Belgian State Railways Type 10

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Belgian State Railways Type 10
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Belgian State Railways Type 10
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Build date1910–1914
Total produced58
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 4-6-2
 •  UIC 2′C1 h4S
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Driver dia.1,980 mm (77.95 in)
Wheelbase 11,425 mm (449.80 in)
Loco weight92 tonnes
(90.5 long tons; 101.4 short tons)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area5 m2 (54 sq ft)
Boiler pressure14 atm (1.42 MPa; 206 psi)
Heating surface240 m2 (2,600 sq ft)
Superheater:
​
 • Heating area62 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
Withdrawn1956–1959
PreservedOne: 10.018
DispositionOne 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 the Type 36 2-10-0 freight design, and the 2-10-0's weight limitations determined the length of the boiler.

There were two sub-types of the Type 10:

Despite these differences, the last sub-type was used extensively, on the Luxembourg line. Some type 10, captured by the Germans in World War I  ; several damaged or worn out engines were cannibalized for spares and scrapped during the occupation of Belgium. After the war, between the 1920s and the 1940s the surviving type 10 were gradually upgraded with new superheaters, Legein or Kylchap dual exhaust, ACFI feedwater heather, smoke lifters, duplex air pumps, larger tenders borrowed from war reparation locomotives. [1]

Despite being newer and fitted with a very large firebox, the new Type 1 Pacific, built in 1935, could not outperform the old Type 10, especially on steep inclines. [1] The Type 5 Mikado, built in 1930 for the heaviest trains on the Luxembourg line, had many shortcomings and failed to replace the Type 10 as well.

The class was withdrawn in 1956 when the Luxembourg line was electrified but four Type 10 were displaced to Brussels South and used, until 1959, along with Type 1.

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.

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References

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