Belgian State Railways Type 6

The Belgian State Railways Type 6 was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives for express passenger service, introduced in 1885.[1]

Belgian State Railways Type 6
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Build date1885–1894
Total produced32
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-6-0
 • UIC1C n2
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Driver dia.1,700 mm (66.93 in)
Wheelbase6.65 m (21 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
Length9.8 m (32 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
Axle load15.24 t
(15.00 long tons; 16.80 short tons)
 • Leading11.88 t
(11.69 long tons; 13.10 short tons)
 • 1st coupled12.66 t
(12.46 long tons; 13.96 short tons)
 • 2nd coupled15.24 t
(15.00 long tons; 16.80 short tons)
 • 3rd coupled14.28 t
(14.05 long tons; 15.74 short tons)
Loco weight54.06 t
(53.21 long tons; 59.59 short tons)
Firebox typeBelpaire
 • Firegrate area3.74 m2 (40.3 sq ft)
Boiler pressure10 atm (1.01 MPa; 147 psi)
Heating surface146.22 m2 (1,573.9 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, inside
Cylinder size500 mm × 600 mm
(19.69 in × 23.62 in)
Valve gearWalschaert
Performance figures
Tractive effort5,924 kg (13,060 lb)
Career
OperatorsBelgian State Railways
ClassType 6

Construction history

The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1885–1897.[1] The machines had an outside frame and inside cylinders and a Walschaert valve gear.[2]

Known production numbers[3]
Manufacturer / factory numberQuantityDate in service État Belge numbers / Note
Cockerill[4] 141111884 EB 1818 (prototype)[5]
Cockerill 1456, 148021886 EB 1825, 235
Haine-Saint-Pierre[6] 385 – 38731889 EB 100 (1C),[7] 156 – 157 (1B1)
Haine-Saint-Pierre11891 EB 159
Franco-Belge[8] 694 – 69631889 EB 101, 105, 109
Franco-Belge 790 – 79341891 – 1894 EB 81, 92, 94, 117
Franco-Belge 861 – 86551892 EB 2101 – 2105
Franco-Belge 676 – 67941893 EB 2111 – 2114
Franco-Belge 100011894 EB 39
Couillet[9] 1011 – 101331891 EB 184, 224, 423
Couillet 1044 – 104851892 EB 2106 – 2110

References
  1. Dambly (1966).
  2. Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 26–27.
  3. Vandenberghen (1988), p. 40.
  4. Dagant (1974), p. 88.
  5. Morandiere (1886), pp. 40–41.
  6. Dagant (1974), p. 146.
  7. Deghilage (1890), pp. 302–304.
  8. Dagant (1974), p. 134.
  9. Dagant (1974), p. 124.

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.
  • Morandiere, Jules (Jan 1886). "Les locomotives à l'Exposition d'Anvers 1885". Revue générale des chemins de fer (in French). Paris: P. Vicq-Dunod. 9, 1er Semestre: 33–47. OCLC 6536095.
  • 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.
  • Vandenberghen, J. (1988). Période Belpaire - Masui (in French). Bruxelles: SNCB.
  • 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.


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