140 C Ouest - 140 C in Preservation

140 C in Preservation

Four locomotives, 140 C 230, 140 C 231, 140 C 313 and 140 C 314 were, thanks to their general good condition, chosen by the CFTA to form a reserve pool of engines. They received servicing at Le Mans in 1970 and were taken to Chaumont engine shed in February 1971. None of the engines were ever reused and 140 C 230 was the only locomotive of the group of four to be scrapped. 140 C 231 was then taken from Chaumont to Longueville on 22 October 1972. 140 C 231, along with tender 18 C 482 is owned by the AJECTA and is chartered on French railways, 140 C 313 is currently plinthed at the SNCF station in Reims, 140 C 314 is owned by the chemin de fer touristique du Vermandois (CFVT) and is used on its line.