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Postcard showing the steam locomotive Nord No. 3.1278, a Schmidt superheater model, four-cylinder compound, designed for heavy fast trains. The back details its technical specifications: grate area 3.50 m², cylinder diameter 0.62 m, stroke 0.65 m, driving wheel diameter 1.90 m, wheelbase 1.04 m, length 12.53 m and total weight 100,500 kg. The publisher F. Fleury, 43, Avenue de la République, Paris, is mentioned. A H.P. stamp is affixed and a cancellation is visible.