Belgian State Railways Type 28
The Belgian State Railways Type 28 was a class of goods steam locomotives introduced in 1864.
Construction history
The class was built from 1864 to 1883 by various Belgian manufacturers, with 9 additional locomotives built by Schneider - Le Creusot and 10 by Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe. The class had Belpaire fireboxes, external frames and internal cylinders connected by Stephenson valve gear.| Manufacturer / Factory numbers | Quantity | Date in service | État Belge numbers / Note |
| Cockerill 600 – 609 | 10 | – | EB 281 – 290 |
| Cockerill 612, 615 | 2 | EB 32, 8 | |
| Cockerill 657 – 665 | 9 | – | EB 179, 52, 46, 74, 22, 164, 126, 150, 113 |
| Cockerill 679 | 1 | EB 389 | |
| Cockerill 686, 685, 684, 683, 682 | 5 | – | EB 944 – 948 |
| Cockerill 759 – 763 | 5 | – | EB 582 – 586 |
| Cockerill 825 – 829 | 5 | – | EB 622 – 626 |
| Cockerill 921 – 930 | 10 | – | EB 570 – 571, 573 – 574, 762 – 767 |
| Cockerill 1234 – 1240 | 7 | EB 1476, 1478 – 1483 | |
| Cockerill 1334 – 1347 | 14 | – | EB 1614 – 1627 |
| 244 – 247 | 4 | EB 62, 2, 99, 260 | |
| Saint-Léonard 351 – 357 | 7 | – | EB 6, 23, 69, 88, 114, 203 – 204 |
| Saint-Léonard 360 – 363 | 4 | – | EB 592 – 595 |
| Saint-Léonard 371 – 375 | 5 | – | EB 612 – 616 |
| Saint-Léonard 382 – 390 | 9 | – | EB 661 – 669 |
| Saint-Léonard 412 – 421 | 10 | – | EB 721 – 730 |
| Saint-Léonard 422 – 431 | 10 | – | EB 475, 539, 545, 554, 555, 562, 563, 566, 568, 569 |
| Saint-Léonard 437 – 442 | 6 | – | EB 830 – 835 |
| Saint-Léonard 445 – 450 | 6 | – | EB 1038 – 1043 |
| Saint-Léonard 612 – 625 | 14 | État Belge | |
| Saint-Léonard 928 | 1 | EB 718 | |
| Saint-Léonard 1126 | 1 | ||
| Evrard 67 – 69 | 3 | – | EB 297 – 299 |
| Evrard 93 – 102 | 10 | – | EB 365 – 374 |
| Evrard 168 – 173 | 6 | – | EB 587 – 591, 596 |
| Evrard 184 – 191 | 8 | – | EB 617 – 621, 631 – 633 |
| Evrard 228 – 237 | 9 | – | EB 733, 731 – 732, 734 – 738, 740, 739 |
| Evrard 253 – 262 | 10 | – | EB 131, 149, 181, 87, 29, 34, 53, 184, 430, 472 |
| Evrard 275 | 1 | EB 836 | |
| Evrard 372, 374, 379 – 380 | 4 | EB 1472 – 1475 | |
| Couillet 155 – 158 | 4 | - | EB 311 – 314 |
| Couillet | 1 | EB 300 | |
| Couillet 164 – 166 | 3 | – | EB 316 – 318 |
| Couillet | 2 | EB 319 – 320 | |
| Couillet 175 – 183 | 9 | – | EB 10, 9, 16, 19, 31, 51, 61, 72, 134 |
| Couillet 259 – 266 | 8 | – | EB 607 – 611, 634 – 636 |
| Couillet 269 – 274 | 6 | – | EB 675, 670 – 674 |
| Couillet 306 – 310 | 5 | – | EB 799, 801, 803, 805, 807 |
| Couillet 546 – 552 | 7 | – | EB 1477, 1466 – 1471 |
| Tubize 56 | 1 | EB 315 | |
| Tubize 143 – 148 | 6 | – | EB 602, 597 – 601 |
| Tubize 158 – 166 | 9 | – | EB 627 – 630, 676 – 680 |
| Tubize 271 – 275 | 5 | – | EB 798, 800, 802, 804, 806 |
| Tubize 546 – 552 | 7 | EB 1635 – 1641 | |
| Karlsruhe 286 – 295 | 10 | – | EB 350 – 359 |
| Schneider - Le Creusot 1046 – 1054 | 9 | – | EB 111, 115, 120, 151, 170, 199, 376 – 378 |
| 119 | 1 | EB 94 | |
| Haine-Saint-Pierre 196 – 202 | 7 | EB 1628 – 1634 | |
| Carels 160 – 164 | 5 | – | EB 1484 – 1488 |
They received new boilers in 1889, 1896 and 1898. The Arsenal of Mechelen rebuilt several old Type 30 and 33 to the Type 28's designbis. Several were rebuilt as Type 29, Type 2 and Type 2bis.