SNCB Type 29 explained

NMBS/SNCB Type 29
Powertype:Steam
Builddate:1945–46
Totalproduction:300
Uicclass:1′D h2
Driverdiameter:15202NaN2
Wheelbase:8407frac=4NaNfrac=4
Locoweight:84.5t
Boilerpressure:15.75atm
Firearea:4.4m2
Totalsurface:183m2
Superheaterarea:73m2
Cylindercount:Two (external)
Cylindersize:22x
Poweroutput:2000CV
Operator:NMBS/SNCB
Operatorclass:Type 29
Fleetnumbers:29.001–29.300
Preservedunits:One: 29.013
Disposition:One preserved, remainder scrapped

The NMBS/SNCB Type 29 was a class of steam locomotives built between 1945 and 1946. The class was ordered and used to help revive the operations of the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) following World War II. The locomotives were built in Canada and the United States, and supplied to Belgium under the auspices of what later became known as the Marshall Plan.[1]

One member of the class, no. 29.013, has been preserved by the NMBS/SNCB for display at Train World, the Belgian national railway museum at Schaarbeek railway station in north-central Brussels.

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  1. Book: 1940-59: War and Peace .... Post-war steam .... SNCB 29 19454. The Train Book: The Definitive Visual History. 198. Dorling Kindersley (DK). 2014. 978-1-4093-4796-5.