#1906· Type 7
Belgian State Railways Type 7
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Société Franco-Belge· from 1921· class of 75 Belgian 4-6-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nmbstype7: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
- 2. Stoomloc Type 7: The International Publishing Corporation, S.A. Bruxelles· Public domain
what is it?
The Belgian State Railways Type 7 (originally the Type 8 bis), later known as the NMBS/SNCB Type 7, was a class of 4-6-0 compound locomotives built between 1921 and 1924. The class was used to work heavy passenger trains operated by the Belgian State Railways, and its successor, the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB), which was established in 1926. One member of the class, no.
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 105 years ago, in 1921.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 41 years (1921–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1921–1924
- in service from
- 1921
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 75
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Société Franco-Belge, Ateliers du Thiriau, S.A. Ateliers de Construction de J. J. Gilain, Societé de La Meuse, Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre, John Cockerill & Cie., Société Anonyme la Métallurgique, Société anonyme Saint-Léonard à Liège
- operators
- Belgian State Railways, SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- weight
- 76.5 t
- Dutch name
- Type 7
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1822070, Wikipedia: Belgian State Railways Type 7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.