NS 3400

The NS 3400 was a series of goods steam locomotives of the Dutch Railways (NS), ordered by its predecessor the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM).

NS 3400
NS 3415 at the yard of Amsterdam Rietlanden (1920-1940)
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Berliner Maschinenbau Build date 1921 Total produced 20
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0  • UIC C Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,524 mm (5 ft 0 in) Tender wheels 1,105 mm (3 ft 7.5 in) Length 16,920 mm (55 ft 6 in) Height 4,370 mm (14 ft 4 in) Loco weight 53.5 t (59.0 short tons; 52.7 long tons) Tender weight 42 t (46 short tons; 41 long tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 6 metric tons (6.6 short tons; 5.9 long tons) Water cap. 17 m3 (3,700 imp gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 2.20 m2 (23.7 sq ft) Boiler pressure 12.4 bar (180 psi) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 12 m2 (130 sq ft)  • Tubes 84 m2 (900 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 27 m2 (290 sq ft) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 500 mm × 610 mm (20 in × 24 in) Valve gear Stephenson Loco brake Air brake
Performance figures Maximum speed 75 km/h (47 mph) Tractive effort 85.42 kN (19,200 lbf)
Career Operators NS, HSM Power class (HSM: GV2) NS: GO2 Numbers (HSM: 821-840) NS: 4101-4120 Later: 3401-3420 Nicknames Wilde Varkens (Wild Pigs) Withdrawn 1947-1953 Disposition All scrapped

Around 1920, the HSM ordered a goods version of the class 501-535 from the factory Berliner Maschinenbau (formerly Schwartzkopff) in Berlin, to be delivered as the class 821–840. Due to the merging of the fleet of the HSM and the SS in 1921, the locomotives were delivered with the NS numbers 4101–4120. In the same year, the locomotives were renumbered in the definitive numbering as series 3401–3420. During the Second World War, three quarters of the series (3401–3412, 3415, 3419 and 3420) were deported to Germany, of which thirteen returned. The 3411 and 3420 did not return and were administratively removed in 1950. NS 3420 was still shunting in Rostock until 1950.

In 1951, NS 3411 and 3420 were scrapped in Hagenow-Land. Of the five locomotives that remained in the Netherlands, two were sold and six of the returned thirteen locomotives were repaired and put back into service. Until 1953, these served mainly in the Rietlanden and for the oil trains from Schoonebeek to Pernis. The locomotives that were beyond repair were withdrawn in 1947.

Gallery

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  A steam locomotive from the series 3400 of the N.S. with an oil train near Dalfsen. (1951)
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  Steam locomotive NS 3414 destroyed during the war at the central workshop in Zwolle (1946)
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  Driver in the cab of the steam locomotive NS 3413. (Between 1925 and 1935)
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  NS 3413 presumably in Amsterdam Rietlanden (Between 1925 and 1935)

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