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SNCB Type 36
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Société Franco-Belge· from 1909· class of 136+17 Belgian 2-10-0 locomotives
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- 1. SNCB Type 36: Autor/-in unbekannt· CC0
what is it?
The NMBS/SNCB Type 36 was a class of 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotives built from 1909 to 1914 for heavy freight service in Belgium operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.
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 117 years ago, in 1909.
- Served for 38 years (1909–1947).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1909–1914
- in service from
- 1909
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 153
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Société Franco-Belge, Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre, Société Anonyme la Métallurgique, Société anonyme Saint-Léonard à Liège, Société Anonyme des Usines Métallurgiques du Hainaut, La Société Anonyme l’Énergie, Forges, Usines et Fonderies de Gilly, Grosses Forges et usines de La Hestre
- designer
- Jean-Baptiste Flamme
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS, Belgian State Railways
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0 “Decapod”
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39074292, Wikipedia: SNCB Type 36 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.