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NMBS/SNCB Type 36
Circa 1910 photo of the locomotive type.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJean-Baptiste Flamme
BuilderSNCB/NMBS central railway workshops in Mechelen
Build date1909-1914
Total produced136
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-10-0 “Decapod”
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Fuel typeCoal
Career
OperatorsSNCB/NMBS
ClassType 36
Numbers4365 to 4500, later 3600 to 3692
Withdrawn1947-1951

The NMBS/SNCB Type 36 was a class of 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotives built from 1909 to 1914 for heavy freight service in Belgium operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.

Design and construction

The class was designed by engineer Jean-Baptiste Flamme and built by NMBS/SNCB themselves, in their central railway workshops in Mechelen, Belgium.

Type Фл

Some units were provided to World War I ally Russia. It was decided to sell 80 of them to the Russians, these would serve on the standard gauge lines of Galicia and in eastern Poland. However, some were lost at sea when a U-boat torpedoed the ship transporting them and others fell victim to derailments during their transport. 21 examples remained in France because of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the armistice signed with the Germans. Five others were found in Kiev by the Poles and were returned to Belgium in 1920. It is also thought that some locomotives were in Ukraine during Operation Faustschlag and subsequently brought back by the Germans.

Operation

The units served to haul heavy freight trains on the Luxembourg line (lines 161 and 162) as well as on the Athus-Meuse line (lines 165 and 166) and between Verviers and Trois-Ponts via lines 44 and 45.

Some units also served in Russia during World War I.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Locomotive à vapeur 4400 avec tender (type 36)". Train World (in French). Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. Dambly, Phil (1989). Vapeur en Belgique. Tome I : des origines à 1914. Brussels: Éditions Blanchard.
  3. Dambly, Phil (1989). Vapeur en Belgique. Tome II : de 1914 aux dernières fumées. Brussels: Éditions Blanchard.

This article incorporates material from the French Misplaced Pages article fr: Type 36 (SNCB)

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