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NS 6000
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1913· class of 40 Dutch 4-6-4T locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. S.S. 1210 NS 6010: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. NS 6000 - NS 6004: 165785 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 3. NS 6000: 155220 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 4. NS 6000 - NS 6005: 161079 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 5. NS 6000 - NS 6006: 151417 / Collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 6. NS 6000 - NS 6013: [13056], Spoorwegen in Beeld, Spoorwegmuseum· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. NS 6000 - NS 6015: 155261 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 8. NS 6000 - NS 6015 - Hilversum: 161086 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 9. NS 6000 - NS 6021: 170044 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 10. NS 6000 - NS 6024: 161087 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
what is it?
The NS 6000 was a series of tank engines with the wheel arrangement of 2′C2′ of the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessor Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS). They were manufactured by Beyer, Peacock & Company in Manchester, England.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 44 years (1913–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1916
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Railway Operating Division, Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4
- length
- 14.6 m
- nicknames
- Blokken (Blocks)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q42120572, Wikipedia: NS 6000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.