French National Railways (SNCF) 140 C type: consolidation

 

Below: The 140C # 287 with open draincocks on a cool morning in North Carolina next to 140C # 302 (in green color)
 below picture : Operating the 140C # 287 prototype on an indoor layout in Switzerland

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

 

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.

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.