Version of the Cie. du Nord; This unit is a brand new one,
coming from the batch built in 1936 by the Compagnie Blanc-Misseron, or
Ateliers du Nord de la France.
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The strangest Chapelon: D.R. 07-10001, the ex - S.N.C.F. 2 - 231
E 18, ex - Nord 3.1188, built for the Nord by the workshops of Tours using
parts of the 3557 of the P.O., "captured" by the Germans during (and for)
their retreat and never given back to the France, seen here in 1952 in
Berlin. Photo Z.B.D.R.
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Deeply transformed this time, the D.R. 07-10001 again in the depot
of Dresden-Altstadt 1955. In my opinion, this locomotive is the absolute
proof that poppet valves compound locomotives are very economical. How
could a unique machine, moreover so different from the other engines operated
by this railway, have been kept so long otherwise??
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231 - 067 of the Compagnie de l'Est in Paris la Vilette
in the thirties. Smoke deflectors "type Léguille" typical
of the Est. Photo from the archives of the S.N.C.F.
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