NS Class 1300

what is it?

The Class 1200 was a class of electric locomotives operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen in The Netherlands. It was built at the same time as the NS Class 1100 at Alstom and was based on the SNCF Class CC 7100. The Class 1300 is a bigger 6-axle, Co-Co, version of the Class 1100.

who runs it

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

base stats

• speed 130 km/htop speed
• power 3.2 MWpower output
• weight 111 tin working order
• built 16made 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 74 years ago, in 1952.
• 🚗3.2 MW is about 37 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 48 years (1952–2000).

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built

1952–1956

in service from

1952

retired

2000

status

retired

number built

16

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇳🇱 Netherlands

builders

Alstom

operators

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

top speed

130 km/h

power

3.2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

1.5 kV DC Catenary

wheel arrangement

Co-Co

length

19 m

weight

111 t

Dutch name

1300

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