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what is it?
The Tubize Type 50 is a Belgian 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in) narrow gauge tank engine steam locomotive built by Ateliers de Tubize for use on railways in the Ottoman Empire in 1892. After the break-up of the Empire, they were used in Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia. According to company records, they were similar to locomotives built for the Belgian State Railways.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892
- in service from
- 1892
- number built
- 8
- kind
- steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Syria
- builders
- Ateliers Métallurgiques de Tubize
- operators
- Syrian Railways
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,050 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
- length
- 6.8 m
- weight
- 18.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104869529, Wikipedia: Tubize Type 50 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.