#2482· Type 1
SNCB Type 1
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Société Anonyme la Métallurgique· from 1935· class of 15 Belgian four-cylinder 4-6-2 locomotives
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what is it?
The NMBS/SNCB Type 1 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives built in 1935 and 1938 for working heavy express passenger trains operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 27 years (1935–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1935–1938
- in service from
- 1935
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Société Anonyme la Métallurgique
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- weight
- 124 t
- Dutch name
- Type 1
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4715279, Wikipedia: SNCB Type 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.