Mat '24

what is it?

The Mat '24 was a series of electric multiple units and railcars of the Dutch Railways. After the arrival of electric streamline units in 1935, the name of this equipment became Blokkendozen (Block Boxes), after the angular model. Some NS employees and those interested in the railway invariably spoke of "(electric) buffer equipment", to distinguish it from the streamlined, bufferless electric multiple units of the types Mat '35, Mat '36 and Mat '40.

who runs it

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

base stats

• power 662 kWpower output
• built 261made 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 102 years ago, in 1924.
• 🚗662 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• ⌛Served for 68 years (1924–1992).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1924–1933

in service from

1924

retired

1992

status

retired

number built

261

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇳🇱 Netherlands

builders

Werkspoor, Beijnes, Waggonbau Görlitz

operators

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

top speed

—

power

662 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

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