Belgian State Railways Type 28

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0
• UIC	C n2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,450 mm (4 ft 9+1⁄8 in)
Wheelbase	4.0 m (13 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Length	9.338 m (30 ft 7.6 in)
Loco weight	33–36.4 t (73,000–80,000 lb)
Firebox type	Belpaire
• Firegrate area	2.7667 m2 (29.781 sq ft)
Boiler pressure	8 atm (0.811 MPa; 118 psi)
Heating surface	109.383 m2 (1,177.39 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	450 mm × 600 mm (17.72 in × 23.62 in)
Valve gear	Stephenson

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Build date	1864–1883
Total produced	253

Belgian State Railways Type 28
Belgian State Railways Type 28
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Build date	1864–1883
Total produced	253
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0
• UIC	C n2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,450 mm (4 ft 9+1⁄8 in)
Wheelbase	4.0 m (13 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Length	9.338 m (30 ft 7.6 in)
Loco weight	33–36.4 t (73,000–80,000 lb)
Firebox type	Belpaire
• Firegrate area	2.7667 m2 (29.781 sq ft)
Boiler pressure	8 atm (0.811 MPa; 118 psi)
Heating surface	109.383 m2 (1,177.39 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	450 mm × 600 mm (17.72 in × 23.62 in)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	8 atm: 4,490 kg (9,899 lb); 9 atm: 5,055 kg (11,144 lb);
Operators
Career
Operators	Belgian State Railways
Class	Type 28
Withdrawn	around 1926

Last updated April 04, 2023

The Belgian State Railways Type 28 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives for freight service, introduced in 1864.^[1]

Construction history

The locomotives were built from 1864 to 1883 by various Belgian manufacturers, with additionally 9 machines built by Schneider - Le Creusot and 10 machines built by Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe.^[1] The machines used a Belpaire firebox and had an outside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear located inside the frame.^[2]

