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Ateliers De Construction De La Meuse
''Ateliers de construction de La Meuse'' (french: La société anonyme des Ateliers de construction de La Meuse) are a manufacturing and engineering company based in Liège in Belgium. During the period from 1888 to 1958, La Meuse built 1350 steam locomotives some for Belgian State Railways (later NMBS/SNCB), and many more for industrial networks. Of these a substantial number survive worldwide. The company still exists today, focusing on boilermaking, mechanics and the assembly of large-scale machinery. They have facilities in Sclessin and Seraing. History The origins of the business date back to the 16th century. During 1835 Charles Marcellis, forge master, moved his business to La Boverie, Liège. The company was set up as Société Anonyme des Ateliers de la Meuse. In 1872, the name was changed to Société Anonyme des Ateliers de construction de La Meuse. These new workshops were erected on the site they currently occupy between the Meuse river and the Paris-Namur-Liége-Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states, and therefore have associations and formal designations which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation (though a corporation need not be a public company), in the United Kingdom it is usually a public limited company (plc), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian State Railways Type 10
The Belgian State Railways Type 10, later known as the NMBS/SNCB Type 10, was a class of 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. The locomotives were noteworthy for their unusually short boiler, which ended behind all four cylinders. This was due to the class sharing the boiler design with the Type 36 2-10-0 freight design, and the 2-10-0's weight limitations determined the length of the boiler. There were two sub-types of the Type 10" *The first 29 engines were the most powerful; they mostly ran over hilly main lines, including the tough between Brussels, Namur, Arlon and Luxembourg City *The last 29 were slightly lighter and had a smaller firebox; they were intended for easier lines, including the level line between Brussels and Ostend. Despite these differences, the last sub-typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrada De Ferro Central Do Brasil
The Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil was one of the principal railways of Brazil, uniting the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Origins On 9 February 1855, The imperial government of Brazil signed a contract with Edward Price for the construction of the first section of a railway which had the aim of linking the court (then in the city of Rio de Janeiro) with the provinces of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. It was constituted as the ''Companhia de Estrada de Ferro Dom Pedro II'', under the directorship of Christiano Benedicto Ottoni. Works commenced on 11 June 1855 and on 29 March 1858, the 48 km gauge section from Rio de Janeiro to Freguesia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Marapicu (now Queimados) was completed. At this time there were 5 stations: Campo, Engenho Novo, Cascadura (all in the city of Rio), Maxambomba (now Nova Iguaçu) and Queimados. On 8 November the railway was extended to Belém (now Japeri) at the foot of the Serra do Mar. Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SEK Class Κγ
SEK (''Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous'', Hellenic State Railways) Class Κγ (or Class Kg; Kappa- gamma) is a class of 20 0-10-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles and no trailing wheels. In the United Kingdom, this type is known ... steam locomotives purchased from four Belgian locomotive manufacturers in 1929. They were given the class letters "Kg" and numbers 861 to 880. References * * http://balkanmodels.biz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=297 Κγ 0-10-0 locomotives Steam locomotives of Greece Railway locomotives introduced in 1929 Standard gauge locomotives of Greece {{steam-loco-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DRB Class 50
The DRB Class 50Wartime locomotives classes are prefixed DRB (Deutsche Reichsbahn) to distinguish them from those introduced by the DRG (prefixed DRG), which became defunct in 1937, and those introduced later by the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (prefixed DR). is a German class of 2-10-0 locomotive, built from 1939 as a standard locomotive (''Einheitsdampflokomotive'') for hauling goods trains. It had one leading axle and five coupled axles and was one of the most successful designs produced for the Deutsche Reichsbahn. This class was procured as part of the German Nazi party's preparations for war that led into the Second World War. Up to 1948, 3,164 Class 50 engines were built by almost all the European locomotive factories – towards the end as so-called provisional war locomotives (''Übergangskriegslokomotiven'') and classified as 50 ÜK. At the end of the steam locomotive era, they became virtually a universal class of mixed-traffic steam engine that, thanks to their lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian State Railways Type 51
The Belgian State Railways Type 51 was a class of steam locomotives for shunting and local train service, introduced in 1866. Construction history The locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1866 to 1905. The machines had an outside frame with the cylinders located inside the frame. During the extended period of time in which these machines were built they underwent various changes, e.g. in the design of the water tanks, shelter, boiler and overall length. References Bibliography * * * * * * 0-6-0T locomotives Steam locomotives of Belgium Standard gauge locomotives of Belgium C n2t locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1866 Shunting locomotives {{Steam-loco-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian State Railways Type 36
The NMBS/SNCB Type 36 was a class of Decapod steam locomotives built from 1909 to 1914 for heavy freight service in Belgium operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium. Design and construction The class was designed by engineer Jean-Baptiste Flamme and built by NMBS/SNCB themselves, in their central railway workshops in Mechelen, Belgium. Type Фл Some units were provided to World War I ally Russia. It was decided to sell 80 of them to the Russians, these would serve on the standard gauge lines of Galicia and in eastern Poland. However, some were lost at sea when a U-boat torpedoed the ship transporting them and others fell victim to derailments during their transport. 21 examples remained in France because of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the armistice signed with the Germans. Five others were found in Kiev by the Poles and were returned to Belgium in 1920. It is also thought that some locomotives were in Ukraine during Operation Faustschlag and subsequently bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian State Railways Type 32
The Belgian State Railways Type 32 was a class of steam locomotives for mixed service, introduced in 1902. Construction history In total, 502 Type 32 locomotives were built by various manufacturers from 1902 to 1910. The machines had an inside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for various kinds of steam engines. It is named after Robert Stephenson but was invented by his employees. ... also located inside. From 1905–1913 additionally 307 machines of the Type 32S, a closely related superheated variant, were built. The Type 32S had slightly different dimensions. References Bibliography * * * * 0-6-0 locomotives Steam locomotives of Belgium Standard gauge locomotives of Belgium C n2 locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1902 Cockerill locomotives Franco-Belge locomotives Caledonian Railway l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian State Railways Type 29
The Belgian State Railways Type 29 was a class of steam locomotives for freight service, introduced in 1875. Construction history The locomotives were built in two main series, the first series from 1875 to 1884 and the second from 1898 to 1901. The later machines differed by the dimensions of the boiler, the shelter, suspension and appearance of the smoke box. Some of the older series were eventually reboilered. The Type 29 was very similar to the Type 28, from which it differed mainly in the diameter of the wheels (1.30 m instead of 1.45 m) and some details of the chassis. The machines used a Belpaire firebox and had an outside frame with the cylinders and the Stephenson valve gear The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for various kinds of steam engines. It is named after Robert Stephenson but was invented by his employees. ... located inside the frame. References Bibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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