#2374
Nord 4.1201 to 4.1272
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques· from 1932· class of 72 French 2-8-2T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nord 4.1201-h1: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Locomotive 141TC51 ascq 2008 lb: Luc Beaumadier· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Nord 4.1201 to 4.1272 was a class of French Mikado tank locomotives built for suburban service on the Chemin de fer du Nord's lines that are north of Paris. They were designed by Marc de Caso, an engineer working in the company's engineering design office. They were equipped with the same boiler as the Nord's "Superpacifics" (3.1251 to 3.1290) They also had "Cossart" type rotary cam actuated valve gear.
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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 38 years (1932–1970).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1932–1935
- in service from
- 1932
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 72
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, Alstom Crespin, Société Franco-Belge, Schneider et Cie, Fives Group, Chemins de fer du Nord, Blanc-Misseron, Société française de constructions mécaniques
- designer
- Marc de Caso
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Chemins de fer du Nord
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2T
- weight
- 123 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2807717, Wikipedia: Nord 4.1201 to 4.1272 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.