#3809· HLR 73
Belgian Railways Class 73
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by La Brugeoise et Nivelles· from 1965· class of 95 Belgian diesel locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CFV3V-SNCB 7304: Claude Shoshany· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. HLR73 In Bruges: RoyalCube· CC0
- 3. Class 73 switcher (197103210): LHOON from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Class 73 is a class of diesel locomotives operated by SNCB/NMBS in Belgium. The class formed the backbone of the NMBS/SNCB shunter fleet. Class 77s have replaced them but they are still to be found across 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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- 550 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1965–1977
- status
- in service
- number built
- 95
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- La Brugeoise et Nivelles
- operators
- SNCB/NMBS
- top speed
- —
- power
- 550 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 11.4 m
- weight
- 56 t
- Dutch name
- HLR 73
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q378832, Wikipedia: Belgian Railways Class 73 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.