The Belgian State Railways Type 5 was a class of steam locomotives for local passenger service, introduced in 1880.
Construction history The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1880 to 1881. The machines had an outside frame with the cylinders and the Walschaert located inside the frame. Starting with 1900 the machines received new boilers, with overall weight increasing to .
+ Production quantities Manufacturer Serial numbers Quantity Date in service État Belge Numbers Franco-Belge 326–335 10 1881 EB 1220–1224, 1278–1282 Franco-Belge 340–341, 343, 342, 339,344–345, 349–350, 355, 351 11 1881 EB 1357–1367 552–558 7 1881 EB 227, 229, 536, 564, 862, 971, 1425 Franco-Belge 354, 353, 356, 358, 357,360, 359, 361 8 1881 EB 1426–1433 Zimmermann-Hanrez 76 1 1900 EB 1218 (Type 5bis, possibly a rebuild)
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