NS 8500

NS 8500
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderHohenzollern, Henschel & Sohn
Build date1915, 1920
Total producedserie 1: 9
serie 2: 6
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0
 • UICC
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,400 mm (4 ft 7 in)
LengthSerie 1: 9,220 mm (30 ft 3 in)
Serie 2: 9,320 mm (30 ft 7 in)
Loco weightSerie 1: 48 t (53 short tons; 47 long tons)
Serie 2: 49 t (54 short tons; 48 long tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity2 t (2.2 short tons; 2.0 long tons)
Water cap.Serie 1: 4.5 m3 (990 imp gal)
Serie 2: 4.1 cubic metres (900 imp gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area1.47 m2 (15.8 sq ft)
Boiler pressure12 bar (170 psi)
Cylinders2
Cylinder sizeserie 1: 450 mm × 600 mm (18 in × 24 in)
serie 2: 485 mm × 600 mm (19.1 in × 23.6 in)
Valve gearWalschaerts
Performance figures
Maximum speed60 km/h (37 mph)
Tractive effortSerie 1: 71.49 kN (16,070 lbf)
Serie 2: 83.16 kN (18,700 lbf)
Career
OperatorsNS
NicknamesWeesperpoortje
Withdrawn1947 - 1952
DispositionAll scrapped

The NS 8500 was a series of tank engines with the C (0-6-0) wheel layout of the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessor Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS). They were manufactured by Hohenzollern and Henschel & Sohn.

History

The construction of these locomotives was related to the fact that increasingly heavier passenger trains on the connecting line Amsterdam W.P. to Amsterdam C.S. had to be run. The shunting locomotives used earlier were too light for this. That is why this locomotive was built with relatively large driving wheels, with a diameter of 1,400 mm (4 ft 71/8 in). Furthermore, the wheelbase, that is the distance from centre to centre of the driving wheels, was relatively large, resulting in locomotives that had a very smooth running. Even at the maximum permitted speed of 60 km/h (37.2 mph).

They weren't really typical shunting locomotives either; The wheels were too large for this, but special coupler of train sets and thus these machines shuttled between the various Amsterdam stations.[1]

SS numbers NS numbers Built date Builder Details
221 8501 1915 Hohenzollern
222 8502 1915 Hohenzollern
223 8503 1915 Hohenzollern
224 8504 1915 Hohenzollern
225 8505 1915 Hohenzollern Sold to Spain, CFL 51
226 8506 1915 Hohenzollern Sold to Spain, CFL 52
227 8507 1915 Hohenzollern
228 8508 1915 Hohenzollern
229 8509 1915 Hohenzollern Sold to Spain, CFL 53
230 8510 1920 Henschel & Sohn
231 8511 1920 Henschel & Sohn
232 8512 1920 Henschel & Sohn Sold to Spain, CFL 54
233 8513 1920 Henschel & Sohn
234 8514 1920 Henschel & Sohn Sold to Spain, CFL 55
235 8515 1920 Henschel & Sohn

Withdrawal and scrapping

Six locomotives were withdrawn from service in 1947 due to war damage. Locomotive 8515 was withdrawn from service in 1948 and locomotive 8510 was withdrawn from service in 1950.

In 1951 two more 8500s were withdrawn from service. The last five locomotives numbers: 8505, 8506, 8509, 8512 and 8514 were sold in 1952 to Ferrocarril de Langreo, the only standard gauge line in Spain. There, the locomotives were somewhat converted and served for a few years on a mining railway from Gijon to Langreo in Asturias, after which they were scrapped.[1]

  • NS 8502 in Amsterdam Weesperpoort.
  • NS 8507 in Amsterdam Weesperpoort (1919)
  • Steam locomotive No. 231 of the series 221-235 of the S.S. later renumbered as NS 8511 (1920)
  • NS 8514 being lifted from the water (1935)

Sources and references

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  1. ^ a b Waldorp, H. (1981). Onze Nederlandse stoomlocomotieven in woord en beeld (5e dr ed.). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-909-7. OCLC 839377957.
  • Waldorp, H. (1981). Onze Nederlandse stoomlocomotieven in woord en beeld. Alkmaar: De Alk. pp. 21–22. ISBN 90-6013-909-7.
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