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Ceinture 21 to 35
🇫🇷 France ·built by dépôt de La Chapelle· from 1899· class of 15 French 0-6-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ceinture 030 Boer 27: Fernand Fleury, † 1918-07-18· Public domain
what is it?
Ceinture 21 to 35 were a class of fifteen French 0-6-0T locomotives of the Syndicat d'Exploitation des Chemins de fer de Ceinture de Paris. built in 1899 for pulling suburban passenger trains. The locomotives were built in 1899 by the Chemins de fer du Nord's Hellemmes and La Chapelles Workshops based on the design of the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest's 3501 to 3602 series (later État 30–101 to 30-202).
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 54 years (1899–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899
- in service from
- 1899
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- dépôt de La Chapelle
- designer
- Chemins de fer de l'Ouest
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Chemins de fer du Nord, Syndicat d'Exploitation des chemins de fer de Ceinture de Paris
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 44 t
- nicknames
- Boers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q35219934, Wikipedia: Ceinture 21 to 35 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.