French National Railways
(SNCF) 140 C type:
consolidation
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| Below: The 140C # 287 with open draincocks on a cool morning in North Carolina next to 140C # 302 (in green color) |
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| below picture : Operating the 140C # 287 prototype on an indoor layout in Switzerland |
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Technical Specification for the Aster SNCF 140C model
| Scale /Gauge: 1/32, Gauge One
Length: 604.5 mm (Engine: 367.2mm ,Tender: 226.8mm) Width: 98mm Height: 138.3mm Wheel arrangement: 2-8-0 (Consolidation type) Minimum turning radius: 2meter Operating boiler pressure: 3.5kg.bar Weight: 5.2Kg (Engine: 3.7Kg. Tender: 1.5Kg) Valve gear type: Walschaert Slide valve travel: 5mm, Lap 1.0mm, Cutoff: 80% Cylinders: 2 Cylinders, Dia.12mm. x stroke 20mm Cylinder drain cocks fitted
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Driving wheel: dia, 45mm
Pilot wheel: dia. 26.5mm Tender truck wheel: dia. 30mm Boiler: C-type, water capacity 220 ml @ 70% full Boiler fittings: check valves, 2x safety valves, Regulator valve, Blower valve, By-pass valve, Blow-down valve, Pressure gauge. Lubricator: Roscoe displacement type Axle driven pump: Bore5mm x Stroke 5mm Tender hand pump: Bore 11mm x Stroke 12mm Fuel: Methylated alcohol Alcohol tank capacity: 150ml. Water tank capacity: 250ml. |
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Pictured above the C140 - 344 (ETAT version) in green livery as preserved at the French National Railroad Museum in Mulhouse / France. Short History The 140C type was built between 1913 and 1920. The first locomotives have been constructed by SACM in Belfort, Schneider in Le Creusot and Fives-Lille in Lille. Due to the influence of WW1, production of additional locomotives relocated to North-British locomotive, Nasmyth-Wilson and Vulcan Foundry in England. The total production in 1920 reached 340 locomotives.
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