#3590· HLD 62
Belgian Railways Class 62
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi· from 1961· class of 136 Belgian diesel locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 6306-6329 at Kinkempois: Peter van den Bossche (aka user:Lhoon )· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Sncb 6276 - ostende - 13-02-1980: Max Batten· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3. Herentals april 1982 03: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. HLD 6256 verte Infrabel: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 10.09.87 Enghien 5106 & 6263 (5804298934): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Herentals april 1982 04: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 1983 Oudenaarde station: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Série 62 Infrabel de la SNCB à Walcourt1: Mini1300· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Série 62 Infrabel de la SNCB à Walcourt2: Mini1300· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Série 62 Infrabel de la SNCB à Walcourt3: Mini1300· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class 62 is a diesel locomotive of the Belgian State Railways. These diesels found use all over Belgium. Five (6321, 6325, 6391-6393) were sold to ACTS in the Netherlands in 1999.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–1966
- number built
- 136
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi, La Brugeoise et Nivelles
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.8 m
- weight
- 78.6 t
- Dutch name
- HLD 62
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q743608, Wikipedia: Belgian Railways Class 62 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.