Paris-Lyon-Mediterrannee 2-8-0 Locomotives in France

Class 140 4 175/140 D (Locobase 10003)

Data from the PLM Wiki at [], last accessed 6 November 2011.

Using essentially the same boiler, Belpaire firebox, and chassis as the Batignolles four-cylinder compounds described in Locobase 13391, these engines had the same mixed arrangement of tubes. In addition to the 64 Serve tubes and 24 flues of nearly 5" in diameter, the boiler had 21 additional tubes measuring 2.17" inches across. Tube and flue lengths measured 250 mm (9.9") more

Some more unusual features of this engine was the four-cylinder simple-expansion power system that used different diameter cylinders inside and outside.The chassis used Zara trucks with pivots under the smokebox and firebox; the front truck held the pony truck and first driven axle, the rear truck linked the 3rd axle and the 4th axle, which lay another 2.6 metres (8 1/2 feet) to the rear. The layout lent flexibility to the locomotive's frame; the rigid wheelbase was only 3.53 metres long (11 ft 7 in).

After World War One, the PLM converted these engines into four-cylinder compounds; see Locobase 13390.

Class 140 4 271/140 C (Locobase 13391)

Data from the PLM Wiki at [], last accessed 6 November 2011.

Like many French locomotives, this design's boiler luxuriated in complications. In addtion to the 64 Serve tubes and 24 flues of nearly 5" in diameter, the boiler had 19 additional tubes measuring 2.17" inches across. It used a Belpaire firebox.

The chassis used Zara trucks with pivots under the smokebox and firebox; the front truck held the pony truck and first driven axle, the rear truck linked the third axle and the fourth axle, which lay another 2.6 metres (8 1/2 feet) to the rear. The layout lent flexibility to the locomotive's frame; the rigid wheelbase was only 3.53 metres long (11 ft 7 in).

In 1927, the 140 C 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20 were sent to the PLM's Algerian line with the others following a year later.

Class 140 4 291/140 B 001 - super (Locobase 13393)

Data from the PLM Wiki at [], last accessed 6 November 2011.

Although the PLM's superheating of the saturated boiler in the 295s (Locobase 13393) yielded similar areas to those of several other classes, the 295s were fitted with more smooth tubes (96) than internally finned Serve tubes (50). They retained the Belpaire firebox and Zara truck.

The first 10 were modified in 1919-1922. By 1927, 189 had been converted with the last 10 receiving superheat over the next NINE years.

Class 140 401 (Locobase 13381)

Data from PLM Wiki at [], last accessed 4 November 2011; and DeGolyer, Volume 57, pp. 217+ . Baldwin's works numbers were

1917

46100- 46101, 46126, 46138, 46140, 46143- 46148, 46183- 46184, 46188-46193, 46202- 46203, 46207, 46223-46224, 46226- 46228, 46231, 46233-46243 in August; 46285, 46287-46288, 46290, 46294-46295, 46297- 46299, 46301, 46304, 46306- 46307, 46312, 46315-46316, 46320-46321, 46323, 46331, 46334- 46365, 46374, 46383, 46386- 46388, 46390-46393, 46395, 46461, 46463, 46470 in September; 46569, 46574- 46576, 46594, 46664- 46671, 46724- 46726, 46739- 46741, 46779 in October; 46853, 4692846930, 47021, 47023-47024 in November; 47189-47190, 47195, 47199-47200, 47205, 47269, 47271-47372, 47379- 47384, 47426, 47429, 47478 in December

