Steam locomotive 29.013 on the turntable in front of the depot. NMBS - Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen - National Belgian Railway Company with also a French name: SNCB - Société Nationale Chemins de Fer Belges, but Aalst is Flanders and Flemish the language.

Unidentified Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen (NMBS) / Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges (SNCB) 2-6-0T at Ostend, Belgium - 22/08/1954.

Liège Palais PFT TSP 26.101

The NMBS/SNCB Type 1 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives built in 1935 and 1938 for working heavy express passenger trains operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium .

Steam locomotive 29.013 seen with some of her sisters at the depot. Less than two months after this picture was taken - December 20th 1966 - the end of the steam era in Belgium This engine escaped the man with the hammer and was preserved in a run able condition.

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