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Nord 4.061 to 4.340

🇫🇷 France ·built by Schneider et Cie· from 1912· class of 280 French 2-8-0 locomotives

7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Nord 140 4213: Fernand Fleury, † 1918-07-18· Public domain
2. 140A259 - 2-8-0 in WW" setting (50097397492): kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
3. Cite du Train Mulhouse 2014 026 (16135776901): Klaus Nahr from Germany· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. Cite du Train Mulhouse 2014 027 (15950334780): Klaus Nahr from Germany· CC BY-SA 2.0
5. Cite du Train Mulhouse 2014 028 (15950341090): Klaus Nahr from Germany· CC BY-SA 2.0
6. Cite du Train Mulhouse 2014 029 (16111911456): Klaus Nahr from Germany· CC BY-SA 2.0
7. Cité du train 06: B.Zsolt· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

Nord 4.061 to 4.340 were a class of 2-8-0 tender goods locomotives of the Chemins de fer du Nord. At nationalisation on 1 January 1938, they all passed to the SNCF who renumbered them 2-140.A.1 to 2-140.A.280.

who runs it

Chemins de fer du Nord Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

speed 105 km/htop speed
power 1 MWpower output
weight 86.5 tin working order
built 280made 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 114 years ago, in 1912.
1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
13 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
Served for 47 years (1912–1959).

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

spec sheet

built: 1912–1928
in service from: 1912
retired: 1959
status: retired
number built: 280
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇫🇷 France
builders: Schneider et Cie, Société de Construction des Batignolles, Société Franco-Belge, Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, Chemins de fer du Nord, Société française de constructions mécaniques
designer: Georges Asselin
operators: Chemins de fer du Nord, Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed: 105 km/h
power: 1 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: 2-8-0
length: 13 m
weight: 86.5 t
nicknames: les Bœufs

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2807691, Wikipedia: Nord 4.061 to 4.340 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.