#4881· HLE 19
Belgian Railways Class 19
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi· from 1993· locomotive class
what is it?
Class 19 is a class of electric locomotives operated by NMBS/SNCB, the state train operator of Belgium. During 1993 Class 21 locomotive 2130 was converted for use as a test bed for the development of future class 13. It was renumbered into Class 19 as 1901 for the testing program and was the only member of the class.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 33 years ago, in 1993.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 4.5 MW is about 53 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi, La Brugeoise et Nivelles
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 4.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC, 3000 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 18.7 m
- weight
- 88 t
- Dutch name
- HLE 19
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1254301, Wikipedia: Belgian Railways Class 19 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.