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 numbersQuantityDate in serviceÉtat Belge numbers / Note
Cockerill 600 – 60910EB 281 – 290
Cockerill 612, 6152EB 32, 8
Cockerill 657 – 6659EB 179, 52, 46, 74, 22, 164, 126, 150, 113
Cockerill 6791EB 389
Cockerill 686, 685, 684, 683, 6825EB 944 – 948
Cockerill 759 – 7635EB 582 – 586
Cockerill 825 – 8295EB 622 – 626
Cockerill 921 – 93010EB 570 – 571, 573 – 574, 762 – 767
Cockerill 1234 – 12407EB 1476, 1478 – 1483
Cockerill 1334 – 134714EB 1614 – 1627
244 – 2474EB 62, 2, 99, 260
Saint-Léonard 351 – 3577EB 6, 23, 69, 88, 114, 203 – 204
Saint-Léonard 360 – 3634EB 592 – 595
Saint-Léonard 371 – 3755EB 612 – 616
Saint-Léonard 382 – 3909EB 661 – 669
Saint-Léonard 412 – 42110EB 721 – 730
Saint-Léonard 422 – 43110EB 475, 539, 545, 554, 555, 562, 563, 566, 568, 569
Saint-Léonard 437 – 4426EB 830 – 835
Saint-Léonard 445 – 4506EB 1038 – 1043
Saint-Léonard 612 – 62514État Belge
Saint-Léonard 9281EB 718
Saint-Léonard 11261
Evrard 67 – 693EB 297 – 299
Evrard 93 – 10210EB 365 – 374
Evrard 168 – 1736EB 587 – 591, 596
Evrard 184 – 1918EB 617 – 621, 631 – 633
Evrard 228 – 2379EB 733, 731 – 732, 734 – 738, 740, 739
Evrard 253 – 26210EB 131, 149, 181, 87, 29, 34, 53, 184, 430, 472
Evrard 2751EB 836
Evrard 372, 374, 379 – 3804EB 1472 – 1475
Couillet 155 – 1584 - EB 311 – 314
Couillet1EB 300
Couillet 164 – 1663EB 316 – 318
Couillet2EB 319 – 320
Couillet 175 – 1839EB 10, 9, 16, 19, 31, 51, 61, 72, 134
Couillet 259 – 2668EB 607 – 611, 634 – 636
Couillet 269 – 2746EB 675, 670 – 674
Couillet 306 – 3105EB 799, 801, 803, 805, 807
Couillet 546 – 5527EB 1477, 1466 – 1471
Tubize 561EB 315
Tubize 143 – 1486EB 602, 597 – 601
Tubize 158 – 1669EB 627630, 676 – 680
Tubize 271 – 2755EB 798, 800, 802, 804, 806
Tubize 546 – 5527EB 1635 – 1641
Karlsruhe 286 – 29510EB 350359
Schneider - Le Creusot 1046 – 10549EB 111, 115, 120, 151, 170, 199, 376 – 378
1191EB 94
Haine-Saint-Pierre 196 – 2027EB 1628 – 1634
Carels 160 – 1645EB 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.