#2806
SNCF Class 141R
🇫🇷 France ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1945· class of 1340 French 2-8-2 locomotives manufactured in United States and Canada
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 141-R-568-a: Didier Duforest· CC BY 2.5
- 2. 141R-568-2: Roloff· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 141R-568-4: Roloff· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 141R- 568-3: Roloff· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. 141R- 568-5: Roloff· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SNCF 141R at Calais Ville: 8474tim· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SNCF 141 R is a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives of the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (French State Railways). They were used all over the French rail network from 1945 to 1974.
who runs it
base stats
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 81 years ago, in 1945.
- 2.2 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1945–1974).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945–1947
- in service from
- 1945
- retired
- 1974
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1,340
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Lima Locomotive Works, Canadian Locomotive Company, Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 116 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q948166, Wikipedia: SNCF Class 141R (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.