Belgian State Railways Type 28 Explained

Belgian State Railways Type 28
Powertype:	Steam
Builddate:	1864–1883
Totalproduction:	253
Uicclass:	C n2
Fireboxtype:	Belpaire
Cylindercount:	Two, inside
Valvegear:	Stephenson
Operator:	Belgian State Railways
Operatorclass:	Type 28
Withdrawndate:	around 1926

The Belgian State Railways Type 28 was a class of steam locomotives for freight service, introduced in 1864.

Construction history

The locomotives were built from 1864 to 1883 by various Belgian manufacturers, with additionally 9 machines built by Schneider - Le Creusot and 10 machines built by Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe.The machines used a Belpaire firebox and had an outside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear located inside the frame.

Known production numbers (Type 28) ! Manufacturer / Factory numbers !! Quantity! Date in service !! État Belge numbers / Note
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 600 – 609	10	–	style=text-align:left	EB 281 – 290
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 612, 615	2		style=text-align:left	EB 32, 8
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 657 – 665	9	–	style=text-align:left	EB 179, 52, 46, 74, 22, 164, 126, 150, 113
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 679	1		style=text-align:left	EB 389
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 686, 685, 684, 683, 682	5	–	style=text-align:left	EB 944 – 948 (former 97 – 101)
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 759 – 763	5	–	style=text-align:left	EB 582 – 586
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 825 – 829	5	–	style=text-align:left	EB 622 – 626
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 921 – 930	10	–	style=text-align:left	EB 570 – 571, 573 – 574, 762 – 767
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 1234 – 1240	7		style=text-align:left	EB 1476, 1478 – 1483
style=text-align:left	Cockerill 1334 – 1347	14	–	style=text-align:left	EB 1614 – 1627
style=text-align:left	244 – 247	4		style=text-align:left	EB 62, 2, 99, 260
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 351 – 357	7	–	style=text-align:left	EB 6, 23, 69, 88, 114, 203 – 204
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 360 – 363	4	–	style=text-align:left	EB 592 – 595
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 371 – 375	5	–	style=text-align:left	EB 612 – 616
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 382 – 390	9	–	style=text-align:left	EB 661 – 669
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 412 – 421	10	–	style=text-align:left	EB 721 – 730
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 422 – 431	10	–	style=text-align:left	EB 475, 539, 545, 554, 555, 562, 563, 566, 568, 569
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 437 – 442	6	–	style=text-align:left	EB 830 – 835
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 445 – 450	6	–	style=text-align:left	EB 1038 – 1043
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 612 – 625	14		style=text-align:left	État Belge
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 928	1		style=text-align:left	EB 718 (former CF Liége–Maestricht 8)
style=text-align:left	Saint-Léonard 1126	1		style=text-align:left data-sort-value=FO
style=text-align:left	Evrard 67 – 69	3	–	style=text-align:left	EB 297 – 299
style=text-align:left	Evrard 93 – 102	10	–	style=text-align:left	EB 365 – 374
style=text-align:left	Evrard 168 – 173	6	–	style=text-align:left	EB 587 – 591, 596
style=text-align:left	Evrard 184 – 191	8	–	style=text-align:left	EB 617 – 621, 631 – 633
style=text-align:left	Evrard 228 – 237	9	–	style=text-align:left	EB 733, 731 – 732, 734 – 738, 740, 739
style=text-align:left	Evrard 253 – 262	10	–	style=text-align:left	EB 131, 149, 181, 87, 29, 34, 53, 184, 430, 472
style=text-align:left	Evrard 275	1		style=text-align:left	EB 836
style=text-align:left	Evrard 372, 374, 379 – 380	4		style=text-align:left	EB 1472 – 1475
style=text-align:left	Couillet 155 – 158	4	-	style=text-align:left	EB 311 – 314
style=text-align:left	Couillet	1		style=text-align:left	EB 300
style=text-align:left	Couillet 164 – 166	3	–	style=text-align:left	EB 316 – 318
style=text-align:left	Couillet	2		style=text-align:left	EB 319 – 320
style=text-align:left	Couillet 175 – 183	9	–	style=text-align:left	EB 10, 9, 16, 19, 31, 51, 61, 72, 134
style=text-align:left	Couillet 259 – 266	8	–	style=text-align:left	EB 607 – 611, 634 – 636
style=text-align:left	Couillet 269 – 274	6	–	style=text-align:left	EB 675, 670 – 674
style=text-align:left	Couillet 306 – 310	5	–	style=text-align:left	EB 799, 801, 803, 805, 807
style=text-align:left	Couillet 546 – 552	7	–	style=text-align:left	EB 1477, 1466 – 1471
style=text-align:left	Tubize 56	1		style=text-align:left	EB 315
style=text-align:left	Tubize 143 – 148	6	–	style=text-align:left	EB 602, 597 – 601
style=text-align:left	Tubize 158 – 166	9	–	style=text-align:left	EB 627 – 630, 676 – 680
style=text-align:left	Tubize 271 – 275	5	–	style=text-align:left	EB 798, 800, 802, 804, 806
style=text-align:left	Tubize 546 – 552	7		style=text-align:left	EB 1635 – 1641
style=text-align:left	Karlsruhe 286 – 295	10	–	style=text-align:left	EB 350 – 359
style=text-align:left	Schneider - Le Creusot 1046 – 1054	9	–	style=text-align:left	EB 111, 115, 120, 151, 170, 199, 376 – 378
style=text-align:left	119	1		style=text-align:left	EB 94
style=text-align:left	Haine-Saint-Pierre 196 – 202	7		style=text-align:left	EB 1628 – 1634
style=text-align:left	Carels 160 – 164	5	–	style=text-align:left	EB 1484 – 1488