1918

47552, 47558, 47561, 47564, 47587-47588, 47594- 47596, 47599, 47600, 47602, 47654, 47662 in January; 47767, 47838-47840, 47844, 47877, 47887, 47890 in February; 48000, 48036, 48039, 48045, 48110, 48112, 48117- 48119, 48185 in March; 48234, 48236, 48240, 48316, 48333-48334, 48339- 48342, 48416, 48428, 48451 in April; 48518, 48543, 48546, 48550, 48553, 48557, 48564, 48654, 48663-48664, 48705, 48710-48711, 48715, 48720, 48748, 48750- 48752, 48754-48755, 48760, 48763, 48765- 48769 in May; 48869, 48871, 48876, 48879, 48882, 48885, 48920, 48922-48923, 48933-48934, 48937, 48968, 48972, 48975, 48979, 49051-49052, 49058, 49060-49061, 49064, 49067 in June; 49132, 49144, 49149, 49248- 49250, 49252, 49255, 49278, 49284, 49367, 49369, 49372-49373, 49378-49379, 49413, 49416, 49418, 49419, 49420 in July; 49489, 49492, 49495, 49548, 49550, 49626 in August; 49693, 49699, 49709, 49715, 49801, 49804, 49814, 49822, 49838, 49865, 49871-49872, 49882, 49884, 49886, 49888, 49899, 49901, 49994, 49997, 50003, 50004, 50016, 50017, 50021- 50023, 50026, 50030, 50040, 50045 in September; 50075, 50083, 50099, 50103, 50104, 50107, 50109, 50110, 50111, 50114, 50118, 50119, 50120, 50123, 50127, 50139, 50141, 50149, 50150, 50154, 50160-50161, 50165, 50169, 50175, 50177, 50178, 50179, 50180, 50182, 50186, 50189, 50191, 50194, 50197, 50212, 50216, 50225, 50228, 50231, 50237, 50238, 50247, 50248, 50249, 50250, 50254-50279, 50283-50284, 50290, 50292, 50302, 50337, 50377, 50379, 50383-50386, 50389, 50390, 50392-50393, 50398, 50400, 50405-50410, 50413, 50428 in October; 50436, 50439, 50442, 50444, 50486, 50488, 50490, 50494, 50503, 50504, 50506, 50507, 50508, 50510, 50515-50516, 50518, 50523, 50528-50529, 50531-50534, 50538, 50540- 50542, 50555, 50556, 50559, 50561-50562, 50565-50566, 50570, 50574, 50576-50600, 50611, 50637, 50645, 50647, 50649, 50654, 50663-50664, 50699, 50701, 50709, 50722, 50726 in November; 50763-50776, 50817- 50819, 50831- 50863, 50870, 50900, 50918, 50952, 50957, 50966, 50972, 50977 in December

1919

51016, 51026, 51071, 51072, 51073, 51092, 51093, 51094, 51095, 51099 in January; 51219, 51245, 51246, 51286, 51288, 51289, 51291, 51292, 51293, 51295, 51297, 51324, 51326, 51327, 51328, 51329, 51331, 51332, 51336, 51338, 51349, 51350, 51352, 51354, 51355, 51359, 51363, 51367, 51409, 51416, 51420, 51423 in February; 51458, 51463, 51464, 51467, 51469, 51494, 51495, 51500, 51502, 51505, 51540, 51543, 51545, 51546 in March

Piston valves measured 10" (254 mm ) in diameter.

See Locobase 431 for the description of this very large class built by Baldwin to a single design for service in France. Note that the superheater area given in this entry is taken from the diagrams shown on the PLM Wiki site. Most of the dimensions represent conversions from the metric system and are different from those found in the other French railroad entries.

Class 140 971/140H (Locobase 13389)

Data from PLM Wiki at [], last accessed 6 November 2011.

Looking across the ocean again two years after Baldwin had delivered almost 300 Pershing Consolidations (Locobase 13380), the PLM ordered 29 of Alco's standard export engine. It had more cylinder volume despite a shorter stroke, a longer wheelbase, and a lower axle loading. Note that the heating surface area given by the 1925 PLM book is measured from the fireside, even though the tube dimensions include the walls and thus are from the water side.

Class 140 A 001 (Locobase 13394)

Data from the PLM Wiki at [], last accessed 7 November 2011. Creusot supplied the first 120 in 1923-1924 and Forges et AciTries de la Marine et d'HomTcourt added 50 in 1924-1925. See also US Military Railway Service's Equipment Data Book for French Locomotives supplied by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange in March 2004.

Perhaps influenced by the flood of two-cylinder simple-expansion "Pershings" and later Alcos that arrived in France during and after World War One, the PLM built a rather large order of French-designed two-cylinder engines. Like most PLM 2-8-0s, this engine came with a Belpaire firebox. Their piston valves measured 290 mm (11.4") in diameter.

NB: Locobase deleted entry 6161 as a duplicate.

