Belgian State Railways Type 6

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-6-0
• UIC	1C n2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Driver dia.	1,700 mm (66.93 in)
Wheelbase	6.65 m (21 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
Length	9.8 m (32 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
Axle load	15.24 t; (15.00 long tons; 16.80 short tons)
• Leading	11.88 t; (11.69 long tons; 13.10 short tons)
• 1st coupled	12.66 t; (12.46 long tons; 13.96 short tons)
• 2nd coupled	15.24 t; (15.00 long tons; 16.80 short tons)
• 3rd coupled	14.28 t; (14.05 long tons; 15.74 short tons)
Loco weight	54.06 t; (53.21 long tons; 59.59 short tons)
Firebox:
• Type	Belpaire
• Grate area	3.74 m2 (40.3 sq ft)
Boiler pressure	10 atm (1.01 MPa; 147 psi)
Heating surface	146.22 m2 (1,573.9 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	500 mm × 600 mm; (19.69 in × 23.62 in)
Valve gear	Walschaert

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Build date	1885–1894
Total produced	32

Belgian State Railways Type 6
Belgian State Railways Type 6
	Prototype locomotive 1818.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Build date	1885–1894
Total produced	32
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-6-0
• UIC	1C n2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Driver dia.	1,700 mm (66.93 in)
Wheelbase	6.65 m (21 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
Length	9.8 m (32 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
Axle load	15.24 t; (15.00 long tons; 16.80 short tons)
• Leading	11.88 t; (11.69 long tons; 13.10 short tons)
• 1st coupled	12.66 t; (12.46 long tons; 13.96 short tons)
• 2nd coupled	15.24 t; (15.00 long tons; 16.80 short tons)
• 3rd coupled	14.28 t; (14.05 long tons; 15.74 short tons)
Loco weight	54.06 t; (53.21 long tons; 59.59 short tons)
Firebox:
• Type	Belpaire
• Grate area	3.74 m2 (40.3 sq ft)
Boiler pressure	10 atm (1.01 MPa; 147 psi)
Heating surface	146.22 m2 (1,573.9 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	500 mm × 600 mm; (19.69 in × 23.62 in)
Valve gear	Walschaert
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	5,924 kg (13,060 lb)
Operators
Career
Operators	Belgian State Railways
Class	Type 6

Power typeSteam

Build date1885–1894

Total produced32

The Belgian State Railways Type 6 was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives for express passenger service on steep inclines, introduced in 1885.^[1] The three prototypes from 1885-1886 had a separate cab for the engineer, forward from the firebox, and would later be rebuilt to a more conventional arrangement with a single cab at the footplate.^[2]

They were superseded in 1897 by the similar but larger Type 16 Moguls, with twelve Type 6 receiving the improved Type 16 boiler that year. Owing to the deficiencies of the Belpaire firebox with a shallow grate, seven received new boilers with deep and narrow fireboxes, being reclassified as Type 6bis.^[3]

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Manufacturer / factory number	Quantity	Date in service	État Belge numbers / Note
Cockerill^[6] 1411	1	1884	EB 1818 (prototype)^[7]
Cockerill 1456, 1480	2	1886	EB 1825, 235
Haine-Saint-Pierre [fr]^[8] 385 – 387	3	1889	EB 100 (1C),^[9] 156 – 157 (1B1)
Haine-Saint-Pierre	1	1891	EB 159
Franco-Belge^[10] 694 – 696	3	1889	EB 101, 105, 109
Franco-Belge 790 – 793	4	1891 – 1894	EB 81, 92, 94, 117
Franco-Belge 861 – 865	5	1892	EB 2101 – 2105
Franco-Belge 676 – 679	4	1893	EB 2111 – 2114
Franco-Belge 1000	1	1894	EB 39
Couillet^[11] 1011 – 1013	3	1891	EB 184, 224, 423
Couillet 1044 – 1048	5	1892	EB 2106 – 2110

v t e Belgian steam locomotives
Belgian State Railways	Type 1 Type 2 Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 Type 7 Type 10 Type 11 Type 12 Type 20 Type 23 Type 25 Type 28 Type 29 Type 30 Type 32 Type 51
National Railway Company of Belgium	Type 1 Type 12 Type 26 Type 29 Type 36 Type 64
Other	Le Belge Pays de Waes

Belgian State Railways Type 6

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