Belgian State Railways Type 30

Class of 82 Belgian 0-6-0 locomotives

Belgian Type 30 locomotive requisitioned by the Railway Operating Division in the First World War.

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Build date	1900–1901
Total produced	82

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0
• UIC	C n2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+7⁄8 in)
Wheelbase	4.572 m (15 ft 0 in)
Length	9.209 m (30 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Loco weight	46 t (101,000 lb)
Firebox:
• Grate area	2.5235 m (27.163 sq ft)
Boiler pressure	12 atm (1.22 MPa; 176 psi)
Heating surface	104.2948 m (1,122.620 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	457 mm × 660 mm (18.0 in × 26.0 in)
Valve gear	Stephenson

Performance figures
Tractive effort	7,294 kg (16,081 lb)

Career
Operators	Belgian State Railways
Class	Type 30
Numbers	État Belge: 2503–2514, 2823–2892
Withdrawn	1948
Disposition	Most Scrapped

The Belgian State Railways Type 30 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives for mixed service, introduced in 1900.

Construction history

The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1900 to 1901. The machines had an inside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear also located inside.

Production quantities
Manufacturer	Serial Numbers	Quantity	Date in service	État Belge Numbers
Saint-Léonard [fr]	1190–1194	5	1900	EB 2503–2506, 2514
Haine-Saint-Pierre [fr]	638–644	7	1900	EB 2507–2513
Saint-Léonard	1270–1277	8	1901–1902	EB 2823–2830
Haine-Saint-Pierre	690–698	9	1901–1902	EB 2831–2839
Carels Frères	380–385	6	1901	EB 2840–2845
Zimmermann-Hanrez	582–585	4	1901	EB 2846–2849
Couillet	1320–1327	8	1901–1902	EB 2850–2857
Tubize	1275–1283	9	1901	EB 2858–2866
Franco-Belge	1349–1358	10	1901	EB 2867–2876
Cockerill	2322–2329	8	1901–1902	EB 2877–2884
Énergie (Marcinelle) [fr]	61–68	8	1901	EB 2885–2892

References

^ Dambly (1967).
Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 9–11.
Vandenberghen (1988), pp. 126–127.
^ Dagant (1974), p. 111.
^ Société de Saint-Léonard (1903).
^ Dagant (1974), p. 146.
Dagant (1974), p. 158.
Dagant (1974), p. 124.
Dagant (1974), p. 100.
Delporte (2019).
Dagant (1974), p. 134.
Dagant (1974), p. 88.
Dagant (1974), p. 161.

Bibliography

Tordeur, Emile (1909). Le Machiniste des Chemins de Fer Belges (in French).
Dambly, Phil (Apr 1967). "Septième période, 1898-1908. - Régime Mac Intosh". Le Rail (in French). No. 128.
Vandenberghen, J. (1988). Periode Mac Intosh 1898-1904 (in French). Bruxelles: SNCB.
Dagant, André (1974). "Cent vingt-cinq ans de construction de locomotives à vapeur en Belgique". Bulletin de l'Institut archéologique liégeois (in French). 86. Liège: Maison Curtius: 23–244.
Société de Saint-Léonard (1903). Catalogue de présentation - avec une planche par locomotive (PDF) (in French). Liège.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Delporte, Luc (11 Jun 2019). "Locomotive à marchandises – Tubize type 72 (type 30 EB)". Musée 'de la Porte'. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

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