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{{Infobox locomotive
|name             = Class 73
|powertype        = [[Diesel engine|Diesel]]
|image            = CFV3V-SNCB 7304.jpg
|caption          = Former NMBS/SNCB Class 73 loco 7304 at Mariemburg [[Chemin de Fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées|CF3V]], 24 September 2005.
|builder          = [[La Brugeoise et Nivelles SA.|BN]]
|serialnumber     = 
|buildmodel       = 
|builddate        = 1965-1977 (three batches)
|totalproduction  = 95
|whytetype        = [[0-6-0]]
|aarwheels        = 
|uicclass         = 
|gauge            = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
|driverdiameter   = {{convert|1262|mm|in|2|abbr=on}}
|wheelbase        =
|length           = {{convert|11.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<br />first batch {{convert|11.17|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|width            = 
|height           = 
|weightondrivers  = {{cvt|9.33|t|disp=br()}}
|locoweight       = {{cvt|56|t|1|disp=br()}}
|fueltype         = [[Diesel fuel|diesel]]
|fuelcap          = 
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|primemover       = [[John Cockerill (company)|Cockerill 6TH695SA or 6T240CO]]
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|transmission     = [[Voith]] [[Hydrokinetic transmission|hydraulic]]
|maxspeed         = {{convert|30|or|60|km/h|abbr=on}}
|poweroutput      = {{cvt|550|kW|hp}}
|tractiveeffort   = {{cvt|211|kN|lbf}}
|factorofadhesion =
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|operator         = [[National Railway Company of Belgium|SNCB/NMBS]]
|operatorclass    = 73
|numinclass       = 
|fleetnumbers     = 7301-7395
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|disposition      = in service
}}

The '''Class 73''' is a class of [[diesel locomotive]]s operated by [[National Railway Company of Belgium|SNCB/NMBS]] in [[Belgium]].

The class formed{{when?|date=August 2023}} the backbone of the NMBS/SNCB [[Switcher|shunter]] fleet. [[SNCB Class 77|Class 77]]s have replaced them {{when?|date=August 2023}} but they are still to be found across Belgium {{when?|date=August 2023}}. They were built in three batches: 7301-7335 during 1965–1967, 7336-7375 during 1973-1974 and finally 7373–7395 in 1976–1977.

== External links ==
{{Commons category|SNCB Class 73}}
* [http://www.belrail.be/F/fiches/shunter/index.php?type=hlr73 HLR 73]
* [http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/diesel/freight/73/pix.html Photos on Railfaneurope.net]

[[Category:National Railway Company of Belgium locomotives]]
[[Category:C locomotives]]
[[Category:Diesel locomotives of Belgium]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1965]]
[[Category:La Brugeoise et Nivelles locomotives]]
[[Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of Belgium]]
[[Category:Diesel–hydraulic locomotives]]
[[Category:Shunting locomotives]]

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