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Le Belge Specifications Configuration: • UIC 1A1 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in )Driver dia.1,524 mm (60.0 in)[1] Loco weight 11,560 kg (25,490 lb) (in running order)[2] Boiler pressure 4 kg/cm2 (390 kPa; 57 psi)[2] Heating surface: • Firebox 0.86 m2 (9.3 sq ft)[2] • Total surface 33.6 m2 (362 sq ft)[2] Cylinders 2[2] Cylinder size 280 mm (11 in) (bore ) xstroke )[2]
Performance figures Maximum speed 60 km/h (37 mph)[1] Power output 40 hp (30 kW)[1] or 50 hp[2]
Le Belge 2-2-2 Patentee steam locomotive with tender , built in 1835 by the company founded by John Cockerill in Seraing , Belgium . It was the first steam railway locomotive built in Belgium, and was built under license to a design by Robert Stephenson & Co.
Design and operation [ edit ] The locomotive was built for the first main line on the European mainland, the Brussels-Mechelen line.[2]
Replicas [ edit ] A replica locomotive was built at the workshops of Boissellerie Cognaut for the 150th anniversary in 1980 of the formation of Belgium . Another replica was built in 1885 and is now displayed at Train World , the museum of the National Railways of Belgium , in Schaerbeek , Brussels .
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