#0519
Nord 3.401 to 3.512
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques· from 1883· class of 112 French 0-6-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CCCC - FF 25 - Les Locomotives (Nord) - Machine No. 3484: Fernand Fleury· Public domain
- 2. CCCC 66 - Les locomotives (Nord) Vue Gale du garage des machiones au dépot de la Plaine STD: Scanné par Claude Shoshany· Public domain
what is it?
Nord 3.401 à 3.512 were 0-6-0 locomotives for mixed traffic of the Chemins de Fer du Nord. The locomotive class served for more than 50 years, with the last locomotive, Nord 3.486, retiring in 1936.
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 143 years ago, in 1883.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 53 years (1883–1936).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1883–1891
- in service from
- 1883
- retired
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 112
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, Schneider et Cie, Chemins de fer du Nord
- operators
- Chemins de fer du Nord
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 8.7 m
- weight
- 40 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q105221984, Wikipedia: Nord 3.401 to 3.512 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.