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===Belgium=== The [[Belgian State Railways]] ordered 91 inside-cylinder 2-6-2 [[tank engine]]s between 1878 and 1881 ([[Belgian State Railways Type 4]]) with large drivers and side tanks longer than the boiler.<ref>{{Citation|title=Etat Belge 1458|date=2016-06-16|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/97177204@N03/27613681712/|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> They hauled commuter trains and fast trains on short lines. Some of them survived the war and were used on local trains until 1930.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rixke.tassignon.be/spip.php?article461&artpage=3-3&lang=fr|title=Troisième période, 1864-1884 - Régime Belpaire - Rixke Rail's Archives|website=rixke.tassignon.be|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> After [[World War I]], the Belgian State Railways were desperately needing new engines in order to replace the ones that were lost or damaged during the war. They purchased 63 2-6-2 [[Tank locomotive#Saddle tank|Saddle tank]] engines from the [[Railway Operating Division]] (Belgian State Railways Type 22, later [[SNCB Type 57]]) and used them for switching and light freight trains until the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://rixke.tassignon.be/spip.php?article522&artpage=2-2 | title=Neuvième période, 1914-1919 – Première guerre mondiale et locomotives « (...) - Rixke Rail's Archives}}</ref>
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