SNCF1 (CF du Nord2) 4-6-2.4Cyl No. 231C 78 (3.1280)
Oignies, France 		Location: Centre de la Mine et du Chemin de Fer
Status: Restoration
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1 SNCF Société nationale des chemins de fer Francias French National Railway Society
2 NORD The Chemins de fer du Nord Northern Railway Company
Posted: Dec 7, 2023 @ 09:12:47 by Dale W Fickés
Oignies is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France
Posted: Dec 7, 2023 @ 07:12:55 by Achim
The following is reported for the 231C78: Built in 1931 by the French Mechanical Engineering Society (SFCM) in Denain. Total length: 22,458 m Locomotive length: 12.53 m Empty mass: 92.3 t Loaded mass: 100.5 t Power: 2400 HP Maximum speed: 130 km/h Water content: 37 m3 Coal load: 9 t Registered in the North 3.1280. Decommissioned in 1961 Conservation sites: Hirson, Châlons-sur-Saône, Thouars, Hausbergen, Aulnoye, Montargis. Since 1993 at the CMCF in Oignies, where it is to be made functional again. Property of SNCF.
Posted: Mar 3, 2021 @ 12:03:40 by Dale W Fickés
There is an appeal for work on the boiler of NORD Super Pacific 4-6-2 No. 3.1280, later SNCF No. 231 C 78. It is apparently being re-built at Centre de la Mine et du Chemin de Fer (CMCF), at their site in Oignies, 30 km south of Lille. The locomotive was once streamlined in 1936.