Belgian State Railways Type 10

Belgian State Railways Type 10

Belgian State Railways Type 10

Belgian State Railways Type 10
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder
Build date 1910–1914
Total produced 58
Specifications
Configuration 4-6-2
UIC class 2′C1 h4
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver diameter 1,980 mm (77.95 in)
Wheelbase 11,425 mm (449.80 in)
Loco weight 92 tonnes (91 long tons; 101 short tons)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 5 m2 (54 sq ft)
Boiler pressure 14 atm (1.42 MPa; 206 psi)
Heating surface 240 m2 (2,600 sq ft)
Superheater:
 • Heating area		 62 m2 (670 sq ft)
Cylinders Four
Cylinder size 500 mm × 660 mm (19.69 in × 25.98 in)
Career
Operators
Class Type 10
Numbers
  • 4501–4558
  • 1000–1048
  • 10.001–10.049
Withdrawn 1956–1959
Preserved One: 10.039
Disposition One preserved, remainder scrapped

The Belgian State Railways Type 10, later known as the NMBS/SNCB Type 10, was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives built between 1910 and 1914.

The class was used to work express trains operated by the Belgian State Railways and its successor, the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB), which was established in 1926.

The locomotives were noteworthy for their unusually short boiler, which ended behind all four cylinders. This was due to the class sharing the boiler design with a 2-10-0 freight design, and the 2-10-0's weight limitations determined the length of the boiler.

One member of the class, no. 10.018, has been preserved by the NMBS/SNCB for display at Train World, the Belgian national railway museum.

See also

References

    • Dambly, Phil (1989). Vapeur en Belgique [Steam in Belgium]. Tome 1: Des origines à 1914 [Volume 1: Origins to 1914]. Brussels: G. Blanchart & Cie. ISBN 2872020055.  (French)
    • 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)
    • Hollingsworth, Brian (2000). The Illustrated Dictionary of Trains of the World. London: Salamander Books Ltd. p. 91. ISBN 1-84065-177-6. 
    • Smith, J. D. H. "EB/SNCB/NMBS steam locomotives". Standard steam locomotives. Retrieved 2014-06-15. 

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