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.