#0373
NS 5000
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1877· class of 6 Netherlands 2-4-0T locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SS 263 Staatsspoorwegen: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. NS 5000 - NS 5006: 164927 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 3. NS 5000 - S.S. nr. 261: 808552 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 4. NS 5000 - S.S. nr. 265: 151285 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
what is it?
The NS 5000 was a series of tank engines of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and its predecessor Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS). The SS ordered six tank engines for shunting work manufactured by Beyer, Peacock & Company in Manchester, England. They were delivered in 1877 and 1878 with numbers 261–266.
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 149 years ago, in 1877.
- Served for 58 years (1877–1935).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1877–1878
- in service from
- 1877
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17153736, Wikipedia: NS 5000 (1877) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.