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Overview

The series of 250 engines, numbered 141-001 to 141-250 were built in 1921. They were renumbered 141.B.001 to 141.B.250 by the

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in 1938 and ended their career in the West of France at the end of the 1960s.

Design

The engines were capable of a speed of up . Their light weight per axle made them capable of hauling both passenger and goods trains on most of the ''Chemins de Fer de l'États network and of the former ''

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''. Due to the need of a simple to operate and solid locomotive, the ''Chemins de Fer de l'État'' even went to choose the pressure of the boiler (or in French). The pressure was 12 kp/cm² or 12 ''hecto

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in modern units), this enabled the machine to develop an output of at 60 km/h and at 100 km/h. From 1932 the ''timbre'' was increased to 14 kp/m² to obtain a power of at 60 km/h and at 100 km/h; locomotives were recoded from "B" to "C" as this work was done. 141.C.50 was rebuilt at

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in 1928. This

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was built by the British and was the largest of the ''Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest'' (part of the ''État'' from 1908). There it received new Renaud type valves, saving 9.8% coal. It also received a Kylchap exhaust.

Preservation

One locomotive has been preserved: 141.C.100 (and tender 22.B.609) are in working order and are listed as a ''

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Etat 141-001 to 141-250 141-001 2-8-2 locomotives 1′D1′ h2 locomotives SACM locomotives Schneider locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1921 Standard-gauge locomotives of France