SNCB Type 29

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NMBS/SNCB Type 29
NMBS 29.013-III.JPG
Preserved 29.013 in 1975.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Serial number
  • MLW: 74498–74657
  • ALCO: 74707–74785
  • CLC: 2288–2347
Build date1945–46
Total produced300
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 2-8-0
   UIC 1′D h2
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Driver dia.1,520 mm (59.84 in)
Wheelbase 8,407 mm (27 ft 7 in)
Loco weight84.5 tonnes
(83.2 long tons; 93.1 short tons)
Firebox:
  Grate area4.40 m2 (47.4 sq ft)
Boiler pressure15.75  atm (1.60  MPa; 231  psi)
Heating surface183 m2 (1,970 sq ft)
Superheater:
  Heating area73 m2 (790 sq ft)
Cylinders Two (external)
Cylinder size 22 in × 28 in
(558.80 mm × 711.20 mm)
Performance figures
Power output2,000  CV (1,470  kW; 1,970  hp)
Career
Operators NMBS/SNCB
Class Type 29
Numbers29.001–29.300
PreservedOne: 29.013
DispositionOne preserved, remainder scrapped

The NMBS/SNCB Type 29 was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives built between 1945 and 1946. The class was ordered and used to help revive the operations of the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) following World War II. The locomotives were built in Canada and the United States, and supplied to Belgium under the auspices of what later became known as the Marshall Plan. [1]

One member of the class, no. 29.013, has been preserved by the NMBS/SNCB for display at Train World, the Belgian national railway museum at Schaarbeek railway station in north-central Brussels.

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