Tubize 2069

Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0T
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1&fras1;2 in)
Driver dia.	1,100 mm (3.6 ft)
Loco weight	40 tonnes
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	1000 kg
Heating surface	104.75 m2
Cylinders	2
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Loco brake	Steam
Train brakes	Air, fitted 2000

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Atelier de Tubize Metalugieque
Serial number	2069
Build date	1927

HELENA
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Atelier de Tubize Metalugieque
Serial number	2069
Build date	1927
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0T
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1&fras1;2 in)
Driver dia.	1,100 mm (3.6 ft)
Loco weight	40 tonnes
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	1000 kg
Heating surface	104.75 m2
Cylinders	2
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Loco brake	Steam
Train brakes	Air, fitted 2000
Performance figures
Maximum speed	45 kilometres per hour (28 mph)
Career
Operators	SDP
Current owner	BVS
Disposition	In 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.

External links

[sdp3-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "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.

[sdp1-2] "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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