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 The Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (; "Company for the Exploitation of the State Railways") or SS was a private rail transport, railroad founded to use the government funded railways. The company existed until 1938, when it fo ...

(SS). They were manufactured by Beyer, Peacock and Company of

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, England.

History

Around 1912, the

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 than 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.

Railway Operating Division

Due to the outbreak of

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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 The Chemins de fer du Nord''French locomotive built in 1846''

purchased all 14 examples which became .

Fleet list

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

References

External links
{{Navigation Dutch steam locomotives Steam locomotives of the Netherlands Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen Beyer, Peacock locomotives 4-6-4T locomotives 2′C2′ h2t locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1913 Standard-gauge locomotives of the Netherlands Scrapped locomotives