ARBED Mines 2

Manufacturer: Jeumont

Type: BB20

Year of manufacture: 1962

Weight: 44 metric tons

Performance: 2 × 112 kW

Original track width: 700 mm

Last operated by: ARBED French Mines

Construction Number 64
This locomotive, just like its sister locomotive, ARBED No. 1, is identical to the factory model.
Both locomotives are based on the series delivered to the Mines de St. Pierremont.
These two locomotives were delivered to the St. Pierremont Mine in 1954.
The main difference is that these two other locomotives weigh only 36 metric tons. This is because they were designed to be lowered in separate parts through a haulage shaft.

For this reason, all four locomotives can be disassembled into six main parts:
2 bogies
main undercarriage
2 end crossbeams
cab
However, the main components of the locomotives are largely identical in design. This is particularly evident in the individual parts of the main running gear, the end crossbeams, and the bogies.
The locomotive was used by ARBED Mines Françaises at the Kraemer Mine in Volmerange-les-Mines.
After ARBED ceased iron ore production in 1997, the locomotive was added to the Minièresbunn collection.

ARBED had a total of 2 locomotives (1, 2) of this type in service.