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NS 3700

🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1910· class of 120 Dutch 4-6-0 locomotives

NS 3700, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Eriksw· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The NS 3700 class engine is a class of express steam locomotives with the wheel arrangement of 2'C (4-6-0) tender engine of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and its predecessor Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS).

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • power 993 kWpower output
  • built 120made 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 116 years ago, in 1910.
  • 993 kW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 48 years (1910–1958).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1910–1928
in service from
1910
retired
1958
status
preserved
number built
120
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇳🇱 Netherlands
builders
Beyer, Peacock and Company, Werkspoor, Henschel & Sohn, Hanomag, Berliner Maschinenbau
operators
Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen
top speed
110 km/h
power
993 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
4-6-0
length
19.5 m
nicknames
Jumbo and Potvis (Potvis only applied to the streamlined locomotives)

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2216199, Wikipedia: NS 3700 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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