SNCB Type 1 explained

NMBS/SNCB Type 1
Powertype:Steam
Builder:Société Anonyme la Métallurgique, Tubize
Builddate:1935 - 1938
Totalproduction:35
Whytetype:4-6-2
Uicclass:2′C1′ h4
Driverdiameter:19802NaN2
Locoweight:124t
Tenderweight:86t
Watercap:48000L
Boilerpressure:18sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3
Feedwaterheater:ACFI
Firearea:5m2
Totalsurface:234.8m2
Superheaterarea:111.7m2
Cylindercount:Four
Cylindersize:420x
Tractiveeffort:198.9-1NaN-1
Operator:NMBS/SNCB
Operatorclass:Type 1
Fleetnumbers:101 - 1351.001 – 1.035
Withdrawndate:1962
Preservedunits:One: 1.002
Disposition:1 preserved, 34 scrapped

The NMBS/SNCB Type 1 was a class of steam locomotives built in 1935 and 1938 for working heavy express passenger trains operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).

Design, construction and service history

Thirty five type 1 locomotives were built by the Société Anonyme la Métallurgique at its Tubize factory. They had a high degree of superheat, and a firebox that was so wide, it had two firehole doors. The members of the class were retired in 1962.

One locomotive, no. 1.002, has been preserved by the NMBS/SNCB. It is displayed at the Treignes railway museum of heritage railway CFV3V (Chemin de fer à vapeur des trois vallées) in the far south of Belgium.

References

. Oswald Nock . 1970 . Railways at the Zenith of Steam 1920–40 . London . Blandford Press . 175, 177 . 0-7137-0515-9 .