Belgian State Railways Type 51
{{Short description|Class of 370 Belgian 0-6-0T locomotives}}
{{Infobox locomotive
| name = Belgian State Railways Type 51
| powertype = Steam
| image = Type_51_1152_Train_World_-_05.jpg
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| builder =
| builddate = 1866–1905
| totalproduction = 370
| whytetype = {{whyte|0-6-0|T}}
| uicclass = C n2t
| gauge = {{track gauge|sg}}
| driverdiameter = {{cvt|1200|mm|ftin|frac=8}}
| wheelbase = {{cvt|3.10|m|ftin|frac=4}}
| wheelspacing = {{cvt|1.64|+|1.46|m|ftin|frac=4}}
| length =
| locoweight = {{cvt|27.1|-|34.5|t|lb}}
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| fireboxtype = Belpaire
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| cylindercount = Two, inside
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| operator = Belgian State Railways
| operatorclass = Type 51
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The Belgian State Railways Type 51 was a class of {{Whyte|0-6-0|T}} steam locomotives for shunting and local train service, introduced in 1866.{{sfnp|Dambly|1966}}
Construction history
The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1866 to 1905.{{sfnp|Dambly|1966}}
The machines had an outside frame with the cylinders located inside the frame.{{sfnp|Tordeur|1909|loc=chpt. V, 34–35}}{{sfnp|Morizot|1898|pp=286–287}}
During the extended period of time in which these machines were built they underwent various changes, e.g. in the design of the water tanks, shelter, boiler and overall length.
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|+ Known production quantities ! Manufacturer !! Quantity !! Type / Years ! Note | ||
| Cockerill | 4{{sfnp|Delporte|2019}} | | État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=88}} |
| Tubize | 56{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=100}} | 1879–1899
| État Belge (54), Pehan (2){{sfnp|Delporte|2019}} |
| Tubize | 3 | 1905
| exported to China{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=105}}{{sfnp|Delporte|2019}} |
| {{ill|Société de Saint-Léonard|fr|lt=Saint-Léonard}} | 155 | 1876–1905
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=111}} |
| Saint-Léonard | 3 | | exported to China{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=111}} |
| Couillet | 52 | 1866–1895
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=124}} |
| Couillet | 4 | | Ouest de Mons, {{ill|Mines de Crespin|fr|Compagnie des mines de Crespin}}{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=124}} |
| Franco-Belge | 22 | 1874
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=134}} |
| Franco-Belge | 2 | 1874
| exported to China{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=134}} |
| Franco-Belge (La Croyère) | 8 | 1906–1908
| CF Pienlo (China){{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=138}} |
| Franco-Belge (Raismes) | 6 | 1906–1908
| Beijing–Hankou{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=138}} |
| {{ill|Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre|fr|lt=Haine-Saint-Pierre}} | 57 | 1875–1900
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=145}} |
| La Meuse | 13 | 1888–1898
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=153}} |
| Carels Frères | 11 | 1866
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=157–158}} |
| Carels Frères | 28 | | État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=157–158}} |
| {{ill|La Société Anonyme l’Énergie|fr|Énergie (entreprise)|lt=Énergie}} (Marcinelle) | 19 | | État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=161}} |
| {{ill|Ateliers de Construction de Boussu|fr|François Dorzée|lt=Boussu}} | 29 | 1902–1915
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=165}} |
| Zimmermann-Hanrez | 3 | 1885, 1895
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=166}} |
| {{ill|Ateliers de Construction de J.J. Gilain|nl|S.A. Ateliers de Construction de J.J. Gilain|lt=J.J. Gilain}} | 3 | 1905
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=174}} |
| {{ill|Ateliers de construction de la Biesme|fr|lt=Biesme}} | 10 | | État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=177}} |
| Lambert (Marcinelle) | 8 | 1889–1890
| État Belge{{sfnp|Dagant|1974|p=184}} |
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|+ Known production batches{{sfnp|Société de Saint-Léonard|1903}} ! Manufacturer !! Series !! Numbers !! Quantity | |||
| {{ill|Société de Saint-Léonard|fr|lt=Saint-Léonard}} | N O (1876) | 458 – 460 | 3 |
| Saint-Léonard | 2 N O (1879) | 492 – 495 | 4 |
| Saint-Léonard | 3 N O (1879) | 501 – 505 | 5 |
| Saint-Léonard | 4 N O (1881) | 528 – 534 | 7 |
| Saint-Léonard | 5 N O (1881) | 567 – 572 | 6 |
| Saint-Léonard | 6 N O (1884) | 669 – 677 | 9 |
| Saint-Léonard | 7 N O (1884) | 685 – 689 | 5 |
| Saint-Léonard | 8 N O (1889) | 813 – 817 | 5 |
| Saint-Léonard | 8 N O 2 (1889) | 830 – 831 | 2 |
| Saint-Léonard | 9 N O (1895) | 967 – 972 | 6 |
| Saint-Léonard | 9 N O 2 (1895) | 984 – 985 | 2 |
| Saint-Léonard | 9 N O 3 (1897) | 1073 – 1077 | 5 |
| Saint-Léonard | 9 N O 4 (1898) | 1143 – 1146 | 4 |
| Saint-Léonard | 9 N O 5 (1898) | 1154 – 1155 | 2 |
| Saint-Léonard | 9 N O 6 (1900) | 1235 – 1239 | 5 |
| Saint-Léonard | 9 N O 7 (1900) | 1245 – 1250 | 6 |
| Saint-Léonard | 9 N O 8 (1901) | 1252 – 1261 | 10 |
References
{{Commons category|SNCB-NMBS Type 51}}
{{reflist}}
=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=Morizot
|title=Les locomotives des chemins de fer de l'État Belge à l'Exposition de Bruxelles-Tervueren en 1897
|journal=Revue générale des chemins de fer et des tramways
|volume=21, 2e Semestre
|pages=[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64722094/f275.item 269–291]
|publisher=P. Vicq-Dunod
|location=Paris
|date=Jul 1898
|language=fr
|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64722094/f275.item
}}
- {{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
}}
- {{cite web
|url=http://www.museedelaporte.be/patrimoine/?p=4777
|title=Locomotive de gare : Tubize type 17 (type 51 EB)
|last=Delporte
|first=Luc
|date=2 Apr 2019
|website=Musée 'de la Porte'
|access-date=February 27, 2021
}}
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