NMBS/SNCB Type 29
NMBS/SNCB Type 29
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:
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 • Whyte2-8-0
 • UIC1′D h2
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Driver dia.1,520 mm (59.84 in)
Wheelbase8,407 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:
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 • Heating area73 m2 (790 sq ft)
CylindersTwo (external)
Cylinder size22 in × 28 in
(558.80 mm × 711.20 mm)
Performance figures
Power output2,000 CV (1,470 kW; 1,970 hp)
Career
OperatorsNMBS/SNCB
ClassType 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.

See also

References

  • Dambly, Phil (1994). Vapeur en Belgique [Steam in Belgium]. Vol. Tome 2: De 1914 aux dernières fumées [Volume 2: From 1914 to last smoke]. Brussels: G. Blanchart & Cie. ISBN 2872020136. (in French)
  • Smith, J. D. H. "EB/SNCB/NMBS steam locomotives". Standard steam locomotives. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  1. ↑ 1940-59: War and Peace .... Post-war steam .... SNCB 29 19454. Dorling Kindersley (DK). 2014. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-4093-4796-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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