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SNCF Class 241P
🇫🇷 France ·built by Schneider et Cie· from 1948· class of 35 French four-cylinder compound 4-8-2 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SNCF Class 241 P: Tangopaso· Public domain
- 2. 241P17 à Dole: VincentdeMorteau· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SNCF 241.P is a 4-8-2 'Mountain' type express passenger steam locomotive that ran on the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, (French National Railways) from 1948 until 1973. Introduced as large scale electrification of the SNCF was already underway, they were the last new class of passenger steam locomotives in France.
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 78 years ago, in 1948.
- 3 MW is about 35 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 27.1 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 22 years (1948–1970).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1948–1952
- in service from
- 1948
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 35
- kind
- steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Schneider et Cie
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 3 MW
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- length
- 27.1 m
- weight
- 131 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2815194, Wikipedia: SNCF Class 241P (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.