The Chemins de Fer de l'État was one of the five main constituents of the SNCF at its creation in 1938.

It was formed in May 1878 from the merger of ten railway companies, not all of which had opened. In its initial renumbering of constituents' stock, the État renumbered its tender locomotives in the 2000 or 3000 block depending on the number of driving axles, and tank locomotives in 0200 and 0300 blocks. This scheme had to be abandoned in 1909 when the État bought the Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest in that year; as the enlarged État had by then too many tank locomotives for that scheme.

Locomotives from founding companies Type État No.(1878 series) État No.(1909 series) SNCF No. ManufacturerSerial numbers Yearmade Quantitymade Year(s)withdrawn Comments Steam locomotives C 3021–3036 030-141 – 030-156 — Graffenstaden 1865–68 16 1927–35 ex Charentes 1–16 B t 0208–0209 20-001 – 20-002 — L. Corpet 1870 2 ex Charentes 501–502 B t 0210–0211 — — L. Corpet 1870 2 ex Charentes 503–504 1B 2171–2183 120-501 – 120-513 — Graffenstaden 1870–71 13 1919–27 ex Charentes 101–113 B′B 0401 — — Fives-Lille 1868 1 1886 ex Charentes 401, exx CF Luxembourg, acquired 1872; Meyer locomotive 1B 2141–2152 120-549 – 120-560 — Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée 1873–74 12 1919–1929 ex Charentes 151–162 1B 2101–2111 120-571 – 120-581 — SACM 1874 11 1923–1929 ex Charentes 163–173 C 3121–3138 030-421 – 030-438 030.B.431 SACM (12)Fives-Lille (6) 1875–76 18 1929–? ex Charentes 51–68 1B 2112–2119 120-541 – 120-548 — SACM 1876 8 1923–1929 ex Charentes 174–181 B1 t 0201–0204 21-001 – 21-004 — Graffenstaden 1865 4 1910–17 ex Vendée 1–4 B′B′ 0402 — — Avonside Engine Co. 1870 1 1879 ex Vendée 5; double Fairlie locomotive C 3037–3060 030-011 – 030-028 3-030.A.14 – 28 Graffenstaden (8)Ernest Goüin et Cie. (4)Schneider et Cie. (8)SACM (4) 1871–78 24 ex Vendée 6–29; 6 rebuilt as 2-6-0s nos 3601–3606 1B 2001–2008 120-001 – 120-007 — Ernest Goüin et Cie. (4)Schneider et Cie. 1873–75 8 1919–34 ex Vendée 51–58; 2004 rebuilt as 2-4-2 1B 2201–2206 120-531 – 120-536 — Fives-Lille 1872 6 1916–1921 ex Orléans à Châlons-sur-Marne 1–6 1B 2207–2210 120-521 – 120-524 — Ernest Goüin et Cie. 1872 4 1910–21 ex Orleans à Châlons-sur-Marne 7–10 C 3001–3008 030-161 – 030-168 — Société J. F. Cail & Cie. 1875–76 8 1919–28 ex Orléans à Châlons-sur-Marne 201–208 C 3161–3168 030-511 – 030-518 — Société J. F. Cail & Cie. 1874 8 1919–1929 ex Orléans à Châlons-sur-Marne 301–308 C n2t 0306–0310 30-921 – 30-925 — Ateliers de Tubize 1872 5 1919–23 ex Orléans à Rouen 21–25 1B 2161–2167 — — Ateliers de Tubize 1872–74 7 1892 ex Orléans à Rouen 101–107 B t 0205–0207 — — Ateliers de Tubize 1872 3 1893–1907 ex Orléans à Rouen 118–120 C t 0314 30-501 L. Corpet 1870 1 1923 ex Orléans à Rouen 147 C 3181–3182 030-501 – 030-502 — Ateliers de Tubize 1874 2 1923–1927 Renumbered 3281–3282 in 1882; né Orléans à Rouen 201–202 C t 0311–0313 30-531 – 30-533 — L. Corpet 1875 3 1926–1928 ex Nantais 1–3 1B 2235–2236 — — Mulhouse Workshops 1854 2 1888–89 ex Nantais 10–11, né Est 227 and 234 1B 2231–2234 — — L. Corpet 1875 4 1894–95 ex Nantais 21–24 C 3009–3010 030-001 – 030-002 — L. Corpet 1876 2 1910–28 ex État 3101–3102, né Nantais 31–32 C n2t 0301–0305 30-911 – 30-915 — SACM 1876 5 1923–36 ex Maine-et-Loire à Nantes 1–5 0315–0317 30-901 – 30-903 — Graffenstaden 1872 3 1920–23 ex Bordeaux à La Sauve 1–3

