#1272· NS 3000
SBB B 3/4
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1905· locomotive class
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1724B34SBBCFFFFSi: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. SBB B 3-4: Plutowiki· Public domain
- 3. 1 SBB B 3-4 at Sissach: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 2 SBB B 3-4 at Sissach: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 3 SBB B 3-4 at Sissach: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. OS B 3-4 am Genfersee: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 7. SBB B 3 4 1367 Dresden Altstadt 04 26: Rainerhaufe· CC0
- 8. SBB B 3-4 1367 Brugg (cropped): Chme82· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. SBB B 3-4 1367 Brugg: Chme82· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. SBB B 3-4 arriving at Olten: SchmalspurDVZO· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Swiss Class B 3/4 locomotives were built between 1905 and 1916 for the Swiss Federal Railways. In total 69 2-6-0 locomotives of this type were built, and numbered 1301–1369. After the Second World War, the NS urgently needed equipment, the series SBB B 3/4 of the SBB was out of service.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- 730 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.3 m long: about 4 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
- 1905–1916
- number built
- 69
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- Swiss Federal Railways, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 730 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 16.3 m
- weight
- 95 t
- Dutch name
- NS 3000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q265717, Wikipedia: SBB B 3/4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.