État 3701 to 3755 were a series of
4-6-0
A 4-6-0 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, has four leading wheels on two axles in a leading bogie and six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles with the abs ...
de Glenn compound steam locomotives
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of the ''
Chemins de fer de l'État
The Administration des chemins de fer de l'État (, "State Railway Administration"), often referred to in France as the Réseau de l'État (, "State Network"), was an early state-owned French railway company.
History
The company was establishe ...
'' built between 1901 and 1909.
Nene Valley Railway By SNCF Nord Locomotives.
Description
The class were four-cylinder compound locomotives of the de Glehn type – the high-pressure cylinders were on the outside and drove the middle coupled wheels, the low-pressure cylinders were inside, and drove the leading coupled wheels.
They were mixed traffic locomotives, for use on express and local passenger trains as well as freight trains on all parts of the ''État'' network. The design was inspired by, and similar to
Midi 1301 to 1370,
Nord 3.078 to 3.354, and
PO 1721 to 1735.
They were equipped with 3-axle tenders that held of coal and of water, and were numbered 15.251 to 15.305.
The first 30 had Wegner brakes, the remainder had Westinghouse brakes.
They were capable of pulling hauling passenger trains of at , passenger trains of at , and freight trains at speeds of . On inclines of 1% (1 in 100), they could pull at .
Use
They were used thought the ''État'' network, and proved to be more economical than the
4-4-0
4-4-0, in the Whyte notation, denotes a steam locomotive with a wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles (usually in a leading bogie), four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.
First built in the ...
and
2-4-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles and two trailing wheels on one axle. The type is somet ...
locomotive that they displaced. They were allocated to the locomotive depots of Nantes Sainte-Anne,
La Roche-sur-Yon
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,
La Rochelle
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,
Saintes
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Saint(s) may also refer to:
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Saint
*Le Saint, Brittany, France
Saints
*Saints, Luton, Bedfordshire, England
*Saints, Seine-et-Marne, France
*Saints-en-Puisaye, formerly Saints, France
* The Sa ...
,
Saint-Mariens,
Cholet
Cholet (, probably from Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers. ...
,
Thouars
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It is on the River Thouet. Its inhabitants are known ...
, and
Bressuire
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Notable buildings
Bressuire ha ...
.
After 1938, the newly created
SNCF
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renumbered the locomotives 3-230.B.1 to 3-230.B.55; while the tenders were renumbered 15.B.251 to 15.B.305. Forty-six survived
World War II
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, the last was withdrawn in 1960, having been used on Saint-Mariens to Bordeaux local services.
None have been preserved, but the
Cité du train
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in
Mulhouse
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has one of the similar
Midi
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, locomotives, No. 1314.
References
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External links
CHEMINS DE FER DE L'ETATlocomotive specifications
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4-6-0 locomotives
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