Nord 3.1102, a (2'C2') prototype built 1911 at the workshops of
Compagnie du Nord, designed by Gaston du Bousquet. It was one of two
locomotives, highly advanced for their time, and the origin of the name
"Baltic" as they were intended for the Nord-Express to St. Peterburg.
The intention was to pull a train of 400 to 430 t with 120 km/h. It was
also one of the first to combine an overheating boiler and compound
engine. Length 12.6 m (without tender), weight 113 t. Until 1920 the
locomotives were used with express trains to Calais and Belgium, then
moved to heavy passenger trains with frequent stops. In 1926 they were
stored at Compiègne, experimentally converted to oil heating. For
the World Exhibition of 1937 in Paris, it was cut up to demonstrate its
interior. The tender has not been conserved.
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Mulhouse, Cit&eacute; du Train, 2006-06-02.
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<a href="mailto:tbk@uncia.de">tobias b k&ouml;hler</a>