#0246
Nord 2.821 to 2.911 and 2.201 to 2.212
built by Unknown builder· from 1870· Class of French 2-4-0 and 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tournai — Train de Calais - Locomotive Nord 2850, le 27 avril 1900: René Desclée, (°Tournai 1868 - †Tournai 1953). Voir Base AUTOR : base biographique. → http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/autor_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=REF&VALUE_98=AW00110 → https://mediat· Public domain
what is it?
The Nord 2.821 to 2.911 and 2.201 to 2.212, also referred to as Outrances, was a series of French 2-4-0 and 4-4-0 express passenger locomotives of the Chemins de Fer du Nord.
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 156 years ago, in 1870.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1870–1885
- number built
- 103
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- builders
- Unknown builder
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q105101784, Wikipedia: Nord 2.821 to 2.911 and 2.201 to 2.212 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.