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Belgian State Railways Type 12
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Unknown builder· from 1888· class of 115 Belgian 2-4-2 locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. S.A. Cockerill Seraing, 1656, Chemins de Fer de l'Etat belge, 1939 (Ans 05373-0826): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05373-0826 / Public Domain Mark· CC0
what is it?
The Belgian State Railways Type 12 was a class of 2-4-2 steam locomotives for express passenger service, introduced in 1888. They were the successors of the Belgian State Railways Type 1 locomotives.
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 138 years ago, in 1888.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1888–1897
- in service from
- 1888
- number built
- 115
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS, Belgian State Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2
- weight
- 49.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q105648055, Wikipedia: Belgian State Railways Type 12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.