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The Belgian State Railways Type 10, later known as the NMBS/SNCB Type 10, was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives built between 1910 and 1914.. The class was used to work express trains operated by the Belgian State Railways and its successor, the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB), which was established in 1926.
Converted from Class 21: Class 25.5: BN/ACEC (1960, converted 1973) 8 Withdrawn 2008 1740 kW (2333 hp) 3000 V DC, 1500 V DC Converted from Class 25: Class 28: Bombardier (2007-2010) 43 In Service n/a 5600 kW (7510 hp) 3000 V DC, 1500 V DC Leased, part of the Traxx family Class 29: Bombardier (2010) 5 In service outside Belgium 2012 5600 kW ...
It was inspired by the precedents of the French constitutions of 1791, 1814 and 1830, the Dutch constitution of 1814 and English constitutional principles. Belgium was established as a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature. Powers were separated between the executive, legislative, and judiciary.
Two members of the class, no. 29.013 & 29.164, have been preserved by the NMBS/SNCB. 29.013 for display at Train World, the Belgian national railway museum at Schaarbeek railway station in north-central Brussels, and 29.164 at a depot near Haine-Saint-Pierre, surviving as mobile steam heater A621.904.
Belgium, [a] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [b] is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. It covers an area of 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) [4] and has a population of more than 11.7 million ...
There exists but one country in the civilised world where every strike is eagerly and joyously turned into a pretext for the official massacre of the Working Class. That country of single blessedness is Belgium! the model state of continental constitutionalism, the snug, well-hedged, little paradise of the landlord, the capitalist, and the ...
Several are now running on push-pull Benelux trains, alongside NS Class 186 (NS TRAXX F140 MS). These trains have a locomotive at each end; some trains feature a Class 186 at one end and a Class 28 at the other one. They also work on the heavy freight corridor between Aachen-West, Antwerp, and Zeebrugge.
This is a schematic overview of the basic federal structure of Belgium as defined by Title I of the Belgian Constitution. Each of the entities either have their own parliament and government (for the federal state, the communities and the regions) or their own council and executive college (for provinces and municipalities). The entities in italics do not have their own institutions ...