NMBS/SNCB Type 1
NMBS/SNCB Type 1 | |
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NMBS/SNCB Type 1 | |
Type and origin | |
Power type | Steam |
Builder | Société Anonyme la Métallurgique, Tubize |
Build date | 1935 |
Total produced | 15 |
Specifications | |
Configuration | 4-6-2 |
UIC classification | 2′C1′ h4 |
Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
Driver diameter | 1,980 mm (77.95 in) |
Locomotive weight | 124 tonnes (122 long tons; 137 short tons) |
Tender weight | 86 tonnes (85 long tons; 95 short tons) |
Water capacity | 48,000 litres (11,000 imp gal; 13,000 US gal) |
Boiler pressure | 18 atm (1.82 MPa; 265 psi) |
Feedwater heater | ACFI |
Firegrate area | 5.00 m2 (53.8 sq ft) |
Heating surface: – Total | 234.8 m2 (2,527 sq ft) |
Superheater area | 111.7 m2 (1,202 sq ft) |
Cylinders | Four |
Cylinder size | 420 mm × 720 mm (16.54 in × 28.35 in) |
Performance figures | |
Tractive effort | 198.9 kN (44,710 lbf) |
Career | |
Operator(s) | NMBS/SNCB |
Class | Type 1 |
Number(s) | 1.001 – 1.035 |
Withdrawn | 1962 |
Preserved | One: 1.002 |
Disposition | One preserved, remainder scrapped |
The NMBS/SNCB Type 1 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives built in 1935 and 1938 for working heavy express passenger trains operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).
Design, construction and service history
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No. 1.002 on display at Treignes
Thirty five type 1 locomotives were built by the Société Anonyme la Métallurgique at its Tubize factory. They had a high degree of superheat, and a firebox that was so wide, it had two firehole doors.
The members of the class were retired in 1962.
One locomotive, no. 1.002, has been preserved by the NMBS/SNCB. It is displayed at the Treignes railway museum of heritage railway CFV3V (Chemin de fer à vapeur des trois vallées) in the far south of Belgium.
See also
References
- Dambly, Phil (1994). Vapeur en Belgique [Steam in Belgium]. Tome 2: De 1914 aux dernières fumées [Volume 2: From 1914 to last smoke]. Brussels: G. Blanchart & Cie. ISBN 2872020136. (French)
- Nock, O. S. (1970). Railways at the Zenith of Steam 1920–40. London: Blandford Press. pp. 175, 177. ISBN 0-7137-0515-9.
- Smith, J. D. H. "EB/SNCB/NMBS steam locomotives". Standard steam locomotives. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
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