#2799
NS 3850
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt· from 1945· class of 5 Netherlands 4-6-0 locomotives (ex Prussian P 8)
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NS 3851 in Eindhoven: Gerdessen, D.C. (Nederlandse Spoorwegen), fotograaf· CC BY 4.0
- 2. NS 3850 - NS 3851: 151433 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 3. NS 3850 - NS 3853: Nederlandse Spoorwegen· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The NS 3851–3855 was a series of locomotives was in service at the Dutch Railways shortly after the Second World War. They were originally German locomotives.
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 81 years ago, in 1945.
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 2 years (1945–1947).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945
- in service from
- 1945
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt, Linke-Hofmann, Henschel & Sohn, Berliner Maschinenbau
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 18.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66735527, Wikipedia: NS 3850 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.