List of Chemins de Fer du Nord locomotives explained

The Chemins de Fer du Nord was one of the five main constituents of the SNCF at its creation in 1938.

Jules Petiet (1848–1871)

Jules Petiet was made the Chief of Works in 1845, and Locomotive Engineer in 1848, a post he held until his death in January 1871.

Nord No.
(1845
series)
Nord No.
1872
series
SNCF No. Type Manufacturer
Serial numbers
Year
made
Quantity
made
Year(s)
withdrawn
Comments
3.201 – 3.264 Société Expansion (29)
Société Ch.Derosne et Cail (24)
Ernest Goüin et Cie. (10)
1846–47 64 by 1899 align=left Stephenson long-boiler type.
3.801 – 3.802 1847 33 1877–1909 align=left Shunting locomotives.
3.265 – 3.274 1849 10 by 1913 align=left Mammouth-type.
3.275–3.296
3.301 – 3.334
3.297 – 3.300
1852–55 60 by 1919 align=left Built or soon fitted with 'friction roller' (galet) on additional axle.
3.803 – 3.835 Ernest Goüin et Cie. (18)
André Koechlin (15)
1854–62 33 1877–1909 align=left Station shunting locomotives.
2.401 – 2.436 Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (6)
Charbonniers et Cie. (20)
Nord (La Chapelle) (10)
1855–57 36 by 1907 align=left Engerth locomotives. 12 rebuilt as 0-4-2 tender locomotives between 1873 and 1878.
4.400, 4.371–4.399 1855 30 by 1910 align=left Engerth locomotives.
4.370, 4.361–4.369 Graffenstaden 1857 10 by 1907 align=left Engerth locomotives.
4.551 – 4.600 Ernest Goüin et Cie. (35)
Schneider et Cie. (15)
1858–65 50 1909–? align=left “Fortes Rampes”; renumbered 4.1749 to 4.1770 in 1921.
Graffenstaden1860 20 ? align=left Four rebuilt as tank locomotives in 1880.
Graffenstaden 1861 47 by 1907 align=left
A3A n4t 1862 8 align=left “Camels”; sold to Nord-Belge.
Graffenstaden (12)
Schneider et Cie. (35)
1862–67 47 by 1907 align=left
(3.601 – 3.620) CC n4t 1863 20 1872 align=left rebuilt into 40 0-6-0T locomotives in 1872; 4 then sold to Nord-Belge in 1873
4.601 – 4.605 1865 5 align=left Renumbered 4.1771 to 4.1774 in 1921.
3.921 – 3.930 1866 10 1914–30 align=left Shunting locomotives.
3.335 – 3.352 1866 18 1911–25 align=left Renumbered 3.1335 to 3.1352 in 1911.
Société J. F. Cail & Cie. (24)
Schneider et Cie. (65)
1866–72 89 align=left “180 Unites”; many rebuilt as tank locomotives (1907–16); all renumbered in 1921.
B1 n2Société J. F. Cail & Cie.1867 6 1909–23 align=left
B1 n2Société J. F. Cail & Cie.1867 30 1909–23 align=left
3.901 – 3.920 C n2t 1867 20 1923–39 align=left
1870 30 1909–23
2.951 – 2.970 Fives-Lille (10)
Schneider et Cie. (10)
1867–68 20 1905–30 align=left Ouest-type suburban tank locomotives
1870 12 1922–30 align=left Based on Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) 264 class; Rebuilt as ‘Reinforced Outrance’ 4-4-0s (1890–92)

Édouard Delebecque (1871–1888)

Édouard Delebecque renumbered the locomotive stock in 1872 with a scheme that lasted until the Nord was nationalised in 1938. He also discontinued the naming of locomotives from 1873.

Nord No. SNCF No. Type Manufacturer
Serial numbers
Year
made
Quantity
made
Year(s)
withdrawn
Comments
030.TA.1 – 65 Nord (La Chapelle)
SACM (Graffenstaden) (20)
(1872) 66 align=left 36 Rebuilt from Petiet's 0-6-6-0T locomotives; 30 new
020.TA.1 – ? Fives-Lille (6)
Franco-Belge (12)
Nord (La Chapelle) (17)
1878–1889 35 align=left “Ink Bottles”
SACM (72)
Nord (La Chapelle) (15)
Nord (Hellemmes) (5)
Schneider et Cie. (20)
1883–91 112 1925–35 align=left "Outrance Goods".
1884–84 12 1922–31 align=left "Outrance"; rebuilt 1891–92 as 2′B n2.
1885 1 1928 align=left Rebuilt as 2′AA n4v
Nord (La Chapelle)1887 1 1929 align=left “La Baleine”. Renumbered 3.395 in 1909
Nord (La Chapelle)1888 1 1893 align=left Exhibited at Exposition Universelle (1889).

