SNCB Type 29

what is it?

The NMBS/SNCB Type 29 was a class of 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotives built between 1945 and 1946. 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 built in Canada and the United States, and supplied to Belgium under the auspices of what later became known as the Marshall Plan. Two members of the class, no.

who runs it

SNCB/NMBS

base stats

• speed 96 km/htop speed
• weight 84.5 tin working order
• built 300made in total

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 81 years ago, in 1945.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
• ⌛Served for 22 years (1945–1967).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1945

in service from

1945

retired

1967

status

preserved

number built

300

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

builders

Montreal Locomotive Works, American Locomotive Company, Canadian Locomotive Company

operators

SNCB/NMBS

top speed

96 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2-8-0

weight

84.5 t

Dutch name

Type 29

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.