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Belgian State Railways Type 30
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Société Franco-Belge· from 1900· class of 82 Belgian 0-6-0 locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. FF 13 - Les Locomotives Belges (Etat) - Machine No 2845, Type 30: Fernand Fleury· Public domain
what is it?
The Belgian State Railways Type 30 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives for mixed service, introduced in 1900.
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.2 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 49 years (1899–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900–1901
- in service from
- 1899
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 82
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Société Franco-Belge, Carel Frères, Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre, John Cockerill & Cie., Société Anonyme la Métallurgique, Société anonyme Saint-Léonard à Liège, Société Anonyme des Usines Métallurgiques du Hainaut, La Société Anonyme l’Énergie
- operators
- Belgian State Railways, SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.2 m
- weight
- 46 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48754320, Wikipedia: Belgian State Railways Type 30 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.