#3309
NS Class 2900
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1956· class of 5 Netherlands diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NS 2902: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The NS locomotive series 2900 is a small series of five diesel-electric locomotives that were used by the Dutch Railways between 1970 and 1974. They were taken over by the NS from the State Mines in 1970. In 1975 they were sold to FEVE in Spain.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 26 years (1956–1982).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1956–1959
- in service from
- 1956
- retired
- 1982
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha, State mines in Limburg
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 14.4 m
- weight
- 74 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2961649, Wikipedia: NS Class 2900 (1956) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.