Talk:Palestine Railways H class

Sister engines of the H class in other countries?
Historical sources say the H class was a standard World War I design that BLW supplied in considerable numbers to Europe and that a lot of them were sent to Belgium. I have been unable to find out what BLW called this standard design or any history of the ones that went to countries other than Palestine. Please can anyone with access to more detailed records of BLW history help to make these missing connections? Motacilla (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2011 (UTC)


 * According to, the other engines were ROD 801–870, and all went to the SNCB as their type 40, numbers 4001–4069, renumbered 40.001–40.069 in 1946.


 * Their BLW class would have been “10-32 D” – 10 = number of wheels; 32=19-inch cylinders [(19 - 3) × 2 = 32]; D = six-coupled (C = four-coupled, E = eight-coupled, etc.).


 * Could you please check your sources for the BLW works numbers? There are not enough works numbers given for 50 locos. Aves doesn’t quote them – not surprising as they are all over the place – I think they were allocated by Manufacturing not Sales department at this point in time. Note that I have a source that states 50359 and 50360 were Great Northern Railway (U.S.) O-1 class 2-8-2s. Thanks. — Iain Bell (talk) 17:07, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Actually I think my typos took in too many numbers for a class of 50 locos. Please check my corrections in the infobox. Thanks also for the number series and subsequent history of the sister locos in Belgium: Cotterell mentions Belgium but didn't give any details. Motacilla (talk) 23:16, 27 May 2011 (UTC)