#0385
Belgian State Railways Type 4
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre· from 1878· class of Belgian 2-6-2T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EB type 4 - No.1090: Rijksmuseum· CC0
- 2. EB Type 4: Autor/-in unbekannt· Public domain
what is it?
The Belgian State Railways Type 4 was a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives for passenger traffic, introduced in 1878.
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 148 years ago, in 1878.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12 m long: about 3 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
- 1878–1881
- in service from
- 1878
- number built
- 91
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre, Carel Frères, John Cockerill & Cie., Société Anonyme la Métallurgique, Société Franco-Belge
- operators
- Belgian State Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- length
- 12 m
- weight
- 59 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q105737220, Wikipedia: Belgian State Railways Type 4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.