The locomotive was built for the first main line on the European mainland, the Brussels-Mechelen line.[2]
Replicas
A replica locomotive was built at the workshops of Boissellerie Cognaut for the 150th anniversary in 1980 of the formation of
Belgium. Another replica was built in 1885 and is now displayed at
Train World, the museum of the
National Railways of Belgium, in
Schaerbeek,
Brussels.