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NS 7000
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1899· class of 10 Dutch 4-4-0T locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HUA-163285-Afbeelding van de fabrieksnieuwe stoomlocomotief nr. 48 "Zeist" (serie 41-50) van de N.C.S. (Nederlandsche Centraal-Spoorwegmaatschappij), later omgenummerd tot nr. 158 (serie 151-160) van de S.S. en : Nederlandse Spoorwegen· Public domain
- 2. NS 7000 - NS 7001: 166962 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 3. NS 7000 - NS 7009: 165314 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
what is it?
The NS 7000 was a series of tank engines 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
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
- Served for 55 years (1899–1954).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899–1903
- in service from
- 1899
- retired
- 1954
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik, Hohenzollern Locomotive Works
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, Nederlandsche Centraal-Spoorweg-Maatschappij
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1947941, Wikipedia: NS 7000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.