Tubize 2069

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 1⁄2 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

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 1⁄2 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".

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.

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