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Belgian State Railways Type 32
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Société Franco-Belge· from 1902· class of 502 Belgian 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Belgian State Railways Type 32 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives for mixed service, introduced in 1902.
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 124 years ago, in 1902.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.2 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1901–1949).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1902–1910
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1949
- status
- retired
- number built
- 502
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Société Franco-Belge, Carel Frères, Societé de La Meuse, Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre, La Société Anonyme l’Énergie, Ateliers de construction de la Biesme, Forges, Usines et Fonderies de Gilly, Ateliers du Thiriau
- operators
- Belgian State Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.2 m
- weight
- 47.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48754442, Wikipedia: Belgian State Railways Type 32 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.