These machines were supplied by the C.F.D. for the transport of excavated material and building materials from Ponte-Leccia to Calvi and from Casamozza to Fium Orbo. We have little information on these machines which were not used in the commercial service of the Corsican network.
Three of them were ordered from the Marcinelle and Couillet factory in 1885 and built the following year. They had a 9 kg stamped boiler with 70 tubes for a heating surface of 16.16 m2. Their power was 6 hp and only allowed to tow a few earthmoving platforms. They were received in Bastia on 26 April 1886 and put into service from the following 7 June.
These three machines were parked in 1900, in very poor condition, and then sold for scrap.
Heavier and more powerful than the latter, their wheelbase reduced to only 1.90 m, gave them poor track holding, which was further aggravated by the attack of the driving rod on the third axle. They had the particularity of having an internal chassis at the wheels. The smoke box door was double-leafed. The dome was located on the rear ferrule and the safety valves, with direct load, were transferred to the hearth. Their shelter had a front wall with two visor bays. It was open on the sides, as well as at the rear where two small columns supported the roof.
Their livery was olive green with red threads and an oval brass plate with the name of the company and the number of the machine was fixed in the middle of the water boxes. The front and rear crossmembers were painted vermilion red with 'No.' on the left and the machine number on the right of the central stamp.
Locomotive 030 Couillet series 11-12 in its original condition, during track laying work on the Charentes network
Shipped to Villeneuve-le-Comte in January 1900, number 4 was sold to the Cordier Company, which was awarded the contract for the construction of the Villeneuve-le-Comte-Mortcerf section, and number 5 was used for regular service, in order to reinforce the skeletal park of this line. A double bumper was installed, the equipment of this line being equipped with this system. From 1902, for the complete opening of the line, it was given the original buffer, a new equipment of the type used on the networks of the Company having been supplied.
This machine remained assigned to the Mortcerf depot until 1934, when the line was closed. On this occasion, it was transferred to the Meaux depot as a reinforcement. Parked shortly afterwards, it was only reformed at the end of the Second World War and scrapped in 1958.
Built in 1884 by the Marcinelle and Couillet factories, these two machines, assigned Nos. 11 and 12, were intended to serve the infrastructure sites of the lines under construction, as well as ballasting and track laying.
The cylinders, more widely dimensioned, made it possible to significantly increase the tractive effort of these machines, in spite of the larger diameter of their driving wheels, allowing them to reach higher speeds.
The steam dome was placed on the first ferrule and supported balance valves. The smoke box door was of the double-leaf type, in use at that time. Their shelter prefigured that of the 7-8 series in Indre-et-Loire.
These machines were painted in olive green with red threads and carried on their sides an oval brass plate indicating the number of the machine and the designation of the Company. The forward and aft crossbeams were painted vermilion red and edged in white. The company monogram and engine number were painted white and were placed on either side of the centre stamp.
Delivery and assignment of locomotive type 030 Couillet
Indeed, their power and the large diameter of their wheels made them similar to the series in service on the IG lines of the Charentes. This assignment allowed the Company to free itself from the acquisition of new locomotives and to carry out an excellent financial operation by getting rid of outdated equipment for which it would have been difficult to find a buyer.
Locomotive 030 Couillet n°12 at Ferrière-d'Aunis depot, on the Charentes network
