# Belgian State Railways Type 28

The Belgian State Railways Type 28 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives for freight service, introduced in 1864.

## Construction history

The locomotives were built from 1864 to 1883 by various Belgian manufacturers, with additionally 9 machines built by Schneider - Le Creusot and 10 machines built by Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe. The machines used a Belpaire firebox and had an outside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear located inside the frame.
Known production numbers (Type 28) :
| Manufacturer / Factory numbers | Quantity | Date in service | État Belge numbers / Note |
| Cockerill 600 – 609 | 10 | Apr 1865 – Jul 1865 | EB 281 – 290 |
| Cockerill 612, 615 | 2 | Oct 1867 | EB 32, 8 |
| Cockerill 657 – 665 | 9 | Oct 1866 – Dec 1866 | EB 179, 52, 46, 74, 22, 164, 126, 150, 113 |
| Cockerill 679 | 1 | 1868 | EB 389 |
| Cockerill 686, 685, 684, 683, 682 | 5 | Jun 1870 – Jul 1870 | EB 944 – 948 (former GCL [fr] 97 – 101) |
| Cockerill 759 – 763 | 5 | Dec 1871 – Jan 1872 | EB 582 – 586 |
| Cockerill 825 – 829 | 5 | Sep 1872 – Nov 1872 | EB 622 – 626 |
| Cockerill 921 – 930 | 10 | May 1874 – Jun 1874 | EB 570 – 571, 573 – 574, 762 – 767 |
| Cockerill 1234 – 1240 | 7 | 1882 | EB 1476, 1478 – 1483 |
| Cockerill 1334 – 1347 | 14 | 1882 – 1883 | EB 1614 – 1627 |
| Saint-Léonard [fr] 244 – 247 | 4 | 1865 | EB 62, 2, 99, 260 |
| Saint-Léonard 351 – 357 | 7 | Jun 1871 – Dec 1871 | EB 6, 23, 69, 88, 114, 203 – 204 |
| Saint-Léonard 360 – 363 | 4 | Dec 1871 – Jan 1872 | EB 592 – 595 |
| Saint-Léonard 371 – 375 | 5 | Apr 1872 – Jun 1872 | EB 612 – 616 |
| Saint-Léonard 382 – 390 | 9 | Jul 1872 – Nov 1872 | EB 661 – 669 |
| Saint-Léonard 412 – 421 | 10 | Apr 1873 – Dec 1873 | EB 721 – 730 |
| Saint-Léonard 422 – 431 | 10 | Mar 1874 – Jul 1874 | EB 475, 539, 545, 554, 555, 562, 563, 566, 568, 569 |
| Saint-Léonard 437 – 442 | 6 | Dec 1874 – Apr 1875 | EB 830 – 835 |
| Saint-Léonard 445 – 450 | 6 | Apr 1876 – Aug 1876 | EB 1038 – 1043 |
| Saint-Léonard 612 – 625 | 14 | 1883 | État Belge |
| Saint-Léonard 928 | 1 | 1892 | EB 718 (former CF Liége–Maestricht 8) |
| Saint-Léonard 1126 | 1 | 1898 | CF de la Flandre-Occidentale [fr] |
| Evrard 67 – 69 | 3 | Jun 1867 – Jul 1867 | EB 297 – 299 |
| Evrard 93 – 102 | 10 | Nov 1866 – Apr 1867 | EB 365 – 374 |
| Evrard 168 – 173 | 6 | Jan 1872 – Feb 1872 | EB 587 – 591, 596 |
| Evrard 184 – 191 | 8 | Nov 1872 – Feb 1873 | EB 617 – 621, 631 – 633 |
| Evrard 228 – 237 | 9 | Mar 1874 – May 1874 | EB 733, 731 – 732, 734 – 738, 740, 739 |
| Evrard 253 – 262 | 10 | Jun 1874 – Sep 1874 | EB 131, 149, 181, 87, 29, 34, 53, 184, 430, 472 |
| Evrard 275 | 1 | Jun 1875 | EB 836 |
| Evrard 372, 374, 379 – 380 | 4 | 1882 | EB 1472 – 1475 |
| Couillet 155 – 158 | 4 | Jul 1865 - Sep 1865 | EB 311 – 314 |
| Couillet | 1 | Aug 1865 | EB 300 |
| Couillet 164 – 166 | 3 | Mar 1865 – Aug 1865 | EB 316 – 318 |
| Couillet | 2 | Jan 1866 | EB 319 – 320 |
