#1056
Nord 2.231 to 2.305
🇫🇷 France ·built by Chemins de fer du Nord· from 1901· class of 75 French 4-4-4T locomotives, nicknamed “Revolver”
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- 1. Nord 222 2-290: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Nord 2.231 à 2.305 were suburban 4-4-4T locomotives of the Chemins de Fer du Nord. They were nicknamed "Revolver" due to the appearance of the high-pitched small diameter boilers next to the low water tanks and cabs, At nationalisation on 1 January 1938, they all passed to the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), who renumbered them 2-222.TA.1 to 2-222.TA.75.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- 10.9 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901–1906
- in service from
- 1901
- status
- retired
- number built
- 75
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Chemins de fer du Nord
- designer
- Gaston du Bousquet
- operators
- Chemins de fer du Nord, Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-4T
- length
- 10.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16024630, Wikipedia: Nord 2.231 to 2.305 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.