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NS 3900
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1929· class of 32 Dutch 4-6-0 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Stoomlocomotief uit de 3900-serie (1932): Willem van de Poll· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NS 3909 (1931): Willem van de Poll· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. NS 3900: 159800 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 4. NS 3900 - NS 3902: 163364 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 5. NS 3900 - NS 3904: 163296 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 6. NS 3900 - NS 3916: 160475 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 7. NS 3900 - NS 3931: 151495 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 8. NS 3900 en de Arend: 163422 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 9. NS 3900 - Machinistenhuis: Collectie / Archief Fotocollectie Van de Poll Auteursrechthebbende Nationaal Archief, CC0· CC0
- 10. NS 6200 - NS 6221 - NS 3900: 170075 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
what is it?
The NS 3900 was a series of express steam locomotives of the Dutch Railways. The NS 3900 was the last express steam locomotive specifically designed for the Netherlands. The NS 4000 series was ordered in Sweden during the war, however this series was based on an existing Swedish design.
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 28 years (1929–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1929–1930
- in service from
- 1929
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 32
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 20.4 m
- nicknames
- Grote Jumbo (Large Jumbo)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2201468, Wikipedia: NS 3900 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.