Known production numbers (Type 28)^[3]^[4]
Manufacturer / Factory numbers	Quantity	Date in service	État Belge numbers / Note
Cockerill 600 – 609	10	Apr 1865 – Jul 1865	EB 281 – 290
Cockerill 612, 615	2	Oct 1867	EB 32, 8
Cockerill 657 – 665	9	Oct 1866 – Dec 1866	EB 179, 52, 46, 74, 22, 164, 126, 150, 113
Cockerill 679	1	1868	EB 389
Cockerill 686, 685, 684, 683, 682	5	Jun 1870 – Jul 1870	EB 944 – 948 (former GCL [ fr ] 97 – 101)
Cockerill 759 – 763	5	Dec 1871 – Jan 1872	EB 582 – 586
Cockerill 825 – 829	5	Sep 1872 – Nov 1872	EB 622 – 626
Cockerill 921 – 930	10	May 1874 – Jun 1874	EB 570 – 571, 573 – 574, 762 – 767
Cockerill 1234 – 1240	7	1882	EB 1476, 1478 – 1483
Cockerill 1334 – 1347	14	1882 – 1883	EB 1614 – 1627
Saint-Léonard [ fr ] 244 – 247	4	1865	EB 62, 2, 99, 260
Saint-Léonard 351 – 357	7	Jun 1871 – Dec 1871	EB 6, 23, 69, 88, 114, 203 – 204
Saint-Léonard 360 – 363	4	Dec 1871 – Jan 1872	EB 592 – 595
Saint-Léonard 371 – 375	5	Apr 1872 – Jun 1872	EB 612 – 616
Saint-Léonard 382 – 390	9	Jul 1872 – Nov 1872	EB 661 – 669
Saint-Léonard 412 – 421	10	Apr 1873 – Dec 1873	EB 721 – 730
Saint-Léonard 422 – 431	10	Mar 1874 – Jul 1874	EB 475, 539, 545, 554, 555, 562, 563, 566, 568, 569
Saint-Léonard 437 – 442	6	Dec 1874 – Apr 1875	EB 830 – 835
Saint-Léonard 445 – 450	6	Apr 1876 – Aug 1876	EB 1038 – 1043
Saint-Léonard 612 – 625	14	1883	État Belge^[4]
Saint-Léonard 928	1	1892	EB 718 (former CF Liége–Maestricht 8)^[5]^[4]
Saint-Léonard 1126	1	1898	CF de la Flandre-Occidentale [ fr ]^[5]^[4]
Evrard 67 – 69	3	Jun 1867 – Jul 1867	EB 297 – 299
Evrard 93 – 102	10	Nov 1866 – Apr 1867	EB 365 – 374
Evrard 168 – 173	6	Jan 1872 – Feb 1872	EB 587 – 591, 596
Evrard 184 – 191	8	Nov 1872 – Feb 1873	EB 617 – 621, 631 – 633
Evrard 228 – 237	9	Mar 1874 – May 1874	EB 733, 731 – 732, 734 – 738, 740, 739
Evrard 253 – 262	10	Jun 1874 – Sep 1874	EB 131, 149, 181, 87, 29, 34, 53, 184, 430, 472
Evrard 275	1	Jun 1875	EB 836
Evrard 372, 374, 379 – 380	4	1882	EB 1472 – 1475
Couillet 155 – 158	4	Jul 1865 - Sep 1865	EB 311 – 314
Couillet	1	Aug 1865	EB 300
Couillet 164 – 166	3	Mar 1865 – Aug 1865	EB 316 – 318
Couillet	2	Jan 1866	EB 319 – 320
Couillet 175 – 183	9	Jan 1866 – Dec 1866	EB 10, 9, 16, 19, 31, 51, 61, 72, 134
Couillet 259 – 266	8	Jul 1872 – Dec 1872	EB 607 – 611, 634 – 636
Couillet 269 – 274	6	Dec 1873 – Mar 1873	EB 675, 670 – 674
Couillet 306 – 310	5	Aug 1874 – Oct 1874	EB 799, 801, 803, 805, 807
Couillet 546 – 552	7	Nov 1881 – Jan 1882	EB 1477, 1466 – 1471
Tubize 56^{[note 1]}	1	Aug 1865	EB 315
Tubize 143 – 148^[6]	6	Oct 1871 – Jan 1872	EB 602, 597 – 601
Tubize 158 – 166^{[note 2]}	9	Feb 1872 – Dec 1872	EB 627 – 630, 676 – 680
Tubize 271 – 275	5	May 1874 – Jul 1874	EB 798, 800, 802, 804, 806
Tubize 546 – 552	7	1883	EB 1635 – 1641
Karlsruhe 286 – 295	10	Dec 1866 – Apr 1867	EB 350 – 359
Schneider - Le Creusot 1046 – 1054	9	Aug 1867 – Oct 1867	EB 111, 115, 120, 151, 170, 199, 376 – 378
Haine-Saint-Pierre [ fr ] 119	1	1877	EB 94
Haine-Saint-Pierre 196 – 202	7	1883	EB 1628 – 1634
Carels 160 – 164	5	1881 – 1882	EB 1484 – 1488

In 1889, 1896 and 1898 the machines received new boilers. Also the Arsenal of Mechelen transformed several old Type 30 and 33 into Type 28^bis.^[1]

Several machines were rebuilt as Type 29, Type 2 and Type 2^bis.^[3]

Overview of production quantities (Type 28, 29, 2, 2^bis)
Manufacturer	Years	Type 28	Type 29	Type 2	Type 2^bis	Note
Cockerill		overall 180 (Type 28, 29, 2)				Belgian State Railways^[7]
Tubize		23	90	4	7	Belgian State Railways^[8]
Saint-Léonard [ fr ]	1865–1883	75				Belgian State Railways: 1865–1875 (61),^[9]^[4] 1883 (14)^[4]
Saint-Léonard	1892	1				Chemin de fer Liége–Maestricht^[5]
Saint-Léonard	1898	1				Chemin de fer de la Flandre Occidentale^[5]
Saint-Léonard	1876–1898		48			Belgian State Railways^[9]
Couillet	1865–1874	35				Belgian State Railways^[10]
Couillet	1875–1885			27		Belgian State Railways^[10]
Couillet	1876–1890		128			Belgian State Railways^[10]
Franco-Belge		54				Belgian State Railways^[11]
Franco-Belge	1873			36		Belgian State Railways (32), Russia (4)^[11]
Franco-Belge	1875		39			Belgian State Railways^[11]
Haine-Saint-Pierre [ fr ]	1876–1899		41			Belgian State Railways^[12]
Haine-Saint-Pierre		1		19	2	Belgian State Railways^[12]
La Meuse			6			Belgian State Railways^[13]
Carels Frères		5	58	15		Belgian State Railways^[14]
Boussu [ fr ]	1889		5			Belgian State Railways^[15]
Zimmermann-Hanrez	1883–1884, 1899		11			Belgian State Railways^[16]
Schneider - Le Creusot		9				Belgian State Railways^[1]
Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe		10				Belgian State Railways^[1]

