SNCB Type 26

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NMBS/SNCB Type 26
NMBS/SNCB Type 29
No 26.101 with a train - see text.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Build date1945–1947
Total produced100
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-10-0
 • UIC1′E h2
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Driver dia.1,400 mm (55.12 in)
Wheelbase9,200 mm (362.20 in)
Loco weight79 tonnes
(77.8 long tons; 87.1 short tons)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		3.90 m2 (42.0 sq ft)
Boiler pressure16 atm (1.62 MPa; 235 psi)
Heating surface178 m2 (1,920 sq ft)
Superheater:
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 • Heating area64 m2 (690 sq ft)
CylindersTwo (external)
Cylinder size600 mm × 660 mm
(23.62 in × 25.98 in)
Career
OperatorsNMBS/SNCB
ClassType 26
Numbers26.001–26.100
PreservedNone
DispositionAll scrapped

The NMBS/SNCB Type 26 was a class of 2-10-0 steam locomotives built between 1945 and 1947. Originally commissioned as part of an order for 200 DRB Class 52 Kriegslokomotiven placed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG) with Belgian locomotive manufacturers in 1943, the 100 members of the Type 26 class were completed for the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) following the liberation of Belgium late in 1944.

No members of the class have been preserved. However, the railway preservation organisation TSP-PFT acquired a similar loco in Poland, restored it to resemble its Type 26 counterparts, numbered it 26.101, and now uses it to haul special trains.

See also[]

References[]

  • Dambly, Phil (1994). Vapeur en Belgique [Steam in Belgium]. Vol. Tome 2: De 1914 aux dernières fumées [Volume 2: From 1914 to last smoke]. Brussels: G. Blanchart & Cie. ISBN 2872020136. (in French)
  • Hütter, Ingo (2012). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 50 bis 53 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 182, 392–392. ISBN 978-3-937189-63-5.
  • Smith, J. D. H. "EB/SNCB/NMBS steam locomotives". Standard steam locomotives. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
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