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The Belgian State Railways Type 2 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives for passenger service, introduced in 1875.[1] Alfred Belpaire derived the locomotive design from the Type 28 by replacing the 1,450 mm (57.09 in) wheels of the Type 28 with larger 1,700 mm (66.93 in) diameter ones.[1]
Construction history
The Type 2 was derived from the Type 28 by replacing the wheels of 1,450 mm (57.09 in) diameter with lager 1,700 mm (66.93 in) diameter wheels.[1] The machines used a Belpaire firebox and had an outside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear located inside the frame.[2]
In 1882 a number of Type 2 and Type 28 machines were rebuilt as 2-4-0 locomotives, resulting in 31 Type 2bis locomotives.[3] The rebuild was done by decoupling and swapping out the leading 1.7 m wheeled axle of a Type 2 with a 1.45 m wheeled axle of a Type 28 locomotive.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dambly (1966).
- ↑ Tordeur (1909), pp. 42–43 (Chapter V).
- ↑ Vandenberghen (1988), pp. 99–102.
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.
- Morandiere, Jules (Jan 1886). "Les locomotives à l'Exposition d'Anvers 1885". Revue générale des chemins de fer (in French). Paris: P. Vicq-Dunod. 9, 1er Semestre: 33–47. OCLC 6536095.
- Vandenberghen, J. (1988). Période Belpaire - Masui (in French). Bruxelles: SNCB.
External links
- ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv. Chemins de Fer de l‘Etat belge, No 1628, Type 2 bis, viewer