#3143· HLD 59
Belgian Railways Class 59
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Cockerill-Sambre· from 1954· class of 59 Belgian diesel locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2010-05-08 sncb 5941 Saint Ghislain PFT-TSP: Noben k· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. La Louvière febr 1980: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Brussel Noord jul 1980 13: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Brussel Noord jul 1980 14: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Gent Sint Pieters april 1982 21: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Kapellen 1984 goederentrein: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Liege Loc 201010: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Belgian Rail 61 005 Liege 2: Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Raeren abgestellte Lok 5: Norbert Schnitzler· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Berchem station 1986: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class 59 is a diesel locomotive of the National Railway Company of Belgium. The locomotive features dual-ended operation with end-of-train red marker lights. The hood features cantilever doors.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954
- number built
- 55
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Cockerill-Sambre
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B
- weight
- 84 t
- Dutch name
- HLD 59
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q756492, Wikipedia: Belgian Railways Class 59 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.