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État 230-781 to 230-800
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques· from 1912· class of 20 four-cylinder simple 4-6-0 locomotives of the Chemins de fer de l'État
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- 1. Etat 230 800: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
État 230-781 to 230-800 was a small class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Chemin de fer de l'État. The series of 20 engines was built by the Belfort works of SACM in 1912 with 2.040 m diameter wheels. They were coupled with 21 cubic metre tenders.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- 880 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 44 years (1912–1956).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques
- operators
- Chemins de fer de l'État, Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- —
- power
- 880 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 20.5 m
- weight
- 71.5 t
- nicknames
- Jocondes
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4631464, Wikipedia: État 230-781 to 230-800 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.