| Couillet 175 – 183 | 9 | Jan 1866 – Dec 1866 | EB 10, 9, 16, 19, 31, 51, 61, 72, 134 |
| Couillet 259 – 266 | 8 | Jul 1872 – Dec 1872 | EB 607 – 611, 634 – 636 |
| Couillet 269 – 274 | 6 | Dec 1873 – Mar 1873 | EB 675, 670 – 674 |
| Couillet 306 – 310 | 5 | Aug 1874 – Oct 1874 | EB 799, 801, 803, 805, 807 |
| Couillet 546 – 552 | 7 | Nov 1881 – Jan 1882 | EB 1477, 1466 – 1471 |
| Tubize 56 | 1 | Aug 1865 | EB 315 |
| Tubize 143 – 148 | 6 | Oct 1871 – Jan 1872 | EB 602, 597 – 601 |
| Tubize 158 – 166 | 9 | Feb 1872 – Dec 1872 | EB 627 – 630, 676 – 680 |
| Tubize 271 – 275 | 5 | May 1874 – Jul 1874 | EB 798, 800, 802, 804, 806 |
| Tubize 546 – 552 | 7 | 1883 | EB 1635 – 1641 |
| Karlsruhe 286 – 295 | 10 | Dec 1866 – Apr 1867 | EB 350 – 359 |
| Schneider - Le Creusot 1046 – 1054 | 9 | Aug 1867 – Oct 1867 | EB 111, 115, 120, 151, 170, 199, 376 – 378 |
| Haine-Saint-Pierre [fr] 119 | 1 | 1877 | EB 94 |
| Haine-Saint-Pierre 196 – 202 | 7 | 1883 | EB 1628 – 1634 |
| Carels 160 – 164 | 5 | 1881 – 1882 | EB 1484 – 1488 |
In 1889, 1896 and 1898 the machines received new boilers. Also the Arsenal of Mechelen transformed several old Type 30 and 33 into Type 28$^{bis}$.
Several machines were rebuilt as Type 29, Type 2 and Type 2$^{bis}$.
Overview of production quantities (Type 28, 29, 2, 2$^{bis}$) :
| Manufacturer | Years | Type 28 | Type 29 | Type 2 | Type 2$^{bis}$ | Note |
| Cockerill | | overall 180 (Type 28, 29, 2) | overall 180 (Type 28, 29, 2) | overall 180 (Type 28, 29, 2) | | Belgian State Railways |
| Tubize | | 23 | 90 | 4 | 7 | Belgian State Railways |
| Saint-Léonard [fr] | 1865–1883 | 75 | | | | Belgian State Railways: 1865–1875 (61), 1883 (14) |
| Saint-Léonard | 1892 | 1 | | | | Chemin de fer Liége–Maestricht |
| Saint-Léonard | 1898 | 1 | | | | Chemin de fer de la Flandre Occidentale |
| Saint-Léonard | 1876–1898 | | 48 | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Couillet | 1865–1874 | 35 | | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Couillet | 1875–1885 | | | 27 | | Belgian State Railways |
| Couillet | 1876–1890 | | 128 | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Franco-Belge | | 54 | | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Franco-Belge | 1873 | | | 36 | | Belgian State Railways (32), Russia (4) |
| Franco-Belge | 1875 | | 39 | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Haine-Saint-Pierre [fr] | 1876–1899 | | 41 | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Haine-Saint-Pierre | | 1 | | 19 | 2 | Belgian State Railways |
| La Meuse | | | 6 | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Carels Frères | | 5 | 58 | 15 | | Belgian State Railways |
| Boussu [fr] | 1889 | | 5 | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Zimmermann-Hanrez | 1883–1884, 1899 | | 11 | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Schneider - Le Creusot | | 9 | | | | Belgian State Railways |
| Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe | | 10 | | | | Belgian State Railways |