Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée No. 3401 to 3735
French State Railway 230 A 1 to 327
Even for mixed traffic, the PLM ordered four-cylinder compounds with wind cutters around the smokebox, chimney, dome and cab, called “coupe-vent” in French. The locomotives starting with number 3401 were 4-6-0 with a driver diameter of 1,650 mm. They were used from everything from fast coal trains over heavy passenger trains in the mountains to expresses with many stops. Many similarities could be found with the 4-4-0 express locomotives numbered C 61 to C 180.
From a total of nine manufacturers, five came from France, two from Germany, one from Austria and one from Belgium. 250 were built between 1900 and 1902 and 85 more between 1906 and 1909. 18 had been built for service in Africa with PLM Algérie. In 1924, the 327 locomotives in France were numbered 230 A 1 to 327.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1900-1092, 1906-1909
- Manufacturers
- Fives-Lille, Creusot, Franco-Belge, SFCM, Batignolles-Châtillon, Henschel, Borsig, Cockerill, Floridsdorf
- Wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0 (Ten-wheeler)
- Gauge
- 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Length loco
- 11.38 m
- Wheelbase
- 7.89 m
- Empty mass
- 56.5 t
- Service mass
- 60.7 t
- Adhesion mass
- 43.5 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 3.93 m
- Axle load
- 14.5 t
Boiler
- Grate area
- 2.47 m²
- Firebox surface
- 12.6 m²
- Tube heating surface
- 168.8 m²
- Evaporative heating surface
- 181.4 m²
- Total heating surface
- 181.4 m²
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 1,650 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 15 bar
- Expansion type
- compound
- Cylinders
- four, HP: 340 x 650 mm and LP: 540 x 650 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Estimated power
- 800 kW (1,088 PS)
- Top speed
- 95 km/h
- Starting effort
- 83.2 kN
- Starting effort simple
- 99.8 kN
Calculated values
- Factor of adhesion
- 1 : 5.13
- Optimal speed
- 60 km/h
- Power-to-weight ratio
- 13.2 kW/t
- Heating Surface Equivalent
- 244.4 m²
- Cylinder volume/HSE
- 1 : 1,092.04
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 1.40
- Tractive force/Heating surface
- 1 : 9.57
- Grate area/Heating surface
- 1 : 73.44
- Firebox/Tube surface
- 1 : 13.40
