#1516
Est 4401 to 4512
🇫🇷 France ·built by Épernay Works· from 1911· class of 112 French suburban 2-8-2T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 141 T 4401 Est: Pol Gillet· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 141 TB 407 Longueville: Didier Duforest· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Est 4401 to 4512 were a class of Mikado (2-8-2) tank locomotives which were designed for service on the Paris suburban lines of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est. The Est placed them in power class (série) 11s. On nationalisation in 1938 they passed to the SNCF, who renumbered them 1-141.TB.401 to 1–141.TB.512.
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.
- 882 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 61 years (1911–1972).
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
- 1972
- status
- retired
- number built
- 112
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Épernay Works, Blanc-Misseron, Société anonyme Saint-Léonard à Liège, Société française de constructions mécaniques
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Chemins de fer de l'Est
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 882 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2T
- length
- 13.7 m
- weight
- 92.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2807716, Wikipedia: Est 4401 to 4512 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.