#0025
De Arend
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by R. B. Longridge and Company· from 1839· Early steam locomotive of the Netherlands
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. De Arend (1989): Rob Bogaerts / Anefo· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Spoorwegmuseum - Stoomlocomotief De Arend: Quistnix· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. HUA-160418-Afbeelding van de replica van de stoomlocomotief De Arend van de NS met rijtuigen op de Westvest te Delft tijdens het 100 jarig jubileumsfeest van de : Nederlandse Spoorwegen, fotograaf· CC0
- 4. HUA-163421-Afbeelding van de replica van de stoomlocomotief De Arend van de NS met bijbehorende rijtuigen bij de centrale werkplaats te Zwolle: Nederlandse Spoorwegen, fotograaf· Public domain
- 5. HUA-167316-Afbeelding van de replica van de stoomlocomotief De Arend met rijtuigen, tijdens een tentoonstelling te Enschede: Gerdessen, D.C. (Nederlandse Spoorwegen)· CC BY 4.0
- 6. NS 3900 en de Arend: 163422 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 7. Spoorwegmuseum - Stoomlocomotief De Arend-cropped: Quistnix· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. SSVU eerste locomotief De Arend medallion: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 9. Voorbereiding FF-tentoonstelling De Arend, Bestanddeelnr 904-7307: Harry Pot for Anefo· CC0
what is it?
De Arend (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈʔaːrənt]; the eagle) was one of the two first steam locomotives in the Netherlands. It was a 2-2-2 Patentee type built in England by R. B. Longridge and Company of Bedlington, Northumberland to run on the then standard Dutch track gauge of 1,945 mm (6 ft 4+9⁄16 in). On 20 September 1839, together with the Snelheid (Dutch for speed), it hauled the first train of the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij between Amsterdam and Haarlem.
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 187 years ago, in 1839.
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.8 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1839
- retired
- 1856
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- R. B. Longridge and Company
- operators
- Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,945 mm broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2
- length
- 9.8 m
- weight
- 12 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2437663, Wikipedia: De Arend (locomotive) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.