#0161
Belgian State Railways Type 1
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Schneider et Cie· from 1864· class of 152 Belgian 2-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Froyennes, section de la Ville de Tournai — Locomotive 1033: René Desclée (°Tournai (Doornik) 1868 - †Tournai 1953). Voir Base AUTOR : base biographique.→ http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/autor_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=REF&VALUE_98=AW00110 / https:· Public domain
what is it?
The Belgian State Railways Type 1 was a class of 2-4-0 steam locomotives for passenger service, introduced in 1864. The class was built by various Belgian manufacturers, with the exception of 9 members built in 1867 by Schneider-Creusot in France.
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 162 years ago, in 1864.
- Weighs about as much as 6 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
- 1864–1883
- retired
- 1922
- status
- retired
- number built
- 152
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Schneider et Cie
- operators
- Belgian State Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- weight
- 37.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q105686300, Wikipedia: Belgian State Railways Type 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.