#2934
SNCF 232.U.1
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques· from 1949· prototype French 4-6-4 locomotive
.jpg)
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Corpet-Louvet-n1908-1949-232-U-1-SNCF: Bruno Corpet ( Quoique ) scan et restauration tirage ancien (collection personnelle, archive Corpet-Louvet)· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Hugh llewelyn 232.U1 (5374741137): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. CdT - SNCF 232 U: A1AA1A· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
SNCF 232.U.1 is a French steam locomotive of the Hudson type. It was built as part of a new locomotive program designed for the Chemins de fer du Nord that was delayed by the outbreak of the Second World War. Its particular design distinguishes it in the small series of delivered machines, which makes it a unique model.
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 77 years ago, in 1949.
- 15.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 12 years (1949–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1949
- in service from
- 1949
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, Corpet-Louvet
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 15.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2815076, Wikipedia: SNCF 232.U.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.