| Le Belge |
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| Specifications |
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Configuration:
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| • UIC | 1A1 |
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| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Driver dia. | 1,524 mm (60.0 in) |
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| Loco weight | 11,560 kg (25,490 lb) (in running order) |
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| Boiler pressure | 4 kg/cm2 (390 kPa; 57 psi) |
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| Heating surface: | |
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| • Firebox | 0.86 m2 (9.3 sq ft) |
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| • Total surface | 33.6 m2 (362 sq ft) |
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| Cylinders | 2 |
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| Cylinder size | 280 mm (11.02 in) (bore) x
458 mm (18.03 in) (stroke) |
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| Performance figures |
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| Maximum speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |
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| Power output | 40 hp (30 kW)
or 50 hp or 37 kW ) |
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Le Belge (French; lit. 'The Belgian') was a 2-2-2 Patentee type steam locomotive with tender built in 1835 and operational until 1869. Built by John Cockerill & Cie under license from the British firm Robert Stephenson & Co., it was the first railway locomotive built in Belgium and among the first in Continental Europe.