#0160
NS 600
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1863· class of 10 Netherlands 2-2-2 (later 0-4-2) locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SS 37 'Blixten'; stoomlocomotief 1863: Mudd & Son, P· Public domain
what is it?
The NS 600 was a series of steam locomotives of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and its predecessor Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS). For the operation of the railway lines Breda - Tilburg (opened on October 5 1863) and Harlingen - Leeuwarden (opened on October 27 1863), the SS ordered four steam locomotives with the wheel arrangement 1'A1' (2-2-2) from Beyer, Peacock & Company of Manchester, England. No.
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 163 years ago, in 1863.
- 12.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 60 years (1863–1923).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1863–1866
- in service from
- 1863
- retired
- 1923
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2
- length
- 12.2 m
- nicknames
- Kleine Engelsman (Little Englishman)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3024835, Wikipedia: NS 600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.