#2861· 1000
NS Class 1000
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1947· class of 10 Dutch electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Spoorwegmuseum loc NS 1010: Eriksw· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. NS Class 1000 Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum: Maurits90· CC0
what is it?
The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) Class 1000 was a set of ten electric locomotives (numbered 1001-1010) used in the Netherlands during the latter half of the 20th century. The electrical systems and three completed units were ordered from the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in 1942, but the war blocked delivery until 1948. Despite high failure rates the locomotives remained in service until 1982, and locomotive 1010—built by Werkspoor—is now preserved in the Dutch National Railway Museum.
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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 34 years (1948–1982).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1947–1949
- in service from
- 1948
- retired
- 1982
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Werkspoor
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1.500 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- (1A)Bo(A1)
- weight
- 100 t
- Dutch name
- 1000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q201366, Wikipedia: NS Class 1000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.