Belgian State Railways Type 30

Class of 82 Belgian 0-6-0 locomotives

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Driver dia.1,520 mm (4 ft 11+7⁄8 in)Wheelbase4.572 m (15 ft 0 in)Length9.209 m (30 ft 2+1⁄2 in)Loco weight46 t (101,000 lb)Firebox: • Grate area2.5235 m² (27.163 sq ft)Boiler pressure12 atm (1.22 MPa; 176 psi)Heating surface104.2948 m² (1,122.620 sq ft)CylindersTwo, insideCylinder size457 mm × 660 mm (18.0 in × 26.0 in)Valve gearStephenson

Performance figures
Tractive effort	7,294 kg (16,081 lb)

Career
Operators	Belgian State Railways
Class	Type 30
Numbers	État Belge: 2503–2514, 2823–2892
Withdrawn	1948
Disposition	Most Scrapped

The Belgian State Railways Type 30 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives for mixed service, introduced in 1900.^[1]

Construction history

The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1900 to 1901.^[1] The machines had an inside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear also located inside.^[2]

Production quantities^[3]
Manufacturer	Serial Numbers	Quantity	Date in service	État Belge Numbers
Saint-Léonard [fr]^[4]^[5]	1190–1194	5	1900	EB 2503–2506, 2514
Haine-Saint-Pierre [fr]^[6]	638–644	7	1900	EB 2507–2513
Saint-Léonard^[4]^[5]	1270–1277	8	1901–1902	EB 2823–2830
Haine-Saint-Pierre^[6]	690–698	9	1901–1902	EB 2831–2839
Carels Frères^[7]	380–385	6	1901	EB 2840–2845
Zimmermann-Hanrez	582–585	4	1901	EB 2846–2849
Couillet^[8]	1320–1327	8	1901–1902	EB 2850–2857
Tubize^[9]^[10]	1275–1283	9	1901	EB 2858–2866
Franco-Belge^[11]	1349–1358	10	1901	EB 2867–2876
Cockerill^[12]	2322–2329	8	1901–1902	EB 2877–2884
Énergie (Marcinelle) [fr]^[13]	61–68	8	1901	EB 2885–2892

References

^ ^a ^b Dambly (1967).
^ Tordeur (1909), chpt. V, pp. 9–11.
^ Vandenberghen (1988), pp. 126–127.
^ ^a ^b Dagant (1974), p. 111.
^ ^a ^b Société de Saint-Léonard (1903).
^ ^a ^b Dagant (1974), p. 146.
^ Dagant (1974), p. 158.
^ Dagant (1974), p. 124.
^ Dagant (1974), p. 100.
^ Delporte (2019).
^ Dagant (1974), p. 134.
^ Dagant (1974), p. 88.
^ Dagant (1974), p. 161.

Bibliography

Tordeur, Emile (1909). Le Machiniste des Chemins de Fer Belges (in French).
Dambly, Phil (Apr 1967). "Septième période, 1898-1908. - Régime Mac Intosh". Le Rail (in French). No. 128.
Vandenberghen, J. (1988). Periode Mac Intosh 1898-1904 (in French). Bruxelles: SNCB.
Dagant, André (1974). "Cent vingt-cinq ans de construction de locomotives à vapeur en Belgique". Bulletin de l'Institut archéologique liégeois (in French). 86. Liège: Maison Curtius: 23–244.
Société de Saint-Léonard (1903). Catalogue de présentation - avec une planche par locomotive (PDF) (in French). Liège.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Delporte, Luc (11 Jun 2019). "Locomotive à marchandises – Tubize type 72 (type 30 EB)". Musée 'de la Porte'. Retrieved March 1, 2021.