#1976
État 42-001 to 42-020
🇫🇷 France ·built by Fives Group· from 1923· simple 2-8-2 tank locomotives of the Chemins de fer de l'État
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 141-TC-19: Didier Duforest· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 140-C-231 et 141-TC-19 Longueville: Didier Duforest· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 141 TC 19 ex ETAT 42.019 (MH) FIVES-LILLE 1922 AJECTA LONGUEVILLE: Éric Salard· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 141-TC-19 et 040-TA-137 Longueville: Didier Duforest· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 141-TC-19 Longueville: Didier Duforest· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 141-TC-19-a: Didier Duforest· CC BY 2.5
what is it?
État 42-001 to 42-020, was a class of 2-8-2 Tank locomotives of the Chemins de Fer de l'État.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- 897 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1923–1971).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1971
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Fives Group
- operators
- Chemins de fer de l'État, Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- —
- power
- 897 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2T
- length
- 14 m
- weight
- 96.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4549653, Wikipedia: État 42-001 to 42-020 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.