SNCB Type 29

The NMBS/SNCB Type 29 was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives built between 1945 and 1946. The class was ordered and used to help revive the operations of the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) following World War II. The locomotives were assembled in Canada and the United States, and supplied to Belgium under the auspices of what later became known as the Marshall Plan.[1]

NMBS/SNCB Type 29
Preserved 29.013 in 1975.
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Montreal Locomotive Works: 160 American Locomotive Company: 80 Canadian Locomotive Company: 60 Serial number MLW: 74498–74657 Alco: 74707–74785 CLC: 2288–2347 Build date 1945–46 Total produced 300
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-0  • UIC 1′D h2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge Driver dia. 1,520 mm (59 ^13⁄16 in) Wheelbase 8,407 mm (27 ft 7 in) Loco weight 84.5 tonnes (83.2 long tons; 93.1 short tons) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 4.40 m^2 (47.4 sq ft) Boiler pressure 15.75 atm (1.60 MPa; 231 psi) Heating surface 183 m^2 (1,970 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 73 m^2 (790 sq ft) Cylinders Two (external) Cylinder size 559 mm × 711 mm (22 in × 28 in)
Performance figures Power output 2,000 CV (1,470 kW; 1,970 hp)
Career Operators NMBS/SNCB Class Type 29 Numbers 29.001–29.300 Preserved One: 29.013 Disposition One preserved, remainder scrapped

One member of the class, no. 29.013, has been preserved by the NMBS/SNCB for display at Train World, the Belgian national railway museum at Schaarbeek railway station in north-central Brussels.

See also

• History of rail transport in Belgium
• List of SNCB/NMBS classes
• Rail transport in Belgium
• China Railways KD7

References

• Dambly, Phil (1994). Vapeur en Belgique [Steam in Belgium]. Tome 2: De 1914 aux dernières fumées [Volume 2: From 1914 to last smoke]. Brussels: G. Blanchart & Cie. ISBN 2872020136. (in French)
• Smith, J. D. H. "EB/SNCB/NMBS steam locomotives". Standard steam locomotives. Retrieved 2012-09-26.

1. 1940-59: War and Peace .... Post-war steam .... SNCB 29 19454. The Train Book: The Definitive Visual History. Dorling Kindersley (DK). 2014. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-4093-4796-5.