Est 0.501 to 0.691

what is it?

The Est 0.501 to 0.691, also denoted as Est 0501 to 0691, was a class of 191 French 0-8-0 locomotives for freight service, built from 1856 to 1886 for the Chemins de fer de l'Est.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer françaisCDChemins de fer de l'Est

base stats

• built 191made in total

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 170 years ago, in 1856.
• 📏9.2 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 101 years (1856–1957).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1856–1886

in service from

1856

retired

1957

status

retired

number built

191

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Fives Group, Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, Anciens Établissements Cail, Schneider et Cie, Épernay Works, Ateliers de Graffenstaden

operators

Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Chemins de fer de l'Est

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-8-0

length

9.2 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.