SNCF Class 241P SNCF Class 241P The SNCF 241.P is a 4-8-2 'Mountain' type express passenger steam locomotive that ran on the "Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français", (French National Railways) from 1948 until 1973. Introduced as large scale electrification of the SNCF was already underway, they were the last new class of passenger steam locomotives in France. In 1944, SNCF reviewed its predicted postwar traffic requirements and determined a requirement for a locomotive capable of hauling passenger trains of 700–800 tonnes at , and capable of climbing gradients of 1 in 125 (8‰). A prototype 4-8-2 four cylinder compound locomotive, the
China Railway No.2 Group the State Council. In January 2017, China Railway Group Limited backdoor listing some assets, as well as privatized China Railway Erju's subsidiary China Railway Erju Engineering Co., Ltd. (). China Railway Erju was renamed to China Railway Hi-tech Industry (CRHIC) after the transactions. The predecessor of the company was found in 1998 (China Railway No.2 Group Co., Ltd., ), which could be traced back to 1978, as the Second Bureau of Engineering of the Ministry of Railways. () The original second bureau could traced back the history to 1950, but in 1978 the bureau was split into the [new] second