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Nord 3.1101 and 3.1102
🇫🇷 France ·built by Chemins de fer du Nord· from 1911· class of 2 French 4-6-4 locomotives
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hugh llewelyn 3.1102 (5375371090): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Cite du Train Mulhouse 2014 082 (15952923997): Klaus Nahr from Germany· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Coupe longitudinale d'une locomotive à vapeur exposée dans la gare des Invalides - btv1b9027419h: Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire)· Public domain
- 4. Coupe longitudinale d'une locomotive à vapeur exposée dans la gare des Invalides - btv1b9027487b: Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire)· Public domain
- 5. Coupe longitudinale d'une locomotive à vapeur exposée dans la gare des Invalides - btv1b9027527d: Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire)· Public domain
- 6. Eisenbahnmuseum Mulhouse 2016 23: Xocolatl· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Nord 3.1101 and 3.1102 were a class of two express passenger 4-6-4 (Baltic) tender locomotives designed by Gaston du Bousquet for the Chemins de Fer du Nord, and built in the company's La Chapelle Workshops.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- 15.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 28 years (1911–1939).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Chemins de fer du Nord
- designer
- Gaston du Bousquet
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Chemins de fer du Nord
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4
- length
- 15.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20019114, Wikipedia: Nord 3.1101 and 3.1102 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
