#0202
Nord 2.451 to 2.631
🇫🇷 France ·built by Fives Group· from 1867· class of 181 French 0-4-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. FF-CCCC 50 - Les Locomotives francaises - Nord 2.566: Fernand Fleury· Public domain
what is it?
Nord 2.451 to 2.631 were 0-4-2 locomotives for mixed traffic of the Chemins de Fer du Nord. The machines were retired from service from 1909 to 1923.
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 159 years ago, in 1867.
- Served for 56 years (1867–1923).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1867–1883
- in service from
- 1867
- retired
- 1923
- status
- retired
- number built
- 181
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Fives Group, Société J. F Cail & Cie
- operators
- Chemins de fer du Nord
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2
- length
- 8.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q105200388, Wikipedia: Nord 2.451 to 2.631 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.