#2061· ESS 3200
ESS 3200 class
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Werkspoor· from 1925· class of 6 Dutch East Indes/Indonesian electric locomoitves
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een elektrische locomotief van de Staatsspoorwegen TMnr 10007616: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Bekas roda ESS 3200: Andra Radithya· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. ESS3200 100th anniv: デスタサトリア· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Lokomotif listrik ESS 3200 di Stasiun Tanjung Priuk.: Andra Radithya· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Saya dan lokomotif ESS 3200.: Andra Radithya· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Susunan roda 2-4-4-2 pada lokomotif listrik ESS 3200.: Andra Radithya· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The ESS 3200, later the WH 200 (Werkspoor-Heemaf) was a class of electric locomotives built for the Staatsspoorwegen, the State Railway of the Dutch East Indies (modern day Indonesia). The ESS 3200s were first used on 6 April 1925, which also was the same day the first electrified railway line in Java from Tanjung Priok to Meester Cornelis (modern day Jatinegara) was opened.
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- 765 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Served for 51 years (1925–1976).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Werkspoor
- operators
- Staatsspoorwegen, Kereta Api Indonesia
- top speed
- —
- power
- 765 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- (1Bo)+(Bo1)
- Dutch name
- ESS 3200
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2038310, Wikipedia: ESS 3200 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.