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Belgian State Railways Type 1

{{Infobox locomotive

| name = Belgian State Railways Type 1

| powertype = Steam

| image = Froyennes, section de la Ville de Tournai — Locomotive 1033.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| builder =

| builddate = 1864–1883

| totalproduction = 152

| whytetype = {{whyte|2-4-0}}

| uicclass = 1B n2

| gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}

| leadingdiameter = {{cvt|1200|mm|in|2}}

| driverdiameter = {{cvt|2000|mm|in|2}}

| wheelbase = {{cvt|4630|mm|in|2}}

| weightondrivers = {{cvt|22.0|-|26.4|t|sigfig=3|disp=br()}}

| locoweight = {{cvt|37.7|t|sigfig=3|disp=br()}}

| boilerpressure = {{cvt|10|atm|MPa psi|sigfig=3|lk=in|disp=br()}}

| fireboxtype = Belpaire

| firearea = {{cvt|2.7927|m2|sqft}}

| totalsurface = {{cvt|90.544|m2|sqft}}

| superheaterarea =

| cylindercount = Two, inside

| cylindersize = {{cvt|430|x|560|mm|in|2|disp=br()}}

| valvegear = Stephenson

| maxspeed = {{cvt|100|km/h|mph|0}}

| poweroutput = {{cvt|560|CV|hp kW|0|lk=in}}

| operator = Belgian State Railways

| operatorclass = Type 1

| fleetnumbers =

| withdrawndate = {{circa|1922}}

| preservedunits =

| disposition =

}}

The Belgian State Railways Type 1 was a class of {{Whyte|2-4-0}} steam locomotives for passenger service, introduced in 1864.{{sfnp|Dambly|1966}}

The class was built by various Belgian manufacturers, with the exception of 9 members built in 1867 by Schneider-Creusot in France.{{sfnp|Dambly|1966}}

Construction history

The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1864 to 1883.{{sfnp|Dambly|1966}}

A Belpaire firebox was used and the boiler consisted of three boiler shells.{{sfnp|Tordeur|1909|pp=7–8 (Chapter V)}}

The machines had an outside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear located inside the frame.

The design evolved over the years of construction. While first series in 1864 was produced without cabs, they were added in the following series in 1865–1866.{{sfnp|Vandenberghen|1987|pp=47–60}} On the earlier series the suspension had simple balancing levers between the driving wheels. The engines built by Couillet and Schneider in 1867–1868 used a doorbell mechanism instead of the balancing lever to equalize the suspension forces between the two driving axles and on the last series in 1882 balancing levers between the leading axle and the first driver were used, combined with larger leaf springs on the rear driving axle.{{sfnp|Vandenberghen|1987|pp=47–60}}

Westinghouse brakes were fitted starting in 1878. The locomotives also received new boilers and new cabs on major overhauls beginning with 1889.

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

|+ Known production quantities{{sfnp|Vandenberghen|1987|p=57}}

! Manufacturer / Factory numbers !! Quantity

! Date in service !! État Belge numbers / Note

style=text-align:left| Cockerill 576–58051864–1865

|style=text-align:left| EB 137, 257, 39, 17, 63

style=text-align:left| Cockerill 585–599151865

|style=text-align:left| EB 291–295, 301–310{{refn|group=note|name=EB-306|Duplicate assignment of EB 306 (Cockerill No. 595, Carels No. 169){{sfnp|Vandenberghen|1987|p=57}}}}

style=text-align:left| Cockerill 634–642, 644, 646111866

|style=text-align:left| EB 322–329, 54, 57

style=text-align:left| Cockerill41867

|style=text-align:left| EB 26, 108, 259, 375

style=text-align:left| Cockerill 649–65571867

|style=text-align:left| EB 158, 172, 360–364

style=text-align:left| Cockerill 703, 702, 700, 699, 70151869

|style=text-align:left| EB 441–445 (former {{ill|Société générale d'exploitation de chemins de fer|fr|lt=SGE}} 66–70)

style=text-align:left| Cockerill 741–74331871

|style=text-align:left| EB 21, 38, 66

style=text-align:left| Cockerill 821–82441872

|style=text-align:left| EB 603–606

style=text-align:left| Cockerill 848–853, 855–858101873

|style=text-align:left| EB 649–654, 643–646

style=text-align:left| Couillet{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=124}} 146–15051864

|style=text-align:left| EB 94, 165, 145, 30, 163

style=text-align:left| Couillet 207–21041868

|style=text-align:left| EB 390–393

style=text-align:left| Charles Evrard{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=134}} 56–65{{refn|group=note|name=Evrard-56|Duplicate assignment of Evrard No. 56 to EB 53 and EB 58{{sfnp|Vandenberghen|1987|p=57}}}}10–111864–1865

|style=text-align:left| EB 53 (and/or 58), 103, 110, 159, 174, 176, 263, 161, 67, 160

