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Arend: (Dutch for "eagle") was the first locomotive in the Netherlands and pulled the first train between Amsterdam and Haarlem in 1839. Series 600: Formerly SS (Staats Spoorwegen) 255-260. Built 1866 by Beyer, Peacock & Company in Manchester. Originally built as 2-4-2 engines, but rebuilt as 0-4-2s to allow them to do shunting.
The diesel engines on the DE-2 were replaced with more powerful Cummins engines in the 1950s. The wheelbase of each bogie is 3.0m, and the center-to-center distance of the bogies is 18.35m. The sets are equipped with Scharfenberg couplers , and up to three units can be coupled together for multiple working .
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In the early 1970s, Dutch railroads Nederlandse Spoorwegen faced the need to replace a total of 76 Type DE1 diesel railcars and Type DE2 units called Blue Angels (Blauwe Engelen). The operation of these vehicles dating from 1953 to 1955 should have ended in the 1980s, but traffic had to be maintained on the routes they served.
The NS 1600 was a series of steam engines of the Dutch national railways, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), and its predecessors Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS), Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM) and Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (NRS).
The Swiss and Dutch railways cooperated on a joint development for a new 4-car diesel-electric trainset. The design comprised: A power car with compartments for luggage, customs and the train conductor. A nine-compartment trailer car (54 seats) A kitchen-restaurant trailer car with a 32-seat dining section, and an 18-seat first-class open saloon
Diesel–electric locomotives of the Netherlands (4 P) N. Nederlandse Spoorwegen locomotives (16 P) S. Standard gauge locomotives of the Netherlands (32 P)
Diesel–electric locomotives of the Netherlands (4 P) Pages in category "Diesel locomotives of the Netherlands" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.