Gaston du Bousquet (1890–1910)

Nord No. SNCF No. Type Manufacturer
Serial numbers
Year
made
Quantity
made
Year(s)
withdrawn
Comments
220.A.1 – 4 SACM1891–1898 60 1933– align=left “Chocolats”
220.TA.1 – 19 SACM (30)
Franco-Belge (5)
Fives-Lille (15)
Schneider et Cie. (20)
1892–1895 70 1932– align=left “Ravachol”
230.A.1 – 247 Hainaut
SFCM
Schneider et Cie.
Franco-Belge
SACM
Fives-Lille
Batignolles
Cockerill
Société Énergie
La Chapelle
1897–1913 277 align=left
221.A.1 – 35 SACM (20)
SFCM (10)
Fives-Lille (5)
1900–1904 35 align=left Rebuilt with superheaters
040.TD.1 – 15 Franco-Belge1900 15 align=left Renumbered 4.1981 to 4.1995 in 1919, 4.2001 to 4.2015 in 1930
222.TA.1 – 75 Nord (La Chapelle) (48)
Nord (Hellemmes) (27)
1901–1906 75 align=left “Revolver”
031+130.TA.1 – 47 Nord workshops1905–1911 48 align=left
Schneider et Cie.1907 1 1913 align=left Water-tube boiler, 4-cylinder compound. Rebuilt to 4-4-4 in 1907. Rebuilt to 4-6-0 nº 3.999 in 1913
040.A.1 – 2 Nord (La Chapelle)1907–15 265 align=left “180” class. 108 rebuilt as tank locomotives 4.301 – 4.400, 4.531 – 4.540 (1907–1913). Renumbered 4.601 – 4.674, 4.701 – 4.954. (tender) and 4.1801 – 4.1908 (tank)
040.TA.1 – 104 (La Chapelle)1907–1913 (108) align=left Rebuild of “180” class tender locomotives. Renumbered 4.1801 – 4.1908 in 1919
230.D.1 – 149 Nord (Hellemmes)
Nord (La Chapelle)
Schneider et Cie.,
Fives-Lille,
Henschel,
BMAG,
Ateliers Gilly
1908–1912 150 1955–1969 align=left First 25 built with saturated boilers, rebuilt with superheaters 1929–1934
Buffaud & Robatel1908–1909 8 1932 align=left Steam railcar
232.TA.1 – 65 SFCM (60)
Nord (Hellemmes) (5)
1909–1914 65 1944–1957 align=left

Georges Asselin (1910–1918)

Nord No. SNCF No. Type Manufacturer
Serial numbers
Year
made
Quantity
made
Year(s)
withdrawn
Comments
232.A.1 Nord (La Chapelle)1911 2 1936–1939 align=left
231.A.1 – 20 SACM1912 20 1954–56 align=left
140.A.1 – 280 SFCM (147)
Nord (La Chapelle) (10)
Schneider et Cie. (58)
Batignoles (20)
Franco-Belge (35)
SACM (10)
1912–1928 280 1950–1959 align=left “Les Bœufs”
150.A.1 – 112 Nord (La Chapelle) (15)
Nord (Hellemmes) (7)
SFCM (40)
SACM (50)
1912–1929 112 1945–57 align=left 34 rebuilt as SNCF 150 C 1 – 112
230.B.1 Nord (La Chapelle)(1913) (1) 1946 align=left Rebuilt from 4-4-2 prototype 2.741.
130.B.1 Nord (La Chapelle)1914 2 align=left Prototypes (compound); 3.1402 rebuilt as simple 3.1503
130.C.1 – 3 Nord (La Chapelle)1913–1914 2 align=left Prototypes (simple)
141.TA.1 – 37 Canadian Loco. Co.1916 37 1955–1963 align=left ex ROD #1301 to 1340

Louis Breville (1918–1928)

