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SNCF 232.Q.1
🇫🇷 France ·built by Schneider et Cie· from 1940· prototype French 4-6-4 locomotive
what is it?
The SNCF 232.Q.1 was an experimental prototype steam locomotive of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) which entered service in 1940. It was Baltic or 4-6-4 locomotive.
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 86 years ago, in 1940.
- 15.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 6 years (1940–1946).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1940
- in service from
- 1940
- retired
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Schneider et Cie
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4
- length
- 15.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2815069, Wikipedia: SNCF 232.Q.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.