Locomotives acquired 1878–1909 Type État No.(1878 series) État No.(1909 series) SNCF No. ManufacturerSerial numbers Yearmade Quantitymade Year(s)withdrawn Comments Steam locomotives Steam railcar 01–02 — — Fives-Lille 1879 2 1890–91 24-seat automotrice 1B 2009–2099,2500–2528 120-021 – 120-118 3-120.A.24 – 116 Fives-Lille (60)SACM (10)Schneider et Cie. (50) 1879–84 120 20 rebuilt as 2-4-2s C 3061–3100 030-031 – 030-078 3-030.A.31 – 78 Fives-Lille (15)SACM (15)Société J. F. Cail & Cie. (10) 1879–80 40 3 rebuilt as 2-6-0s C t 0318–0322 30-511 – 30-515 — Ernest Goüin et Cie. 1874–78 5 1919–1932 ex Seudre 1–5, acquired 1880 1B 2028, 2080 120-011 – 120-012 — SACM (1)Fives-Lille (1) 1880 2 1928–30 C 3139–3160 030-481 – 030-498 — SACM 1880–82 22 4 rebuilt as 2-6-0 C 3500–3519 030-079 – 030-093 3-030.A.87 – 90 Société J. F. Cail & Cie. 1880 20 3 rebuilt as 2-6-0s C 3169–3206 030-441 – 030-477 030.B.472 SACM 1882 38 1 rebuilt as 2-6-0 C n2 3520–3569 030-101 – 030-130 3-030.A.115 – 123 Batignolles 1882–83 50 21 rebuilt as 2-6-0s C 3101–3104 030-521 – 030-524 — Schneider et Cie. 1883 4 1932 ex Alais – Rhône – Méditerranée 7–10, acquired 1883; other locomotives to Medoc (6) and PLM (2501–2505) D n2 4001–4040 040-001 – 040-040 — SACM 1883 40 1929–32 Sold to Algeria, became 040.451 – 040.490, then 4.B.451 – 490 1B n2t 0221–0230 21-901 – 21-910 — SACM 1885 10 1919–22 1′B1 2520 121-001 — (rebuilt) 1887 1 1927 1′B1 2691 121-202 — SACM 1889 1 1934 Exhibited at 1889 Paris Exposition 1′B1 2602–2620 121-051 – 121-069 3-121.C.51 – 69 Fives-Lille (9)Anciens Établissements Cail (10) 1891–94 19 2609 Patay exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Illinois, USA C t 0323–0325 30-521 – 30-523 — Société J. F. Cail & Cie. 1872 3 1919–22 ex Barbezieux à Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 1–3, acquired 1893 1B n2t 0231–0240 21-501 – 21-510 — Franco-Belge 1894 10 1922 1′B1 2004…2518 121-011 – 121-039 3-121.B.28 – 37 (rebuilt) 1894 20 1′B1 n2t 0241–0250 22-101 – 22-110 — Franco-Belge 1897 10 1926–30 2′B n4v 2701–2706 220-701 – 220-706 — SACM 1897 6 1925–32 2′B n2 2751–2754 220-011 – 220-014 — Schneider et Cie. 1898 4 1926–32 2′B n2 2851–2856 220-001 – 220-006 — Baldwin Locomotive Works 1899 6 1920–23 2′B n4v 2801–2705 220-801 – 220-805 — Baldwin Locomotive Works 1899–1900 5 1922–32 Vauclain compounds 2′B1 n2 2901–2910 221-001 – 221-010 — Baldwin Locomotive Works 1900 10 1927–30 PLM bought identical locomotives 2′C n4v 3701–3755 230-001 – 230-055 3-230.B.1 – 55 Fives-Lille (20)SFCM (20)Schneider et Cie (15) 1901–09 55 1′C n2v 3601–3635 130-001 – 130-035 SFCM (20)Tours Workshops (15) 1903–05 35 Steam railcar 0101–0102 11.001 – 11.002 — Purrey 1904 2 1919 36-seat automotrice 2′B1 n4v 2951–2960 221-101 – 221-110 3-221.A.101 – 110 SFCM 1905 10 Based on PO 3000-series 1′C 3301–3320 130-501 – 130-520 — Fives-Lille (5)État Workshops (15) 1906–11 20 2′C n4v 3801–3840 230-801 – 230-883 3-230.G.801 – 883 Fives-Lille (10)SFCM (41)Franco-Belge (10)Schneider et Cie. (22) 1908–12 83 ?–1960 “Panamas”; copies of PO 4000-series

Locomotives acquired from the Chemin de fer de l’Ouest in 1909