Nord 401 to 436

what is it?

Nord 401 to 436, renumbered to Nord 2.401 to 2.436 in 1872, were 0-4-6T Engerth locomotives for mixed traffic of the Chemins de Fer du Nord. The machines were built in 1856–1857 and retired from service in the early 1900s.

who runs it

base stats

• weight 47.5 tin working order
• built 36made 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.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏11.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

built

1856–1857

in service from

1856

number built

36

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, Chemins de fer du Nord, Charbonniers et Cie

operators

Chemins de fer du Nord

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-4-6T

length

11.7 m

weight

47.5 t

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