Nord 3.401 to 3.512

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.[1]

Nord 3.401 to 3.512
Nord 3.433 from the first ordered batch (3.401 to 3.472) at the Dépot de la Plaine Saint-Denis
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Build date
  • 1883–1886
  • 1890–1891
Total produced112
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0
 • UICC n2
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,664 mm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Wheelbase4.10 m (13 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Length8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)
Loco weight40 tonnes (39 long tons; 44 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Firebox typeBelpaire
 • Firegrate area2.41 m2 (25.9 sq ft)
Boiler pressure
  • old series: 11.5 kg/cm2 (1.13 MPa; 164 psi)
  • new series: 10 kg/cm2 (0.981 MPa; 142 psi)
Heating surface99–136 m2 (1,070–1,460 sq ft)
Superheater(none)
CylindersTwo, inside
Cylinder size
  • old series: 450 mm × 610 mm (17 11⁄16 in × 24 in)
  • new series: 480 mm × 610 mm (18 7⁄8 in × 24 in)
Valve gearStephenson
Career
OperatorsChemins de Fer du Nord
NumbersNord: 3.401 – 3.512
PreservedOne: Nord 3.486

Construction history

The design was based on the preceding Nord 3.021 to 3.075 class.[1] The locomotives were built in two series by various manufacturers.[2]

SeriesNord No.YearQty.Manufacturer No.
3.401–3.472 (1883–1886)3.401–3.436188336SACM / Mulhouse No. 3465-3500
3.401–3.472 (1883–1886)3.437–3.452188416SACM / Mulhouse No. 3601-3616
3.401–3.472 (1883–1886)3.453–3.4671885–188615Nord / La Chapelle
3.401–3.472 (1883–1886)3.468–3.47218865Nord / Hellemmes
3.473–3.512 (1890–1891)3.473–3.492189020SACM / Belfort No. 4217-4236
3.473–3.512 (1890–1891)3.493–3.512189020Schneider-Creusot No. 2468-2487

Service history

The locomotives were used to operate many of the Chemins de Fer du Nord's railway lines, passenger trains as well as freight trains.

In 1914 three locomotives stationed in the depot Tergenier, Nord 3.414, 3.418 and 3.508, were lost due to World War I.[1] In the period of 1915-1917 the locomotives then were confined to the depots La Chapelle, La Plaine, Creil, Hazebrouck, Dunkerque, Calais, Amiens, Boulogne, Compiègne, Longueau, Béthune, Abbeville and Valenciennes.[1]

In 1918 a locomotive of this series, the Nord 3.438, was used to pull the famous Armistice train to the Forest of Compiègne.[2]

Early 1920 to 1925 the locomotives were then allocated to the depots La Plaine (4), Creil (3), Crépy (2), Soissons (2), Compiègne (8), Estrées (4), Somain (18), Arras, Délivrance (1), Amiens (7), Longueau (2), Le Tréport (12), Beauvais (3), Cambrai (8), Hirson (11) and Hazebrouck (26).[1]

In 1936 the last operational locomotive of the series, the Nord 3.486, retired.[1]

References
  1. Vilain. 1977. pp. 138–140, 148
  2. Hilscher. February 1932. pp. 35–38

Bibliography
  • Vilain, Lucien-Maurice (1977). Dix décennies de locomotives sur le réseau du Nord : 1845-1948 (in French). Editions Picador. ISBN 2-902653-01-8.


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