Numbering and Livery
The class was numbered 3.1201 to 3.1248 and 3.1251 to 3.1290 before the nationalisation of the Chemin de Fer du Nord in 1938, and were the most prestigious locomotives of the company. They were painted in a dark brown livery with cream lines.
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