Chemins de fer du Nord

The Chemins de fer du Nord^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] (French: Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord [kɔ̃paɲi de ʃəmɛ̃ də fɛʁ dy nɔʁ] or CF du Nord; English: Northern Railway Company) often referred to simply as the Nord company, was a rail transport company founded in September 1845 in Paris. It was owned by, among others, de Rothschild Frères of France, N M Rothschild & Sons of London, Charles Laffitte and Edward Blount, and Baron Jean–Henri Hottinguer.^[5] Baron James de Rothschild served as the company's president from its inception until his death in 1868.

^ Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association, Vol. 26, p. 39 (1912).
^ Hollingsworth, Brian (2000). The Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World, p. 49, Salamander Books, MBI, Osceola. ISBN 0-7603-0891-8.
^ The Railway Age, Vol. 39, p. 688, Wilson Company. (1905).
^ French locomotive built in 1846 Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine at National Railway Museum website. Retrieved 28 July 2013
^ Joanne, Adolphe (1859). Atlas historique et statistique des chemins de fer français (in French). Paris: L. Hachette. pp. 21–22.