Class 140 D (Locobase 13390)

Data from US Military Railway Service Equipment Data Book for French Locomotives supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004 from his extensive Rail Data Exchange, supplemented by the PLM Wiki at 8

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Locobase 10003 describes the unusual resort to four-cylinder simple-expansion power by a French railway. After World War I, almost all of the French-built engines were compounds. Two of the original Humboldt engines were converted to a compound layout in 1924; their success led to the conversion of the others in 1925-1928.

Class 140 F / 140 L (Locobase 10005)

Data from US Military Railway Service Equipment Data Book for French Locomotives supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004 from his extensive Rail Data Exchange, supplemented by the PLM Wiki at

[], last accessed on 7 November 2011. See also diagram UG Type 168, Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques from locomotive book supplied by Dany Machi up at [] as

Diagrammes des machines SACM construites a GRAFENSTADEN (October 2007). SACM built the first 10, followed by Batignolles (F 011-033), SFCM (Cail) (F 034-078), and Fives-Lille (F 079-100), all in 1925-1926.

The diagram shows 48 superheater tubes, each 0.95" in diameter. Locobase supposes this means 12 flues, but cannot confirm. The design is identical to the 140 E (Locobase 10004) in dimensions and the use of a Belpaire firebox as well as using more smooth tubes (96) than internally finned Serve tubes (50), except for the smaller drivers on the 140 F.

When the SNCF was stood up in 1939, these engines were reclassified as 140 L.

Class 3 741 /140 E 001 (Locobase 10004)

Data from US Military Railway Service Equipment Data Book for French Locomotives supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004 from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Builders included Franco-Belge (3 741-3 760), Batignolles (3 761-3 780), Creusot (3 781-3 800), SFCM (Cail) (3 841-3 860), PLM-Ouillins (3 861-3 865), PLM-d'Arles 3 866-3 870), ; all of these were delivered in 1913-1914. Creusot continued deliveries during World War I (3 936-3 955).

After the end of the war and the completion of the Pershing Consolidation deliveries from America, the PLM-Chantiers de la Loire produced a batch in 1920-1922 (3 831-3840) and and another 25 (3 871-3 895) in 1922-1923. SociTtT des Usines MTtallurgiques du Hainaut added 14 in 1922 (3 957-3 959, 3 961-3 975). Creusot finished the class with a large order for 50 numbered in PLM's new series as 140 E 164-E 213.

The diagram shows 48 superheater tubes, each 0.95" in diameter. Locobase supposes this means 24 flues, but cannot confirm. Locobase notes the Belpaire firebox, considerable amount of superheater, and the widely used Serve tubes. Like many French engines, the boiler had a mixture of the internally finned Serve tubes (96) and smoothbore tubes of the same diameter (50). The

The 64 from 1924 were designated 140 E 164-213

The rather large class served the south-eastern Paris suburbs and the Rhone Valley until the early 1960s. Accordingly, their principal depots were Montargis south of Paris and Miramas just north of Marseille.

Class 4 140 to 4 291/140 B 001 (Locobase 13392)

Data from the PLM Wiki at [],_puis_B_1_%C3%A0_205_du_PLM, last accessed 10 November 2015. See also "New Locomotives, Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean Ry," Locomotive Magazine, Volume XVII (15 March 1911), pp. 66-67. Builders included PLM -Arles (4 295-304), SFCM (Cail) (4 470-499 in 1909-1911, 4 305-349 in 1911-1912), Fives-Lille (4 430-449 in 1909-1911, 4 350-369 in 1911-1912), Berliner Maschinenbau (4 390-399 in 1909-1911, 4 370-389 and 1910-1911), Henschel & Sohn (4 400-414 in 1909-1910), and Franco-Belge (4 450-469 in 1909-1911).

This was the first in a series of compound Consolidations that were derived from the earlier 4-8-0 design shown in Locobase 11453. The engines used a Belpaire firebox and a boiler fitted with large-diameter Serve internally finned tubes.

The divided drive linked the HP cylinders to the third axle, LP cylinders to the second. The chassis used Zara trucks with pivots under the smokebox and firebox; the front truck held the pony truck and first driven axle, the rear truck linked the 3rd axle and the 4th axle, which lay another 2.6 metres (8 1/2 feet) to the rear. The layout lent flexibility to the locomotive's frame; the rigid wheelbase was only 3.53 metres long (11 ft 7 in).

This class was superheated over a long period; see Locobase 13393.