#2862
NS Class 400
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Werkspoor· from 1947· class of 15 Netherlands 0-4-0 diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive 401 with engine type 6Fa and Smit generator: Jan Weeda· Copyrighted free use
what is it?
The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) Class 400 was a derivative of the successful Class 200, also built for shunting duties. They were larger than their predecessors, and were built by Werkspoor in 1947. They were called "Grote Siks" (big goats).
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.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1947–1948
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Werkspoor
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 186 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- weight
- 37 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1991211, Wikipedia: NS Class 400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.