#1463
État 231-011 to 231-060
🇫🇷 France ·built by Fives Group· from 1910· compound 4-6-2 locomotives of the Chemins de fer de l'État
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Etat 231 059: Fernand Fleury, † 1918-07-18· Public domain
what is it?
État 231-011 to 231-060 was a small class of 4-6-2 steam locomotive of the Chemin de fer de l'État. This series of 50 locomotives was built during 1910. After some difficult early days (involving a number of derailments), the locomotives later became part of the SNCF's 3-231.B class.
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 116 years ago, in 1910.
- 1.2 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 47 years (1910–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910
- in service from
- 1910
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Fives Group, Schneider et Cie, Société française de constructions mécaniques
- operators
- Chemins de fer de l'État, Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 22.5 m
- weight
- 91 t
- nicknames
- Dieppoises
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2815063, Wikipedia: État 231-011 to 231-060 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.