NS 3500 (ex-SBB)

what is it?

The NS 3500 was a series of steam locomotives of the Dutch Railways (NS), which were acquired second-hand from the Swiss railways SBB. After the Second World War, the NS urgently needed locomotives, as many locomotives had been destroyed or taken due to the war conditions. Among other things, 22 2'C (4-6-0) steam locomotives of the class A 3/5 603–649, which were withdrawn there, were taken over from the Swiss SBB. The locomotives would actually be put into service as NS series 3651–3672, but because the last three locomotives of the NS 3500 series had been withdrawn shortly before, these locomotives were given the numbers 3501–3522. Between May and October 1946 they were taken in five locomotive convoys via France and Belgium to the Central Workshop of the NS in Tilburg.

who runs it

Nederlandse SpoorwegenSwiss Federal Railways

base stats

• speed 100 km/htop speed
• built 49made 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 80 years ago, in 1946.
• 📏18.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 39 years (1907–1946).

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

spec sheet

built

1946

in service from

1907

retired

1946

status

retired

number built

49

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇨🇭 Switzerland

builders

Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works

operators

Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Swiss Federal Railways

top speed

100 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

4-6-0

length

18.7 m

nicknames

Goudvinken (bullfinches)

Dutch name

NS 3500

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