Belgian State Railways Type 11

The Belgian State Railways Type 11 was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives for local passenger traffic, introduced in 1888.[1] It gradually replaced the Type 5 in this role.[1]

Belgian State Railways Type 11
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Build date1888–1897
Total produced102
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0T
 • UICC n2t
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
Wheelbase4.00 m (13 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Length8.287 m (27 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
Axle load10.7–11.79 t (23,600–26,000 lb)
 • 1st coupled10.2–10.97 t (22,500–24,200 lb)
 • 2nd coupled10.7–11.79 t (23,600–26,000 lb)
 • 3rd coupled9.8–11.15 t (21,600–24,600 lb)
Loco weight30.7–33.91 t (67,700–74,800 lb)
Fuel capacity1,200 kg (2,650 lb)
Water cap.4,000 L (880 imp gal; 1,060 US gal)
Firebox typeBelpaire
 • Firegrate area2.0647 m2 (22.224 sq ft)
Boiler pressure11 atm (1.11 MPa; 162 psi)
Heating surface52.9397 m2 (569.838 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size350 mm × 500 mm (13.78 in × 19.69 in)
Valve gearWalschaert
Performance figures
Tractive effort3,768 kg (8,307 lb)
Career
OperatorsBelgian State Railways
ClassType 11

Construction history

The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1888–1897.[1] The machines had an inside frame and outside cylinders and a Walschaert valve gear.[2]

Known production quantities
ManufacturerNumbersQuantityYearsNote
Saint-Léonard77811888 État Belge No. 200 (prototype)[3][4][5]
Saint-Léonard781–78551888 État Belge [4][3]
Saint-Léonard1057–106261897 État Belge [4][3]
La Meuse6 État Belge[6][5]
Tubize720–72451888 État Belge No. 358, 390, 399, 100, 415[7][8]
Tubize869–87131892–1893 État Belge[7][8]
Couillet131888 État Belge[9]
Franco-Belge51888 État Belge[10]
Haine-Saint-Pierre31888 État Belge[11]
Carels Frères13 État Belge[12]
Boussu11897 État Belge[13][14]
Zimmermann-Hanrez371888–1898 État Belge[15]

Bibliography
  • Tordeur, Emile (1909). Le Machiniste des Chemins de Fer Belges (in French).
  • Dambly, Phil (Dec 1966). "Nos inoubliables vapeurs - Cinquième période, 1884-1898 – Régime Masui et Belpaire". Le Rail (in French). No. 124.
  • Deghilage (May 1890). "Les locomotives Belges pour voie normale, à l'Exposition Universelle de 1889". Revue générale des chemins de fer (in French). Paris: P. Vicq-Dunod. 13, 1er Semestre: 297–310. OCLC 6536095.
  • Morizot (Jul 1898). "Les locomotives des chemins de fer de l'État Belge à l'Exposition de Bruxelles-Tervueren en 1897". Revue générale des chemins de fer et des tramways (in French). Paris: P. Vicq-Dunod. 21, 2e Semestre: 269–291.
  • Dagant, André (1974). "Cent vingt-cinq ans de construction de locomotives à vapeur en Belgique". Bulletin de l'Institut archéologique liégeois (in French). Liège: Maison Curtius. 86: 23–244.
  • Société de Saint-Léonard (1903). Catalogue de présentation - avec une planche par locomotive (PDF) (in French). Liège.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Delporte, Luc (9 May 2019). "Locomotive pour train léger (voyageurs) – Tubize type 37 (type 11 EB)". Musée 'de la Porte'. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

References
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  1. Dambly (1966).
  2. Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 58–61.
  3. Dagant (1974), p. 111.
  4. Société de Saint-Léonard (1903).
  5. Deghilage (1890), pp. 305–306.
  6. Dagant (1974), p. 153.
  7. Delporte (2019).
  8. Dagant (1974), p. 100.
  9. Dagant (1974), p. 124.
  10. Dagant (1974), p. 134.
  11. Dagant (1974), p. 146.
  12. Dagant (1974), p. 158.
  13. Dagant (1974), p. 165.
  14. Morizot (1898), pp. 284–285.
  15. Dagant (1974), p. 166.


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