NMBS/SNCB Type 29

NMBS/SNCB Type 29

NMBS/SNCB Type 29

Preserved 29.013 in 1975.
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder
Build date 1945
Total produced 300
Specifications
Configuration 2-8-0
UIC class 1′D h2
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver dia. 1,520 mm (59.84 in)
Wheelbase 8,407 mm (330.98 in)
Loco weight 84.5 tonnes (83.2 long tons; 93.1 short tons)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 4.40 m2 (47.4 sq ft)
Boiler pressure 15.75 atm (1.60 MPa; 231 psi)
Heating surface 183 m2 (1,970 sq ft)
Superheater:
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 • Heating area 73 m2 (790 sq ft)
Cylinders Two (external)
Cylinder size 559 mm × 711 mm (22.01 in × 27.99 in)
Career
Operators NMBS/SNCB
Class Type 29
Numbers 29.001–29.300
Preserved One: 29.013
Disposition One preserved, remainder scrapped

The NMBS/SNCB Type 29 was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives built in 1945. 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 assembled in Canada 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.

See also

References

  • Dambly, Phil (1994). Vapeur en Belgique [Steam in Belgium]. Tome 2: De 1914 aux dernières fumées [Volume 2: From 1914 to last smoke]. Brussels: G. Blanchart & Cie. ISBN 2872020136.  (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. The Train Book: The Definitive Visual History. Dorling Kindersley (DK). 2014. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-4093-4796-5.

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