#2973· NS 1100
NS Class 1100
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Alstom· from 1950· class of 60 Dutch electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NS 1159, Rotterdam CS: Adjudant at Dutch Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NS locomotive 1147 at Eindhoven in 1985, hauling an InterCity train: Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Class 1100 was a class of electric locomotives operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen in The Netherlands. They were built by Alsthom to an original design of the French BB 8100. They operated in The Netherlands.
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 76 years ago, in 1950.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 49 years (1950–1999).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1950–1956
- in service from
- 1950
- retired
- 1999
- status
- retired
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 135 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 14.1 m
- weight
- 83 t
- Dutch name
- NS 1100
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1213782, Wikipedia: NS Class 1100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.