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The Class 62 is a diesel locomotive of the
Belgian State Railways The Belgian State Railways ( nl, Belgische Staatsspoorwegen; french: Chemins de fer de l'État Belge) was the original state-owned railway of Belgium. Established by an organic law of 1 May 1834, it began construction of its first line, between Bru ...
. These diesels found use all over Belgium. Five (6321, 6325, 6391-6393) were sold to
ACTS The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message ...
in the Netherlands in 1999.First ACTS Locos Ready ''
Today's Railways Europe ''Today's Railways Europe'' is an English-based monthly magazine covering rail transport in Europe. It was founded by Platform 5 in July 1994. Initially published bimonthly, from August 1997 it was published monthly. It also covered rail trans ...
'' issue 41 May 1999 page 40
Four units (6225, 6227, 6313 and 6324) are outfitted with TBL2 signaling and a
Scharfenberg coupler The Scharfenberg coupler (german: Scharfenbergkupplung, abbreviated ''Schaku'') is a commonly used type of fully automatic railway coupling. Designed in 1903 by Karl Scharfenberg in Königsberg, Germany (today Kaliningrad, Russia), the coupler ...
. This is for hauling broken-down or unpowered
TGV The TGV (french: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously french: TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse, label=none) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by SNCF. SNCF worked on a high-speed rail network from 1966 to 19 ...
s on line 2. They display the letters "TBL2" on the nose. Some others have been transferred to
Infrabel Infrabel is a Belgian government-owned public limited company. It builds, owns, maintains and upgrades the Belgian railway network, makes its capacity available to railway operator companies, and handles train traffic control. Infrabel was creat ...
, who manage the Belgian rail infrastructure; they were repainted in blue and white.


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HLD 62


National Railway Company of Belgium locomotives Bo′Bo′ locomotives Diesel-electric locomotives of Belgium Railway locomotives introduced in 1961 La Brugeoise et Nivelles locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of Belgium {{diesel-loco-stub