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 type Steam Build date 1883–1886 1890–1891 Total produced 112
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0  • UIC C n2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,664 mm (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in) Wheelbase 4.10 m (13 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in) Length 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in) Loco weight 40 tonnes (39 long tons; 44 short tons) Fuel type Coal Firebox type Belpaire  • Firegrate area 2.41 m^2 (25.9 sq ft) Boiler pressure old series: 11.5 kg/cm^2 (1.13 MPa; 164 psi) new series: 10 kg/cm^2 (0.981 MPa; 142 psi) Heating surface 99–136 m^2 (1,070–1,460 sq ft) Superheater (none) Cylinders Two, 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 gear Stephenson
Career Operators Chemins de Fer du Nord Numbers Nord: 3.401 – 3.512 Preserved One: 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]

Series	Nord No.	Year	Qty.	Manufacturer No.
3.401–3.472 (1883–1886)	3.401–3.436	1883	36	SACM / Mulhouse No. 3465-3500
3.401–3.472 (1883–1886)	3.437–3.452	1884	16	SACM / Mulhouse No. 3601-3616
3.401–3.472 (1883–1886)	3.453–3.467	1885–1886	15	Nord / La Chapelle
3.401–3.472 (1883–1886)	3.468–3.472	1886	5	Nord / Hellemmes
3.473–3.512 (1890–1891)	3.473–3.492	1890	20	SACM / Belfort No. 4217-4236
3.473–3.512 (1890–1891)	3.493–3.512	1890	20	Schneider-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.

• Hilscher, V. (February 1932). "Führer und Maschine des Waffenstillstandzuges". Die Lokomotive (in German). Vol. XXIX no. 2. Oskar Fischer. pp. 35–38.

External links

• ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv. Nord 3.478 (SACM no. 4222, 1890), viewer
• ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv. Nord 3.408, viewer