Nord No. SNCF No. Type Manufacturer
Serial numbers
Year
made
Quantity
made
Year(s)
withdrawn
Comments
3.871 – 3.884 232.TB.1 – 14 Beyer, Peacock & Company1914 (14) 1946–1954 align=left
4.1301 – 4.1542 140.C.1 – 242 Baldwin1917–1919 242 1944–1955 align=left ex-US Army “General Pershing”. Later renumbered 141.G.1702 – 1941
4.1551 – 4.1663 140.B.1 – 108 Baldwin1917 113 1937–53 align=left American-built ex-ROD locomotives #1351-1500
141.A.1 – 50 Baldwin1918–1919 50 1948–1959 align=left Identical to PLM 1013 – 1129
4.1076 040.B.75 (1915) (1) align=left ex, received as war reparations
Fives-Lille1920 (1) align=left État type Pacific
231.C.1 – 88 ANF (50)
SFCM (40)
1923–1932 90 1958–1962 align=left “Superpacific”; 4-cylinder compound

Georges Collin (1928–1931)

Nord No. SNCF No. Type Manufacturer
Serial numbers
Year
made
Quantity
made
Year(s)
withdrawn
Comments
040.TG.1 – 80 ANF,
Corpet-Louvet
1930–33 80 1960–67 align=left
050.TD.1 – 70 SACM
Fives-Lille
1930 70 align=left
141.TB.1 – 2 Nord (La Chapelle)1931 2 1948 align=left renumbered 4.1701 – 4.1702

Jean Lancrenon (1931–1938)

Nord No. SNCF No. Type Manufacturer
Serial numbers
Year
made
Quantity
made
Year(s)
withdrawn
Comments
141.TC.1 – 72 Nord (Hellemmes) (5)
SACM (10)
ANF (18)
Franco-Belge (18)
Schneider et Cie. (9)
Fives-Lille (6)
SFCM (6)
1932–1935 72 1970 align=left
3.1171 – 3.1190 231.E.1 – 20 SACM,
SFCM,
Fives-Lille
20 1961–1966 align=left Chapelon Pacific, ex-PO, acquired 1934–1935
231.D.1 – 2 (La Chapelle) (1934) (2) 1945 align=left “Superpacific”; rebuilt as 2-cylinder simple
151.TA.1 – 12 Corpet-Louvet1928–1930 12 align=left Ex Grande Ceinture 5001–5012, acquired 1935
150.C.1 – 30 Nord (La Chapelle) (8)
Nord (Hellemmes) (22)
1933–35 30 align=left
231.E.29 – 48 Marine et d'Homécourt (10)
Fives-Lille (10)
1936–1937 20 1961–1955 align=left Chapelon Pacific, new
231.E.21 – 28 ANF1936 8 1961–1966 align=left Chapelon Pacific, new

Preserved locomotives

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Image Nord No. Series SNCF No. UIC
type
Manufacturer Serial No. Date Notes
4.853 D n2 1496 1866 align=left “180”, sold to industry in 1921, preserved by AJECTA at Musée vivant du chemin de fer, Longueville, Seine-et-Marne, Monument historique
701 3755 1885 align=left Static display, Cité du train, Mulhouse
3.486 C n2 4230 1890 align=left Sold to industry in 1936; later preserved, to Cité du train in 1999.
2.670 221.A.30 2′B1′ n4v 2612 1903 align=left Static display, Cité du train, Mulhouse
3.521 230.D.9 2′C n4v Nord (La Chapelle) 1908 align=left
3.628 230.D.116 2′C n4v 10745 1911 align=left Was at Nene Valley Railway, England. Now at Longueville
3.1102 2′C2′ h4v Nord (La Chapelle) 1911 align=left Sectioned for Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris 1937; static display, Cité du train, Mulhouse
4.319 140.A.259 1′D h4v 2537 1927 align=left Static display (on its side), Cité du train, Mulhouse
3.1280 231.C.78 2′C1′ h4v 4142 1931 align=left “Superpacific”, streamlined (1936–1946)
4.1251 141.TC.51 1′D1′ n2t 2696 1934 align=left Exhibited at Brussels International Exposition, 1935. Static display, Cité du train, Mulhouse
3.1192 231.E.22 421 1936 align=left PO-type, acquired new. Static display, Cité du train, Mulhouse
3.1123 231.E.41 4889 1937 align=left