CFV3V

Constructor :

s.a. Cockerill - Seraing

Year of construction:

1913

Boiler number :

Vertical - System Field n° 1/14040 of 1951

Registration :

458 Province of Namur of 1958 - 368 Province of Hainaut of 1968.

Order of axles :

020 T

Empty weight :

10 t

Brake :

Steam

Working pressure :

10 bar

Firebox :

Steel

Heating surface :

15,172 m²

Maximum power :

30 HP = 22 kW

Axles :

600 mm of diameter

Other :

This engine was used until 1955 at the company Heuze – Malevez – Simon in Auvelais.
Afterwards it was used until 1980 by the company Adhémar Demanet in Gosselies.
There were 942 engines build by Cockerill between 1871 and 1950.
Because they had a standing boiler they were named “The Bottle”.
There use was limited to shunting wagons on the grounds of building sites, small factories and quarries.
Towed by 551.662, she arrived at Mariembourg on 26 December 1980.
She was named “Micheline”.
Property of CFV3V.
Stored in good condition in our museum.