NS Class 600

what is it?

The NS Class 600 were a class of 65 shunting locomotives built by English Electric in England between 1950 and 1957 for Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). The first 10 were built at Dick, Kerr & Co, Preston and the remaining 55 at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows. They are very similar to the British Rail Class 11.

who runs it

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

base stats

• speed 30 km/htop speed
• power 298 kWpower output
• weight 47 tin working order
• built 65made 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 76 years ago, in 1950.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 7 years (1950–1957).

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1950–1957

in service from

1950

retired

1957

status

retired

number built

65

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇳🇱 Netherlands

builders

English Electric, Vulcan Foundry

operators

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

top speed

30 km/h

power

298 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-6-0

length

9.1 m

weight

47 t

nicknames

Hippel, Bakkie (little bin)

Dutch name

NS 500

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