The Class 62 is a diesel locomotive of the

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. These diesels found use all over Belgium. Five (6321, 6325, 6391-6393) were sold to ACTS in the Netherlands in 1999.First ACTS Locos Ready ''

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'' 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 (, 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 has gradually spread from tr ...

. This is for hauling broken-down or unpowered

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s on line 2. They display the letters "TBL2" on the nose. Some others have been transferred to

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, who manage the Belgian rail infrastructure; they were repainted in blue and white.

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HLD 62

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