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Nord 2.121 to 2.180
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques· from 1891· class of 60 French 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
Nord 2.121 to 2.180 were a class of 60 four-cylinder 4-4-0 compound steam locomotives of the Chemins de fer du Nord; they were used as express passenger train locomotives. They were placed in service in 1898 and all but four had been retired by 1933.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9 m long: about 2 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
- 1891–1898
- in service from
- 1891
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques
- designer
- Alfred de Glehn and, Gaston du Bousquet
- operators
- Chemins de fer du Nord, Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Compagnie du Nord - Belge
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 9 m
- weight
- 49 t
- nicknames
- Chocolat
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q55595290, Wikipedia: Nord 2.121 to 2.180 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.