Belgian State Railways Type 6
Class of 32 Belgian 2-6-0 locomotives
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge(15.00 long tons; 16.80 short tons)
(11.69 long tons; 13.10 short tons)
(12.46 long tons; 13.96 short tons)
(15.00 long tons; 16.80 short tons)
(14.05 long tons; 15.74 short tons)
(53.21 long tons; 59.59 short tons)
(19.69 in × 23.62 in)
Performance figures | |
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Tractive effort | 5,924 kg (13,060 lb) |
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Operators | Belgian State Railways |
Class | Type 6 |
The Belgian State Railways Type 6 was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives for express passenger service on steep inclines, introduced in 1885.[1]
They were superseded in 1897 by the similar but larger Type 16 Moguls, with twelve Type 6 receiving the improved Type 16 boiler that year. Owing to the deficiencies of the Belpaire firebox with a shallow grate, seven received new boilers with deep and narrow fireboxes, being reclassified as Type 6bis.[2]
Construction history
The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1885 to 1894.[1] The machines had an outside frame and inside cylinders and a Walschaert valve gear.[3]
Manufacturer / factory number | Quantity | Date in service | État Belge numbers / Note |
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Cockerill[5] 1411 | 1 | 1884 | EB 1818 (prototype)[6] |
Cockerill 1456, 1480 | 2 | 1886 | EB 1825, 235 |
Haine-Saint-Pierre [fr][7] 385 – 387 | 3 | 1889 | EB 100 (1C),[8] 156 – 157 (1B1) |
Haine-Saint-Pierre | 1 | 1891 | EB 159 |
Franco-Belge[9] 694 – 696 | 3 | 1889 | EB 101, 105, 109 |
Franco-Belge 790 – 793 | 4 | 1891 – 1894 | EB 81, 92, 94, 117 |
Franco-Belge 861 – 865 | 5 | 1892 | EB 2101 – 2105 |
Franco-Belge 676 – 679 | 4 | 1893 | EB 2111 – 2114 |
Franco-Belge 1000 | 1 | 1894 | EB 39 |
Couillet[10] 1011 – 1013 | 3 | 1891 | EB 184, 224, 423 |
Couillet 1044 – 1048 | 5 | 1892 | EB 2106 – 2110 |
References
- ^ a b Dambly (1966).
- ^ L.S.V. (1998), p. 1-2.
- ^ Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 26–27.
- ^ Vandenberghen (1988), p. 40.
- ^ Dagant (1974), p. 88.
- ^ Morandiere (1886), pp. 40–41.
- ^ Dagant (1974), p. 146.
- ^ Deghilage (1890), pp. 302–304.
- ^ Dagant (1974), p. 134.
- ^ 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). 9, 1er Semestre. Paris: P. Vicq-Dunod: 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). 13, 1er Semestre. Paris: P. Vicq-Dunod: 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). 86. Liège: Maison Curtius: 23–244.
- "Stoomlocomotieven Type 6 / Type 16" (PDF). L.S.V. Tijdschrift (in Dutch). 86. As: Limburgse Stoom Vereniging: 1–10. June–July 1998.
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