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Belgian Railway type 12

No. 2003 in Schaerbeek on a postcard from 1962

In 1939, the Belgian State Railways ordered Cockerill to build six streamlined Atlantics to speed up express trains between Brussels and Ostend. While this wheel arrangement was already unusual at the time, the inside...

Belgian Railway type 12Remove
Variant Standard
Built 1939
Manufacturers Cockerill
Wheel arrangement 2B1
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 21190 mm
Service mass 89000 kg
Top speed 140 km/h
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General

Property Belgian Railway type 12
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Built 1939
Manufacturers Cockerill
Wheel arrangement 4-4-2 (Atlantic)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Belgian Railway type 12
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Length 21.19 m
Wheelbase 9.89 m
Total wheelbase 17.52 m
Service mass 89 t
Adhesion mass 45.8 t
Rigid wheelbase 2.30 m
Axle load 23.6 t
Water capacity 24,000 l
Fuel capacity 8 t (coal)

Boiler

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Grate area 3.72 m²
Evaporative heating surface 160.6 m²
Superheater surface 63 m²
Total heating surface 223.6 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 2,100 mm
Boiler pressure 18 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 480 x 720 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Indicated power 1,840 kW (2,502 PS)
Top speed 140 km/h
Starting effort 120.9 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.72
Optimal speed 93 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 20.7 kW/t
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.94
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 11.29
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 60.11
Total/Superheater 1 : 2.55
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