Belgian State Railways Type 1 Explained

Belgian State Railways Type 1
Powertype:Steam
Builddate:1864–1883
Totalproduction:152
Uicclass:1B n2
Fireboxtype:Belpaire
Cylindercount:Two, inside
Valvegear:Stephenson
Operator:Belgian State Railways
Operatorclass:Type 1

The Belgian State Railways Type 1 was a class of steam locomotives for passenger service, introduced in 1864.

The class was built by various Belgian manufacturers, with the exception of 9 members built in 1867 by Schneider-Creusot in France.

Construction history

The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1864 to 1883.A Belpaire firebox was used and the boiler consisted of three boiler shells.The machines had an outside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear located inside the frame.

The design evolved over the years of construction. While first series in 1864 was produced without cabs, they were added in the following series in 1865–1866. On the earlier series the suspension had simple balancing levers between the driving wheels. The engines built by Couillet and Schneider in 1867–1868 used a doorbell mechanism instead of the balancing lever to equalize the suspension forces between the two driving axles and on the last series in 1882 balancing levers between the leading axle and the first driver were used, combined with larger leaf springs on the rear driving axle.

Westinghouse brakes were fitted starting in 1878. The locomotives also received new boilers and new cabs on major overhauls beginning with 1889.

Known production quantities! Manufacturer / Factory numbers !! Quantity! Date in service !! État Belge numbers / Note
style=text-align:leftCockerill 576–580 5 1864–1865style=text-align:leftEB 137, 257, 39, 17, 63
style=text-align:leftCockerill 585–599 15 1865style=text-align:leftEB 291–295, 301–310
style=text-align:leftCockerill 634–642, 644, 646 11 1866style=text-align:leftEB 322–329, 54, 57
style=text-align:leftCockerill 4 1867style=text-align:leftEB 26, 108, 259, 375
style=text-align:leftCockerill 649–655 7 1867style=text-align:leftEB 158, 172, 360–364
style=text-align:leftCockerill 703, 702, 700, 699, 701 5 1869style=text-align:leftEB 441–445 (former 66–70)
style=text-align:leftCockerill 741–743 3 1871style=text-align:leftEB 21, 38, 66
style=text-align:leftCockerill 821–824 4 1872style=text-align:leftEB 603–606
style=text-align:leftCockerill 848–853, 855–858 10 1873style=text-align:leftEB 649–654, 643–646
style=text-align:leftCouillet 146–150 5 1864style=text-align:leftEB 94, 165, 145, 30, 163
style=text-align:leftCouillet 207–210 4 1868style=text-align:leftEB 390–393
style=text-align:leftCharles Evrard 56–65 10–11 1864–1865style=text-align:leftEB 53 (and/or 58), 103, 110, 159, 174, 176, 263, 161, 67, 160
style=text-align:leftCharles Evrard 162–167 6 1871–1872style=text-align:leftEB 398–403
style=text-align:leftCharles Evrard 192–197 6 1873style=text-align:leftEB 637–642
style=text-align:leftFranco-Belge (La Croyère) 413–426 14 1882–1883style=text-align:leftEB 1642–1655
style=text-align:leftSchneider - Le Creusot 1037–1045 9 1867style=text-align:leftEB 379–387
style=text-align:left 71–74 4 1871style=text-align:leftEB 12, 64, 116, 264
style=text-align:leftHaine-Saint-Pierre 2 1872style=text-align:leftChemins de fer de Chimay
style=text-align:leftHaine-Saint-Pierre 77–79 3 1872–1873style=text-align:leftEB 202, 647–648
style=text-align:leftHaine-Saint-Pierre 112–116 5 1876style=text-align:leftEB 1033–1037
style=text-align:leftCarels Frères 14–15, 16/20, 21 4–5 1871style=text-align:leftEB 135, 139, 100, 147
style=text-align:leftCarels Frères 2 1871style=text-align:leftCF de l'Alsace-Lorraine
style=text-align:leftCarels Frères 31–40 10 1872–1873style=text-align:leftEB 451, 530, 556, 655–660, 681
style=text-align:leftCarels Frères 122 1 1880style=text-align:leftEB 1213
style=text-align:leftCarels Frères 2 1882style=text-align:left
style=text-align:leftCarels Frères 166–175 10 1882–1873style=text-align:leftEB 18, 168, 277, 306, 321, 1517–1521
style=text-align:left 887, 938 2 1891, 1893style=text-align:leftCF de la Flandre-Occidentale

Service history

From 1864 until 1890 the Type 1 was used on the main passenger trains on the major lines of the network, except for the line to Luxembourg.With the advent of the Type 12 in 1888 the machines were deployed to secondary lines.The last locomotives were withdrawn from service in 1921–1926.

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