NS 6000
SS 1204 - NS 6004
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Beyer, Peacock and Company Build date 1913 - 1916 Total produced 26
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-6-4  • UIC 2'C2' Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Leading dia. 915 mm (3 ft 0 in) Driver dia. 1,850 mm (6 ft 1 in) Length 14,625 mm (47 ft 11.8 in) Height 4,520 mm (14 ft 10 in) Loco weight 93 t (103 short tons; 92 long tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 3 t (3.3 short tons; 3.0 long tons) Water cap. 6001 - 6006: 8.18 m3 (1,800 imp gal) 6007 - 6026: 9.0 m3 (2,000 imp gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 2.40 m2 (25.8 sq ft) Boiler pressure 12 kg/cm2 (170 psi) Heating surface: ​  • Tubes 108 m2 (1,160 sq ft)  • Firebox 13.5 m2 (145 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 34 m2 (370 sq ft) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 508 mm × 660 mm (20.0 in × 26.0 in) Valve gear Walschaerts
Performance figures Maximum speed 100 km/h (62 mph) Tractive effort 7,750 kgf (17,100 lbf)
Career Operators NS Power class PTO3 Numbers 6001 - 6026 Nicknames Blokken (Blocks) Withdrawn 1957 Disposition All scrapped

The NS 6000 was a series of tank engines with the wheel arrangement of 2'C2' of the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessor Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS). They were manufactured by Beyer, Peacock and Company of Manchester, England.

History

Around 1912, the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen had their first experience with the new and strong 2'C locomotives of the series 700, but there was a need for a tank engine version of the series 700; however, this was not possible because it would have been heavier then the maximum axle load of sixteen tons. The SS built the 2'C2' locomotives with less tractive effort than the series 700 and with only two inside cylinders, but with features quite similar to the Series 700, such as the copper-capped chimney, the copper steam dome, the wheel diameter and the maximum boiler pressure.Thus it was considered that Beyer-Peacock had built a very robust yet elegant locomotive.^[1]

Railway Operating Division

Due to the outbreak of World War I in July 1914, only 26 of the 40 locomotives ordered were delivered to the SS. The remaining 14 locomotives have been seized by the Railway Operating Division. This was part of the British War Department. The locomotives were sent to France for the benefit of the Allied armies. After the war, the Chemins de fer du Nord purchased all 14 examples which became Nord 3.871 to 3.884.^[2]

Fleet list

Gallery

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  SS No. 1210 later renumbered to NS No. 6010
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  NS 6015 on the turntable in Amersfoort. (Between 1930 and 1939)
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  An NS 6000 with carriages near the yard on the east side of Amsterdam C.S. (13-12-1940)
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  NS 6005 with a train along the platform of Valkenburg station. (03-07-1947)
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  NS 6015 with a train in Hilversum. (June 1935)
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  NS 6006 during shunting at the yard in Roosendaal (1950)
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  NS 6024 with a train to Roosendaal at Rotterdam D.P. station. (May 1935)
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  NS 6021 with train D111 from Hoek van Holland along the platform of Utrecht C.S. (Between 1925 and 1935)
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  NS 6004 with a train near Crailoo. (Between 1940 and 1941)
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  NS 6013 just before the locomotive was scrapped (27-05-1957)

References

External links

Media related to NS 6000 at Wikimedia Commons