4-8-2 "Mountain" express train steamlocomotive 241 A # 1 of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, later SNCF, in the Mulhouse railway museum "Cité du Train". Built in 1925 as 41 # 001.
en route pour le musée de Mulhouse, dernier salut à la gare de Chaumont son ancienne ville d'affectation
On 17 January 1925, the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l’Est took delivery of their first high-speed locomotive at the Epernay works, the 241 A1, number 41 001. The engine they acquired provide... (more)
At the Cité du Train, the SNCF 241 A 1 has got the blue(s) !!!!
Steam locomotive class 241 A (ex-Est & Etat) of the Est Region 1-241 A 1. This locomotive was the first Mountain type engine in Europe and was built as a prototype in 1924 by the Eastern Railway's... (more)
