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#5127· HLR 77

Belgian Railways Class 77

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Vossloh· from 1999· class of diesel hydraulic locomotive

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Loc7798 R01 alt (cropped): Loc7798_R01.jpg : Marc Ryckaert ( MJJR ) derivative work: Kabelleger ( talk )· CC BY 3.0
  2. 2. Loc7798 R01 alt: Loc7798_R01.jpg : Marc Ryckaert ( MJJR ) derivative work: Kabelleger ( talk )· CC BY 3.0
  3. 3. HLR 77: Maurits90· Public domain
  4. 4. Foto van de HLR 77: Wester· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. Class 77 at Kinkempois (276370774): LHOON from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. Class 77 at Kinkempois (276377327): LHOON from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. Class 77 locomotive (197104591): LHOON from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Class 77 locomotive with cast iron train (276657471): LHOON from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. HLR 77 in Infrabel kleurstelling: RAIL EXCELLENCE 96· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. Lineas HLR77's on it's way to the Port of Antwerp (25670835028): Nicky Boogaard from Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands· CC BY 2.0
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1/10 Loc7798_R01.jpg : Marc Ryckaert ( MJJR ) derivative work: Kabelleger ( talk )· CC BY 3.0

what is it?

The NMBS/SNCB Class 77 (also known as HLD 77 or HLR 77) is a class of 4 axle B'B' road switcher diesel hydraulic locomotive designed for shunting and freight work manufactured at the beginning of the 2000s by Vossloh Schienentechnik/Vossloh Locomotives at the Maschinenbau Kiel plant in Kiel, Germany for the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).

who runs it

SNCB/NMBS

base stats

  • power 1.2 MWpower output
  • weight 90 tin working order
  • built 170made in total

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 27 years ago, in 1999.
  • 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 27 years.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1999–2005
in service from
1999
status
in service
number built
170
kind
Diesel
traction
diesel
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
builders
Vossloh, Siemens Mobility
operators
SNCB/NMBS
top speed
—
power
1.2 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
B'B'
length
15.6 m
weight
90 t
Dutch name
HLR 77

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q835261, Wikipedia: Belgian Railways Class 77 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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