SNCB Type 1


The NMBS/SNCB Type 1 was a class of steam locomotives built in 1935 and 1938 for working heavy express passenger trains operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.

Design, construction and service history

Thirty five type 1 locomotives were built by the Société Anonyme la Métallurgique at its Tubize factory. They had a high degree of superheat, and a firebox that was so wide, it had two firehole doors.
The members of the class were retired in 1962.
One locomotive, no. 1.002, has been preserved by the NMBS/SNCB. It is displayed at the Treignes railway museum of heritage railway CFV3V in the far south of Belgium.