NS Class 600

Class 600
655 at Platform 1, Leiden Centraal Station 14 October 1990.
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GBR English Electric
Build date	1950-1957
Total produced	65
Configuration	0-6-0
AAR wheel arr.	C
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter	1.23 m (4 ft 0 in)
Length	9.068 m (29.75 ft)
Weight on drivers	7.8 t (7.7 long tons; 8.6 short tons)
Locomotive weight	47 t (46 long tons; 52 short tons)
Fuel type	Diesel
Engine type	English Electric 6KT
Top speed	30 km/h (19 mph)
Tractive effort	143 kN (32,147.68 lbf)
Career	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Class	600
Number	601-665 (as delivered), 671-693 (after fitment with remote control)
Nicknames	Hippel, Bakkie (little box)
Delivered	1950-1957

The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) Class 600 diesel locomotives were built for shunting duties. Sixty-five of the locomotives were built, numbered 601-665. They were built by English Electric between 1950-1957 at either Dick, Kerr & Co. Works (601-610) in Preston, or Vulcan Foundry Works (rest) in Newton-le-Willows. They are very similar to the British Rail Class 11. Twenty-three locomotives were later fitted with radio remote-control, and renumbered in the range 671-693.

Class 500

There was also the similar NS Class 500. The difference between the two classes is that Class 600 has a "6KT" diesel engine of 400 hp (294 kW) and a Knorr braking system for train use, a Class 500 has a "6K" diesel engine of 350 hp (260 kW) and only an engine brake.

Post-NS use

This class was withdrawn by NS in the early 2000s. Many have been preserved, including several which have been repatriated to England. One enigine is sometimes

Some are still in use by the private company Rotterdam Rail Feeding nl:Rotterdam Rail Feeding in Holland & MiddlePeak Railways in the UK.

Privately owned 663 was moved from the Dartmoor Railway to the NRM annex at Shildon on 17 October 2006 to take up pilot duties.^{[citation needed]}

Number(s)		Location
601	671	Ribble Steam Railway, UK
604		VSM, NL
609		Museumspoorlijn STAR, NL
618		VSM, NL
625	690	Ribble Steam Railway, UK
629	-	Dutch National Railway Museum, NL
636		VSM, NL
639		ZLSM, NL
647		Stapelplaats Crailoo near Hilversum
649	692	Private location, UK
653	-	Private location, UK
660	-	MBS, NL
661		VSM, NL
663	-	NRM Shildon - Locomotion, UK
677		ZLSM, NL

Modelling

There is a well known and accurate H0 scale model offered in various liveries by Roco.

External links

• Benelux Railways Society