In 1889, 1896 and 1898 the machines received new boilers. Also the Arsenal of Mechelen transformed several old Type 30 and 33 into Type 28^bis.

Several machines were rebuilt as Type 29, Type 2 and Type 2^bis.

Overview of production quantities (Type 28, 29, 2, 2^bis)! Manufacturer !! Years! Type 28 !! Type 29 ! Type 2 !! Type 2^bis !! Note
		overall 180 (Type 28, 29, 2)				Belgian State Railways
		23	90	4	7	Belgian State Railways
	1865–1883	75				Belgian State Railways: 1865–1875 (61), 1883 (14)
Saint-Léonard	1892	1				Chemin de fer Liége–Maestricht
Saint-Léonard	1898	1				Chemin de fer de la Flandre Occidentale
Saint-Léonard	1876–1898		48			Belgian State Railways
	1865–1874	35				Belgian State Railways
Couillet	1875–1885			27		Belgian State Railways
Couillet	1876–1890		128			Belgian State Railways
		54				Belgian State Railways
Franco-Belge	1873			36		Belgian State Railways (32), Russia (4)
Franco-Belge	1875		39			Belgian State Railways
	1876–1899		41			Belgian State Railways
Haine-Saint-Pierre		1		19	2	Belgian State Railways
			6			Belgian State Railways
		5	58	15		Belgian State Railways
	1889		5			Belgian State Railways
	1883–1884, 1899		11			Belgian State Railways
		9				Belgian State Railways
		10				Belgian State Railways

Bibliography

Book: Tordeur , Emile . Le Machiniste des Chemins de Fer Belges . 1909 . fr.
Dambly . Phil . Nos inoubliables vapeurs - Troisième période, 1864-1884 - Régime Belpaire . Le Rail . 122 . Oct 1966 . fr.
Book: Vandenberghen , J. . IV. Période Belpaire 1864–1883 . SNCB . Bruxelles . 1987 . fr .
Dagant . André . Cent vingt-cinq ans de construction de locomotives à vapeur en Belgique . Bulletin de l'Institut archéologique liégeois . 86 . 23–244 . Maison Curtius . Liège . 1974 . fr .
Book: Société de Saint-Léonard . Catalogue de présentation - avec une planche par locomotive . Liège . 1903 . fr .
Web site: Locomotive à marchandises, mixtes et à voyageurs – Tubize type 11 (type 28, 29, 2 et 2bis EB) . Delporte . Luc . 12 Oct 2018 . Musée 'de la Porte' . March 6, 2021.