Belgian State Railways Type 30

Belgian State Railways Type 30
Belgian Type 30 locomotive requisitioned by the Railway Operating Division in the First World War.
Type and origin Power type Steam Build date 1900–1901 Total produced 82
Specifications Configuration: ​  •  Whyte 0-6-0  •  UIC C n2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+7⁄8 in) Wheelbase 4.572 m (15 ft 0 in) Length 9.209 m (30 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Loco weight 46 t (101,000 lb) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 2.5235 m2 (27.163 sq ft) Boiler pressure 12 atm (1.22 MPa; 176 psi) Heating surface 104.2948 m2 (1,122.620 sq ft) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 457 mm × 660 mm (18.0 in × 26.0 in) Valve gear Stephenson
Performance figures Tractive effort 7,294 kg (16,081 lb)
Career Operators Belgian State Railways Class Type 30 Numbers État Belge: 2503–2514, 2823–2892 Withdrawn 1948 Disposition Most Scrapped

The Belgian State Railways Type 30 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives for mixed service, introduced in 1900. ^[1]

Construction history

The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1900 to 1901. ^[1] The machines had an inside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear also located inside. ^[2]

Production quantities ^[3]

Manufacturer	Serial Numbers	Quantity	Date in service	État Belge Numbers
Saint-Léonard  [ fr ] [4] [5]	1190–1194	5	1900	EB 2503–2506, 2514
Haine-Saint-Pierre  [ fr ] [6]	638–644	7	1900	EB 2507–2513
Saint-Léonard [4] [5]	1270–1277	8	1901–1902	EB 2823–2830
Haine-Saint-Pierre [6]	690–698	9	1901–1902	EB 2831–2839
Carels Frères [7]	380–385	6	1901	EB 2840–2845
Zimmermann-Hanrez	582–585	4	1901	EB 2846–2849
Couillet [8]	1320–1327	8	1901–1902	EB 2850–2857
Tubize [9] [10]	1275–1283	9	1901	EB 2858–2866
Franco-Belge [11]	1349–1358	10	1901	EB 2867–2876
Cockerill [12]	2322–2329	8	1901–1902	EB 2877–2884
Énergie (Marcinelle)  [ fr ] [13]	61–68	8	1901	EB 2885–2892

References

1. Dambly (1967).
2. Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 9–11.
3. Vandenberghen (1988), pp. 126–127.
4. Dagant (1974), p. 111.
5. Société de Saint-Léonard (1903).
6. Dagant (1974), p. 146.
7. Dagant (1974), p. 158.
8. Dagant (1974), p. 124.
9. Dagant (1974), p. 100.
10. Delporte (2019).
11. Dagant (1974), p. 134.
12. Dagant (1974), p. 88.
13. Dagant (1974), p. 161.

Bibliography

• Tordeur, Emile (1909). Le Machiniste des Chemins de Fer Belges (in French).
• Dambly, Phil (Apr 1967). "Septième période, 1898-1908. - Régime Mac Intosh". Le Rail (in French). No. 128.
• Vandenberghen, J. (1988). Periode Mac Intosh 1898-1904 (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.
• Société de Saint-Léonard (1903). Catalogue de présentation - avec une planche par locomotive (PDF) (in French). Liège.
• Delporte, Luc (11 Jun 2019). "Locomotive à marchandises – Tubize type 72 (type 30 EB)". Musée 'de la Porte'. Retrieved March 1, 2021.