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Belgian State Railways Type 2
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre· from 1875· class of Belgian 0-6-0 locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Postcard FF 7 - Les Locomotives Belges (Etat) - Machine No 1747, Type 2: Fernand Fleury· Public domain
what is it?
The Belgian State Railways Type 2 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives for passenger service introduced in 1875.
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 151 years ago, in 1875.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.3 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1875–1884
- number built
- 141
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre, Carel Frères, John Cockerill & Cie., Société Anonyme la Métallurgique, Société des hauts-fourneaux, usines et charbonnages de Marcinelle et Couillet, Société Franco-Belge
- operators
- Belgian State Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.3 m
- weight
- 38.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q105649782, Wikipedia: Belgian State Railways Type 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.