#2402
Nord 5.1201 to 5.1230
🇫🇷 France ·built by Chemins de fer du Nord· from 1933· class of 30 French 4-cylinder compound 2-10-0 locomotives
what is it?
Nord 5.1201 to 5.1230 were a class of 2-10-0 “Decapod” steam locomotives of the Chemins de Fer du Nord, designed to handle heavy coal trains. On 1 January 1938, they all passed to the SNCF, who numbered them 2-150.B.1 to 30.
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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1933–1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Chemins de fer du Nord
- designer
- Marc de Caso
- operators
- Chemins de fer du Nord, Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.8 MW
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
- weight
- 104 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25391777, Wikipedia: Nord 5.1201 to 5.1230 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.