HELENA
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderAtelier de Tubize Metalugieque
Serial number2069
Build date1927[1]
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0T
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,100 mm (3.6 ft)
Loco weight40 tonnes[1]
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity1000 kg[1]
Heating surface104.75 m2[1]
Cylinders2[1]
Valve gearWalschaerts[1]
Loco brakeSteam
Train brakesAir, fitted 2000[1]
Performance figures
Maximum speed45 kilometres per hour (28 mph)[1]
Career
OperatorsSDP[1]
Current ownerBVS
DispositionIn service

Tubize 2069 is a preserved Belgian industrial steam locomotive built by Ateliers de Tubize. The wheel notation is 0-6-0T. The locomotive has been named "HELENA".[2]

At least 15 locomotives of this type were built. Three were built for the National Local Railways Company (Dutch: Nationale Maatschappij van de Buurtspoorwegen). At least three (but no more than six) were built for Métallurgie Hoboken Overpelt factory. Loco No 2069 was one of them.

Tubize 2069 was used by Métallurgie Hoboken Overpelt until the 1970s. Later it came to the SDP heritage railway (in Dendermonde). It has been restored now and is operational during the summer of 2010.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Lok 4: Tubize 2069 "Helena" Pagina 3 van 3" (in Dutch). Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Lok 4: Tubize 2069 "Helena" Pagina 1 van 3" (in Dutch). Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.


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