The Belgian State Railways Type 6 was a class of steam locomotives for express passenger service on steep inclines, introduced in 1885. The three prototypes from 1885-1886 had a separate cab for the engineer, forward from the firebox, and would later be rebuilt to a more conventional arrangement with a single cab at the footplate.
They were superseded in 1897 by the similar but larger Type 16 Moguls, with twelve Type 6 receiving the improved Type 16 boiler that year. Owing to the deficiencies of the Belpaire firebox with a shallow grate, seven received new boilers with deep and narrow fireboxes, being reclassified as Type 6bis.
Construction history The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1885 to 1894. The machines had an outside frame and inside cylinders and a Walschaert valve gear.
Known production numbers Manufacturer / factory number Quantity Date in service État Belge numbers / Note Cockerill 1411 1 1884 EB 1818 (prototype) Cockerill 1456, 1480 2 1886 EB 1825, 235 385 – 387 3 1889 EB 100 (1C), 156 – 157 (1B1) Haine-Saint-Pierre 1 1891 EB 159 Franco-Belge 694 – 696 3 1889 EB 101, 105, 109 Franco-Belge 790 – 793 4 1891 – 1894 EB 81, 92, 94, 117 Franco-Belge 861 – 865 5 1892 EB 2101 – 2105 Franco-Belge 676 – 679 4 1893 EB 2111 – 2114 Franco-Belge 1000 1 1894 EB 39 Couillet 1011 – 1013 3 1891 EB 184, 224, 423 Couillet 1044 – 1048 5 1892 EB 2106 – 2110
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