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Nord 4.2016 to 4.2095

🇫🇷 France ·built by Alstom Crespin· from 1930· class of 80 French 0-8-0T shunting locomotives

Nord 4.2016 to 4.2095, photo 1 of 1
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what is it?

Nord 4.2016 to 4.2095 were a class of 0-8-0T locomotives of the Chemin de fer du Nord.

who runs it

base stats

  • power 582 kWpower output
  • weight 72.8 tin working order
  • built 80made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 96 years ago, in 1930.
  • 582 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 10.5 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 37 years (1930–1967).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1930–1933
in service from
1930
retired
1967
status
retired
number built
80
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇫🇷 France
builders
Alstom Crespin, Corpet-Louvet, Blanc-Misseron
operators
Chemins de fer du Nord, Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed
—
power
582 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
0-8-0T
length
10.5 m
weight
72.8 t
nicknames
Big Julies

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q16024267, Wikipedia: Nord 4.2016 to 4.2095 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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