#4444· 1600/1800 (locomotieftype)
NS Class 1600
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Alstom· from 1981· class of Netherlands electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Railion 1604: T Houdijk at Dutch Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Railion 1612 (1600 Class): Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. NS Class 1600 No. 9901 NS Class 1200 Nr1251 and NS EMU at Amersfoort: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
- 4. NS1600 SNCB Class 82 and NS EMU at Amersfoort: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
- 5. A1014073: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 6. HUSA 1609: Joost J. Bakker from IJmuiden· CC BY 2.0
- 7. HUSA transportation 91 84 1001619-3 photo-1: AlfvanBeem· CC0
- 8. HUSA transportation 91 84 1001619-3 photo-2: AlfvanBeem· CC0
- 9. HUSA transportation 91 84 1001619-3 photo-3: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 10. HUSA transportation 91 84 1001621-9 photo-1: AlfvanBeem· CC0
what is it?
The NS Class 1600 is a type of B′B′ electric locomotive built by Alstom between 1980 and 1983 based on the SNCF Class BB 7200, and in use by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. They were styled by the French industrial designer Paul Arzens. The Class 1600 was ordered in 1978, after several types of locomotives were tested in the 1970s.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 4.6 MW is about 54 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981–1983
- status
- in service
- number built
- 58
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- DB Cargo, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 4.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kv DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 17.6 m
- weight
- 83 t
- Dutch name
- 1600/1800 (locomotieftype)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q835278, Wikipedia: NS Class 1600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.