Belgian State Railways Type 6

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Belgian State Railways Type 6
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Prototype locomotive 1818.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Build date1885–1894
Total produced32
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 2-6-0
   UIC 1C n2
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Driver dia.1,700 mm (66.93 in)
Wheelbase 6.65 m (21 ft 9+34 in)
Length9.8 m (32 ft 1+34 in)
Axle load 15.24 t
(15.00 long tons; 16.80 short tons)
   Leading 11.88 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:
  Type Belpaire
  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)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 500 mm × 600 mm
(19.69 in × 23.62 in)
Valve gear Walschaert
Performance figures
Tractive effort 5,924 kg (13,060 lb)
Career
Operators Belgian State Railways
Class Type 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] The three prototypes from 1885-1886 had a separate cab for the engineer, forward from the firebox, and would later be rebuilt to a more conventional arrangement with a single cab at the footplate. [2]

Contents

They were superseded in 1897 by the similar but larger Type 16 Moguls, with twelve Type 6 receiving the improved Type 16 boiler that year.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. [3]

Construction history

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. [4]

Known production numbers [5]
Manufacturer / factory numberQuantityDate in service État Belge numbers / Note
Cockerill [6] 141111884EB 1818 (prototype) [7]
Cockerill 1456, 148021886EB 1825, 235
Haine-Saint-Pierre  [ fr ] [8] 385 – 38731889EB 100 (1C), [9] 156 – 157 (1B1)
Haine-Saint-Pierre11891EB 159
Franco-Belge [10] 694 – 69631889EB 101, 105, 109
Franco-Belge 790 – 79341891 – 1894EB 81, 92, 94, 117
Franco-Belge 861 – 86551892EB 2101 – 2105
Franco-Belge 676 – 67941893EB 2111 – 2114
Franco-Belge 100011894EB 39
Couillet [11] 1011 – 101331891EB 184, 224, 423
Couillet 1044 – 104851892EB 2106 – 2110

References

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

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