#2778
NS 4700
🇸🇪 Sweden ·built by Nydqvist och Holm AB· from 1944· class of 35 Dutch 0-8-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HUA-151458-Afbeelding van de Zweedse 3 cilinder stoomlocomotief nr 4701 serie 4700 van de NS: Nederlandse Spoorwegen, fotograaf· Public domain
what is it?
The NS 4700 series consisted of 35 0-8-0 steam locomotives for freight trains, which were in service with the Nederlandse Spoorwegen from 1944 to 1958.
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 82 years ago, in 1944.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 19.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 14 years (1944–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1944–1946
- in service from
- 1944
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- Nydqvist och Holm AB
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- length
- 19.3 m
- nicknames
- Kerstoom (Christmas tree)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2938827, Wikipedia: NS 4700 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.