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NORD 3.1102 "Baltic" in the museum Mulhouse. December 2016. Normal side. Photo by M.Koblischka

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NORD 3.1102 "Baltic" in the museum Mulhouse. December 2016. Cut side. Photo by M.Koblischka

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Nord 3.1102, a (2'C2') prototype built 1911 at the workshops of Compagnie du Nord, designed by Gaston du Bousquet. It was one of two locomotives, highly advanced for their time, and the origin of the name "Baltic" as they were intended for the Nord-Express to St. Peterburg. The intention was to pull a train of 400 to 430 t with 120 km/h. It was also one of the first to combine an overheating boiler and compound engine. Length 12.6 m (without tender), weight 113 t. Until 1920 the locomotives were used with express trains to Calais and Belgium, then moved to heavy passenger trains with frequent stops. In 1926 they were stored at Compiègne, experimentally converted to oil heating. For the World Exhibition of 1937 in Paris, it was cut up to demonstrate its interior. The tender has not been conserved. Mulhouse, Cité du Train, 2006-06-02. tobias b köhler

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Nord 3.1102, seen from the "open" side allowing you a look on its guts. Mulhouse, Cité du Train, 2006-06-02. tobias b köhler