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Belgian State Railways Type 28
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Schneider et Cie· from 1864· class of Belgian 0-6-0 locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. FF 9 - Les Locomotives Belges (Etat) - Machine No 740, Type 28: Fernand Fleury· Public domain
what is it?
The Belgian State Railways Type 28 was a class of 0-6-0 goods steam locomotives introduced in 1864.
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.
- 9.3 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 56 years (1864–1920).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1864–1883
- in service from
- 1864
- retired
- 1920
- status
- retired
- number built
- 253
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Schneider et Cie, Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre, Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe, Carel Frères, John Cockerill & Cie., Société Anonyme la Métallurgique, Société anonyme Saint-Léonard à Liège, Société des hauts-fourneaux, usines et charbonnages de Marcinelle et Couillet
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS, Belgian State Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q105649023, Wikipedia: Belgian State Railways Type 28 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.