The SNCF BB 16000 are a class of 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric locomotives produced by MTE.

The electrical power equipment is directly derived from the first machines using Jacquemin concepts, the BB 12000: 25kV / 15kV auto-transformer, auxiliary transformer and traction transformer, rectifiers with ignitrons, later replaced by silicon diodes, and smoothing chokes, shunt resistors on the inductors of the 4 traction motors, and Arno three-phase converter to supply hotel power.

BB 16012 had additional ventilation louvres, which were provisionally installed to test the new silicon diode rectifier blocks.

The BB 16000s during their very long career have hauled most of the fast and express trains of the north, east, and north-west networks.

With the entry into service of the LGV Est in 2007, the transport offer has refocused around TGVs, freeing up many locomotives and imposing a reorganization of operating diagrams.

A large number of BB 15000s were transferred from Strasbourg to Achères to operate Corail and TER services from Paris-Nord and Paris-Saint-Lazare.