ajh.co:20120714-115450 : Cite du Train: PLM 4-4-0 C145 "Coupe-Vent" (cut-wind, or streamlined), built 1900. One of the series C61 to C180, later SNCF 220A. A semi-streamlined locomotive, improvement over the C11, C12 and C21 to C60 with more power. Designed by Charles Baudry. 4-cylinder compound engine for express trains, including famous luxury trains Paris - Marseille - Nice. They were capable of pulling a 200 t train at 100 km/h. After the first world war they were replaced by more powerful engines, and the last went out of service in 1938. Weight 57.4 t, length 19.33 m (incl. tender), wheel diameter 2 m.


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Description:: Cite du Train: PLM 4-4-0 C145 "Coupe-Vent" (cut-wind, or streamlined), built 1900. One of the series C61 to C180, later SNCF 220A. A semi-streamlined locomotive, improvement over the C11, C12 and C21 to C60 with more power. Designed by Charles Baudry. 4-cylinder compound engine for express trains, including famous luxury trains Paris - Marseille - Nice. They were capable of pulling a 200 t train at 100 km/h. After the first world war they were replaced by more powerful engines, and the last went out of service in 1938. Weight 57.4 t, length 19.33 m (incl. tender), wheel diameter 2 m.
Date & Time:: 2012:07:14 11:54:50
Exposure:: shutter speed: 1/30; f number: 3.3; focal length: 4.28mm; ISO: 320

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