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 built in Canada and the United States, and supplied to Belgium under the auspices of what later became known as the Marshall Plan.

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 (59.84 in) Wheelbase 8,407 mm (27 ft 7 in) Loco weight 84.5 tonnes (83.2 long tons; 93.1 short tons) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 4.40 m2 (47.4 sq ft) Boiler pressure 15.75 atm (1.60 MPa; 231 psi) Heating surface 183 m2 (1,970 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 73 m2 (790 sq ft) Cylinders Two (external) Cylinder size 22 in × 28 in (558.80 mm × 711.20 mm)
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]. Vol. 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.