#3588· HLD 51
Belgian Railways Class 51
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Cockerill-Sambre· from 1961· class of 93 Belgian diesel locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 5175 farewell: Peter Van den Bossche from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. NMBS 5102: BB.12069· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 2011-08-15 SNCB HLD 5183 as preserved by PFT heritage Railway: Noben k· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 2014-09-27 sncb typ 16 Steam loc preserved at Treignes museum: Noben k· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. 1984 Juni Lichtervelde voor elektrificatie: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Edingen station 1983: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. NMBS 5145: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. CFV3V-5120-20100718-02: Mark Deltaflyer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Lille Flandres okt 1986: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 06.10.91 Mol 5162 (14804820515): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The NMBS/SNCB Class 51 is a class of Co′Co′ diesel locomotive formerly used in Belgium.
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.
- 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1961–2003).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–1963
- in service from
- 1961
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- 93
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Cockerill-Sambre
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 20.2 m
- weight
- 117 t
- Dutch name
- HLD 51
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q633402, Wikipedia: Belgian Railways Class 51 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.