Belgian State Railways Type 11

Class of 102 Belgian 0-6-0T locomotives

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Build date	1888–1897
Total produced	102

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0 T
• UIC	C n2t
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
Wheelbase	4.00 m (13 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Length	8.287 m (27 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
Axle load	10.7–11.79 t (23,600–26,000 lb)
• 1st coupled	10.2–10.97 t (22,500–24,200 lb)
• 2nd coupled	10.7–11.79 t (23,600–26,000 lb)
• 3rd coupled	9.8–11.15 t (21,600–24,600 lb)
Loco weight	30.7–33.91 t (67,700–74,800 lb)
Fuel capacity	1,200 kg (2,650 lb)
Water cap.	4,000 L (880 imp gal; 1,060 US gal)
Firebox:
• Type	Belpaire
• Grate area	2.0647 m (22.224 sq ft)
Boiler pressure	11 atm (1.11 MPa; 162 psi)
Heating surface	52.9397 m (569.838 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	350 mm × 500 mm (13.78 in × 19.69 in)
Valve gear	Walschaert

Performance figures
Tractive effort	3,768 kg (8,307 lb)

Career
Operators	Belgian State Railways
Class	Type 11

The Belgian State Railways Type 11 was a class of 0-6-0 T steam locomotives for local passenger traffic, introduced in 1888. It gradually replaced the Type 5 in this role.

Construction history

The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1888 to 1897. The machines had an inside frame and outside cylinders and a Walschaert valve gear.

Known production quantities
Manufacturer	Numbers	Quantity	Years	Note
Saint-Léonard [fr]	778	1	1888	État Belge No. 200 (prototype)
Saint-Léonard	781–785	5	1888	État Belge
Saint-Léonard	1057–1062	6	1897	État Belge
La Meuse		6		État Belge
Tubize	720–724	5	1888	État Belge No. 358, 390, 399, 100, 415
Tubize	869–871	3	1892–1893	État Belge
Couillet		13	1888	État Belge
Franco-Belge		5	1888	État Belge
Haine-Saint-Pierre [fr]		3	1888	État Belge
Carels Frères		13		État Belge
Boussu [fr]		1	1897	État Belge
Zimmermann-Hanrez		37	1888–1898	État Belge

Bibliography

Tordeur, Emile (1909). Le Machiniste des Chemins de Fer Belges (in French).
Dambly, Phil (Dec 1966). "Nos inoubliables vapeurs - Cinquième période, 1884-1898 – Régime Masui et Belpaire". Le Rail (in French). No. 124.
Deghilage (May 1890). "Les locomotives Belges pour voie normale, à l'Exposition Universelle de 1889". Revue générale des chemins de fer (in French). 13, 1er Semestre. Paris: P. Vicq-Dunod: 297–310. OCLC 6536095.
Morizot (Jul 1898). "Les locomotives des chemins de fer de l'État Belge à l'Exposition de Bruxelles-Tervueren en 1897". Revue générale des chemins de fer et des tramways (in French). 21, 2e Semestre. Paris: P. Vicq-Dunod: 269–291.
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 (9 May 2019). "Locomotive pour train léger (voyageurs) – Tubize type 37 (type 11 EB)". Musée 'de la Porte'. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

References

^ Dambly (1966).
Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 58–61.
^ Dagant (1974), p. 111.
^ Société de Saint-Léonard (1903).
^ Deghilage (1890), pp. 305–306.
Dagant (1974), p. 153.
^ Delporte (2019).
^ Dagant (1974), p. 100.
Dagant (1974), p. 124.
Dagant (1974), p. 134.
Dagant (1974), p. 146.
Dagant (1974), p. 158.
Dagant (1974), p. 165.
Morizot (1898), pp. 284–285.
Dagant (1974), p. 166.

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