#0182· Type 51
Belgian State Railways Type 51
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Unknown builder· from 1866· class of Belgian 0-6-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Type 51 1152 Train World - 05: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Belgian State Railways Type 51 was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives for shunting and local train service, introduced in 1866.
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 160 years ago, in 1866.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1866–1905
- number built
- 370
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Belgian State Railways, SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- Dutch name
- Type 51
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28057214, Wikipedia: Belgian State Railways Type 51 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.