Notes

↑ Tubize 56 (prototype EB 296) and 57 – 59 (EB 315 – 317) according to Delporte (2018)^[6]
↑ Tubize 159 – 167 according to Delporte (2018)^[6]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Dambly (1966).
↑ Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 27–29.
1 2 Vandenberghen (1987), pp. 73–74.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Société de Saint-Léonard (1903).
1 2 3 4 Dagant (1974), p. 115.
1 2 3 Delporte (2018).
↑ Dagant (1974), p. 88.
↑ Dagant (1974), p. 100.
1 2 Dagant (1974), p. 111.
1 2 3 Dagant (1974), p. 124.
1 2 3 Dagant (1974), p. 134.
1 2 Dagant (1974), pp. 145–146.
↑ Dagant (1974), p. 153.
↑ Dagant (1974), p. 158.
↑ Dagant (1974), p. 165.
↑ Dagant (1974), p. 166.

Bibliography

Tordeur, Emile (1909). Le Machiniste des Chemins de Fer Belges (in French).
Dambly, Phil (Oct 1966). "Nos inoubliables vapeurs - Troisième période, 1864-1884 - Régime Belpaire". Le Rail (in French). No. 122.
Vandenberghen, J. (1987). IV. Période Belpaire 1864–1883 (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). Liège: Maison Curtius. 86: 23–244.
Société de Saint-Léonard (1903). Catalogue de présentation - avec une planche par locomotive (PDF) (in French). Liège.
Delporte, Luc (12 Oct 2018). "Locomotive à marchandises, mixtes et à voyageurs – Tubize type 11 (type 28, 29, 2 et 2bis EB)". Musée 'de la Porte'. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

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[Tz56-59-7] Tubize 56 (prototype EB 296) and 57 – 59 (EB 315 – 317) according to Delporte (2018)^[6]

[Tz159-167-8] Tubize 159 – 167 according to Delporte (2018)^[6]

[FOOTNOTEDambly1966-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Dambly (1966).

[FOOTNOTETordeur1909chpt._V,_pp.&nbsp;27–29-2] Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 27–29.

[FOOTNOTEVandenberghen198773–74-3] 1 2 Vandenberghen (1987), pp. 73–74.

[FOOTNOTESociété_de_Saint-Léonard1903-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Société de Saint-Léonard (1903).

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974115-5] 1 2 3 4 Dagant (1974), p. 115.

[FOOTNOTEDelporte2018-6] 1 2 3 Delporte (2018).

[FOOTNOTEDagant197488-9] Dagant (1974), p. 88.

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974100-10] Dagant (1974), p. 100.

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974111-11] 1 2 Dagant (1974), p. 111.

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974124-12] 1 2 3 Dagant (1974), p. 124.

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974134-13] 1 2 3 Dagant (1974), p. 134.

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974145–146-14] 1 2 Dagant (1974), pp. 145–146.

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974153-15] Dagant (1974), p. 153.

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974158-16] Dagant (1974), p. 158.

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974165-17] Dagant (1974), p. 165.

[FOOTNOTEDagant1974166-18] Dagant (1974), p. 166.

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v t e Belgian steam locomotives
Belgian State Railways	Type 1 Type 2 Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 Type 7 Type 10 Type 11 Type 12 Type 20 Type 23 Type 25 Type 28 Type 29 Type 30 Type 32 Type 51
National Railway Company of Belgium	Type 1 Type 12 Type 26 Type 29 Type 36 Type 64
Other	Le Belge Pays de Waes