ0PkhESGw and https://youtu.be/9w9mKJAyu6Y
3326 – https://youtu.be/ZSFaPZPHmPk

Sources:

www.maerklin.de
www.wikipedia.org
www.docrail.fr:
Dossier BB 7200 & 22200: https://docrail.fr/les-bb-7200-et-22200/
List of BB7200: http://www.trainsso.fr/BB7200.pdf
3325.1: search on https://www.gebrauchtemodellbahn.de

Photo credits (let me know of any omission…):

Wikimedia:
1. copy this link: “https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=”
2. paste in address bar
3. add the “curid” number listed
4. press return…

BB7397:
Paris-Orléans – by Nelso Silva — CC BY-SA 2.0,, curid=31917176
BB7258:
Chambéry, by Florian Pépellin, 22/10/2006 — CC BY-SA 2.5, curid=3727294
BB7212:
Gare d’Austerlitz, by Mbzt, 06/2015 — CC BY-SA 4.0, curid=42124535
BB7241:
Dijon 2019 – by Par Joachim Lutz — CC BY-SA 4.0, curid=78366827
B 81500
Roquefavrour by Fr.Latreille — CC BY 3.0, curid=5506603

BB 7201:
Nose, By B.Ciry via docrail: https://docrail.fr/les-bb-7200-et-22200/

BB7440:
by unknown via http://imagedetrain.chez-alice.fr/7440.html
Steel coil train at Narbonne station by archie250 via trainspo: https://trainspo.com/photo/47397

French railway network in 1970:
Lamming, Clive, Cinquante ans de traction à la SNCF, CNRS Éditions, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4000/books.editionscnrs.34253

BB22298:
BB22298 – express train in Lille – by Bart van Grunewold – 9/7/1980 via Treinposities: https://treinposities.nl/foto/164409

NS 1619:
Amsterdam Central – by emdjt42 – 04/08/1987 via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/dmQqA4

Roofs:
NS 1634:
Author unknown, 08/1982, via benelouxspoor.net: https://forum.beneluxspoor.net/index.php?topic=98882.0

BB7261:
Gare de Lyon Paris, by Roger w., 06/1979 via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/6brvTt

BB7425:
Perigny-Miramas, by Francois Pobez, 08/2016 via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/22h7eb3

7432:
Dual header, by L. Battestini, 09/11/2012 via railpassion: https://www.railpassion.fr/materiel-actualites-rp/bb-7200-sous-la-barre-des-100-unites/

7294:
Talgo, by J. C. Mons, 08/2007 via vuesurlavoie: https://www.vuesurlavoie.com/picture.php?/7658-7294_2007_08_13_fitou_sud_11_vslv/category/54-bb_7200/729-les_trains_de_nuit

TGV:
Chambéry 1991 – Michael J. Collins via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/25Vgt1J

BB7298:
Toulouse-Bayonne – by Dreaming Railways, 22/02/2014 via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/moRKFS
Talgo:
https://vuesurlavoie.com/picture.php?/6406-7298_2006_08_24_palau_del_vidre_66_vslv/category/729-les_trains_de_nuit/54-bb_7200

Unknown BB7200
Lantenay, by CC 8547, 16/02/2008, via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2iLv57B

BB7248:
Gare de Lyon, by Leonardus Schrijvers, 18/09/2023 via railpictures.com, https://www.rail-pictures.com/1200/the-saga-of-class-bb-50404.jpg

BB 7201:
Nose, By B.Ciry via docrail: https://docrail.fr/les-bb-7200-et-22200/

BB7440:
by unknown via http://imagedetrain.chez-alice.fr/7440.html
Steel coil train at Narbonne station by archie250 via trainspo: https://trainspo.com/photo/47397

French railway network in 1970:
Lamming, Clive. «  Chapitre VIII. L’ère Nouvion et les électrifications en courant monophasé de fréquence industrielle ». Cinquante ans de traction à la SNCF, CNRS Éditions, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4000/books.editionscnrs.34253

BB22298:
BB22298 with express train in Lille – by Bart van Grunewold – 9/7/1980 via Treinposities: https://treinposities.nl/foto/164409

NS 1619:
NS1619 at Amsterdam Central – by emdjt42 – 04/08/1987 via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/dmQqA4

Roofs:
NS 1634:
Author unknown, 08/1982, via benelouxspoor.net: https://forum.beneluxspoor.net/index.php?topic=98882.0

BB7261:
Gare de Lyon Paris, by Roger w., 06/1979 via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/6brvTt

BB7425:
Perigny-Miramas, by Francois Pobez, 08/2016 via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/22h7eb3

7432:
Dual header, by L. Battestini, 09/11/2012 via railpassion: https://www.railpassion.fr/materiel-actualites-rp/bb-7200-sous-la-barre-des-100-unites/

7294:
Talgo, by J. C. Mons, 08/2007 via vuesurlavoie: https://www.vuesurlavoie.com/picture.php?/7658-7294_2007_08_13_fitou_sud_11_vslv/category/54-bb_7200/729-les_trains_de_nuit

TGV:
Chambéry 1991 – Michael J. Collins via flickr: https://flic.kr/p/25Vgt1J

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10 Comments

  1. Wonderful. The Nez Cassé design does so distinctively stand out from all the rest. When growing up in the Netherlands, they were of course a very common sight and highly regarded. They just looked so majestic. A few in NL are still in use but not by the NS any-more. The most distinctive livery of them all came from Captrain. They painted one in French livery which does look fabulous. Pity that almost all of them have been scrapped, with just a few remaining in freight service and one sitting at the rail museum in Utrecht. Thank you so much for this fascinating upload.

  2. What a pleasure to see such a great collection in action. Thank you! Plus a fabulously illustrated documentation of the great role models! Bravo!

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