page_title: Gaston du Bousquet
section_title: Four-cylinder compound locomotives
hierarchical_section_title: Gaston du Bousquet / Four-cylinder compound locomotives
caption_attribution_description: English: Locomotive Du Bousquet 031+130 Ceinture 6005, 1910
context_page_description: Gaston du Bousquet was a French engineer who was Chief of Motive Power of the Chemin de Fer du Nord, designer of locomotives and professor at École centrale de Lille.
context_section_description: He introduced compound (double expansion) steam locomotives to the industrial network with the help of Alfred de Glehn, engineer to SACM.
  du Bousquet locomotives
  Nord 6.121 to 6.168, 28 loaned to the Ceinture, later SNCF 1-031+130.TA.1 to 47
  Ceinture 6.001 to 6.038, later SNCF 3-031+130.TA.1 to 36
  He designed among other locomotives:
  Nord 2.121 to 2.180 “Chocolat” 4-4-0s of 1891–1898
  Nord 2.231 to 2.305 “Revolver” 4-4-4Ts of 1901–1906; later SNCF 2-222.TA
  Nord 2.311 to 2.380 “Ravachol” 4-4-0Ts of 1892–1895; later SNCF 2-220.TA
  Nord 2.641 to 2.675 Atlantics (4-4-2) of 1900–1902, later SNCF 2-221.A
  Nord 2.741 Prototype Atlantic of 1907; rebuilt as 4-4-4, rebuilt as 4-6-0 No. 3.999
  Nord 3.081 to 3.302 4-6-0s of 1897–1910; later SNCF 2-230.A
  Nord 3.121 to 3.122 “Metropolitan” 0-6-4Ts of 1892–1893
  Nord 3.513 to 3.537 4-6-0s of 1908–1910; later SNCF 2-230.D.1 to 149
  Nord 3.801 to 3.860 “Bleriot” 4-6-4Ts of 1909–1910; later SNCF 2-232.TA
  Nord 3.1101 and 3.1102 Prototype Baltics (4-6-4 of 1911; the death of the designer prevented development.
caption: Du Bousquet 031+130 Ceinture 6.005 (Batignoles 1755 of 1910.
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