style=text-align:left| Charles Evrard 162–16761871–1872

|style=text-align:left| EB 398–403

style=text-align:left| Charles Evrard 192–19761873

|style=text-align:left| EB 637–642

style=text-align:left| Franco-Belge (La Croyère){{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=134}} 413–426141882–1883

|style=text-align:left| EB 1642–1655

style=text-align:left| Schneider - Le Creusot{{sfnp|Dambly|1966}} 1037–104591867

|style=text-align:left| EB 379–387

style=text-align:left| {{ill|Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre|fr|lt=Haine-Saint-Pierre}}{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=145}} 71–7441871

|style=text-align:left| EB 12, 64, 116, 264

style=text-align:left| Haine-Saint-Pierre21872

|style=text-align:left| Chemins de fer de Chimay{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=149}}

style=text-align:left| Haine-Saint-Pierre 77–7931872–1873

|style=text-align:left| EB 202, 647–648

style=text-align:left| Haine-Saint-Pierre 112–11651876

|style=text-align:left| EB 1033–1037

style=text-align:left| Carels Frères{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=158}} 14–15, 16/20, 214–51871

|style=text-align:left| EB 135, 139, 100, 147

style=text-align:left| Carels Frères21871

|style=text-align:left| CF de l'Alsace-Lorraine{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=158}}

style=text-align:left| Carels Frères 31–40101872–1873

|style=text-align:left| EB 451, 530, 556, 655–660, 681

style=text-align:left| Carels Frères 12211880

|style=text-align:left| EB 1213

style=text-align:left| Carels Frères21882

|style=text-align:left| {{ill|Chemins de fer de la Flandre-Occidentale|fr|Société des chemins de fer de la Flandre-Occidentale|lt=CF de la Flandre-Occidentale}}{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=158}}

style=text-align:left| Carels Frères 166–175101882–1873

|style=text-align:left| EB 18, 168, 277, 306{{refn|group=note|name=EB-306}}, 321, 1517–1521

style=text-align:left| {{ill|Société de Saint-Léonard|fr|lt=Saint-Léonard}}{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=115}}{{sfnp|Société de Saint-Léonard|1903}} 887, 93821891, 1893

|style=text-align:left| CF de la Flandre-Occidentale

Service history

From 1864 until 1890 the Type 1 was used on the main passenger trains on the major lines of the network, except for the line to Luxembourg.{{sfnp|Dambly|1966}}

With the advent of the Type 12 in 1888 the machines were deployed to secondary lines.{{sfnp|Vandenberghen|1987|p=49}}

The last locomotives were withdrawn from service in 1921–1926.{{sfnp|Dambly|1966}}{{sfnp|Vandenberghen|1987|p=57}}

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book

|last=Tordeur

|first=Emile

|title=Le Machiniste des Chemins de Fer Belges

|date=1909

|language=fr

}}

  • {{cite magazine

|last=Dambly

|first=Phil

|title=Nos inoubliables vapeurs - Troisième période, 1864-1884 - Régime Belpaire

|magazine=Le Rail

|issue=122

|date=Oct 1966

|language=fr

}}

  • {{cite journal

|last=Morandiere

|first=Jules

|title=Les locomotives à l'Exposition d'Anvers 1885

|journal=Revue générale des chemins de fer

|volume=9, 1er Semestre

|pages=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2556432&view=2up&seq=38&size=175 33–47]

|publisher=P. Vicq-Dunod

|location=Paris

|date=Jan 1886

|language=fr

|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012455829

|oclc=6536095

}}

  • {{cite book

|last=Vandenberghen

|first=J.

|title=IV. Période Belpaire 1864–1883

|publisher=SNCB

|location=Bruxelles

|date=1987

|language=fr

|url=http://nmbs-asp.adlibhosting.com/Details/fullCatalogue/2405

}}

  • {{cite journal

|last=Dagant

|first=André

|title=Cent vingt-cinq ans de construction de locomotives à vapeur en Belgique

|journal=Bulletin de l'Institut archéologique liégeois

|volume=86

|pages=23–244

|publisher=Maison Curtius

|location=Liège

|date=1974

|language=fr

|url=http://www.ialg.be/ebibliotheque/bial.html

}}

  • {{cite book

|author=Société de Saint-Léonard

|title=Catalogue de présentation - avec une planche par locomotive

|location=Liège

|date=1903

|language=fr

|url=http://www.tassignon.be/trains/PDF/Saint-Leonard_1903.pdf

}}

External links

{{Commons category|Belgian State Railways Type 1 (1864)}}

  • ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv. [http://doi.org/10.3932/ethz-a-000102887 Compagnie Belge (Evrard) No 196, Chemins de Fer de l‘Etat belge No 641 (1872)], [http://viewer.e-pics.ethz.ch/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/index2.php?id=ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Ans_05373-0080 viewer]

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