Belgian State Railways Type 6

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
 • Grate 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

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They were superseded in 1897 by the similar but larger Type 16 Moguls, with twelve Type 6 receiving the improved Type 16 boiler that year.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

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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]

Known production numbers[4]
Manufacturer / factory number Quantity Date in service État Belge numbers / Note
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

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  1. ^ a b Dambly (1966).
  2. ^ L.S.V. (1998), p. 1-2.
  3. ^ Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 26–27.
  4. ^ Vandenberghen (1988), p. 40.
  5. ^ Dagant (1974), p. 88.
  6. ^ Morandiere (1886), pp. 40–41.
  7. ^ Dagant (1974), p. 146.
  8. ^ Deghilage (1890), pp. 302–304.
  9. ^ Dagant (1974), p. 134.
  10. ^ Dagant (1974), p. 124.

Bibliography

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  • 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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