Belgian State Railways Type 5

Class of 35 Belgian 2-4-0T locomotives

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Build date	1880–1881
Total produced	35

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	2-4-0 T
• UIC	1B n2t
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Driver dia.	1,450 mm (57.09 in)
Wheelbase	4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
Loco weight	31.66 t (31.16 long tons; 34.90 short tons)
Firebox:
• Type	Belpaire
• Grate area	1.4498 m (15.606 sq ft)
Heating surface	55.1988 m (594.155 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	350 mm × 460 mm (13.78 in × 18.11 in)
Valve gear	Walschaert

Career
Operators	Belgian State Railways
Class	Type 5

The Belgian State Railways Type 5 was a class of 2-4-0 T steam locomotives for local passenger service, introduced in 1880.

Construction history

The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1880 to 1881. The machines had an outside frame with the cylinders and the Walschaert located inside the frame. Starting with 1900 the machines received new boilers, with overall weight increasing to 32 t (31.49 long tons; 35.27 short tons).

Production quantities
Manufacturer	Serial Numbers	Quantity	Date in service	État Belge Numbers
Franco-Belge	326–335	10	1881	EB 1220–1224, 1278–1282
Franco-Belge	340–341, 343, 342, 339, 344–345, 349–350, 355, 351	11	1881	EB 1357–1367
Saint-Léonard [fr]	552–558	7	1881	EB 227, 229, 536, 564, 862, 971, 1425
Franco-Belge	354, 353, 356, 358, 357, 360, 359, 361	8	1881	EB 1426–1433
Zimmermann-Hanrez	76	1	1900	EB 1218 (Type 5, possibly a rebuild)

References

^ Dambly (1966).
Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 32–33.
Vandenberghen (1988), pp. 123.
^ Dagant (1974), p. 134.
Dagant (1974), p. 111.
Société de Saint-Léonard (1903).
^ Dagant (1974), p. 167.

Bibliography

Tordeur, Emile (1909). Le Machiniste des Chemins de Fer Belges (in French).
Dambly, Phil (Oct 1966). "Nos inoubliables vapeurs - Troisième période, 1864-1884 - Régime Belpaire". Le Rail (in French). No. 122.
Vandenberghen, J. (1988). Période Belpaire - Masui (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)

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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

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