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NS 7700
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Werkspoor· from 1905· class of 44 Netherlands 0-6-0T locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Loc NS 7742: Eriksw· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NS 7700 - NS 7716: 170068 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 3. NS 7700 - NS 7719: 151374 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 4. NS 7700 - NS 7743: 161363 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
- 5. NS 7700 - NS 7744: 161349 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
what is it?
The NS 7700 was a series of tank engines of the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessor the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM).
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.
- Served for 50 years (1905–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1914
- in service from
- 1905
- retired
- 1955
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 44
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Werkspoor, Henschel & Sohn, Berliner Maschinenbau
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij, Koninklijke Hoogovens
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
- length
- 8.3 m
- nicknames
- Haarlemmermeertjes , Bello's
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2370259, Wikipedia: NS 7700 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.