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NS 3600

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maffei· from 1910· class of 8 Dutch 4-6-0 locomotives

NS 3600, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Willem van de Poll· CC0

what is it?

The NS 3600 was a series of express steam locomotives of the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessors Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS) and Nederlandsche Centraal-Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NCS).

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • built 8made 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 116 years ago, in 1910.
  • 19.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 43 years (1910–1953).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1910–1914
in service from
1910
retired
1953
status
retired
number built
8
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
builders
Maffei
operators
Nederlandsche Centraal-Spoorweg-Maatschappij, Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
top speed
110 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
4-6-0
length
19.9 m
nicknames
Zeppelins

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2839440, Wikipedia: NS 3600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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