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{{short description|Class of 27 Netherlands 0-6-0ST locomotives (ex UK War Department Austerities)}}
The [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]] (NS) '''Class 8800''' was a class of ex-[[United Kingdom|British]] [[War Department (UK)|War Department]] [[Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST]]s formed when NS bought 27 of them just after the [[Second World War]]. They had been built by the [[Hunslet Engine Company]] (12), [[W. G. Bagnall]] (3), [[Robert Stephenson and Hawthorne]] (RSH) (6) and [[Hudswell Clarke]] (6).
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The '''NS 8800''' was a series of tank engines of the Dutch railway [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen|NS]] for the shunting service. Of the approximately 324 British-built [[Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST]] saddle tank locomotives, many were used by the British War Department during their fight against the German army in mainland Western Europe. The NS bought 27 of them just after World War II. They had been built by the [[Hunslet Engine Company]] (12), [[W. G. Bagnall|WG Bagnall]] (3), [[Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns]] (RSH) (6), and [[Hudswell Clarke]] (6).
== Stock list ==


{{Infobox locomotive
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
| name = NS 8800
!NS No.
| image = NS 8811 Simpelveld 1.jpg
!WD No.
| caption = NS 8811 of the SSN visiting Simpelveld
| powertype = Steam
| builder = [[Hudswell Clarke]], [[Hunslet]], [[WG Bagnall]], [[Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns]]
| builddate = 1945
| totalproduction = 27
| whytetype = 0-6-0
| uicclass = C
| gauge = 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
| driverdiameter = {{cvt|1295|mm|ftin}}
| length = {{cvt|9245|mm|ftin}}
| height = {{cvt|3689|mm|ftin}}
| locoweight = {{convert|49|MT|ST LT|abbr=on}}
| fueltype = [[Coal]]
| fuelcap = {{convert|2.3|MT|ST LT}}
| watercap = {{convert|5.45|m3|impgal|abbr=on}}
| firearea = {{cvt|1.56|m2|sqft}}
| boilerpressure = {{cvt|12|bar|psi|abbr=on}}
| tubearea = {{cvt|72.9|m2|sqft}}
| fireboxarea = {{cvt|8.1|m2|sqft}}
| cylindercount = 2
| cylindersize = {{convert|457|x|660|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| valvegear = [[Stephenson valve gear|Stephenson]]
| maxspeed = {{cvt|50|km/h|mph}}
| tractiveeffort = {{convert|87,77|kN|lbf|abbr=on}}
| operator = [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen|NS]]
| fleetnumbers = 8801-8827
| withdrawndate = 1953-1957
| disposition = 3 (8811, 8815 & 8826) preserved, remainder scrapped
}}
[[File:NS 8811 Simpelveld 2.jpg|thumb|NS 8811 of the SSN.]]
[[File:HUA-153350-Afbeelding van een rangeerder bij de stoomlocomotief nr 8817 serie 8800 ex War Department van de NS op het emplacement te Roosendaal.jpg|thumb|Shunter with NS 8817 at the yard in Roosendaal (04-06-1954)]]
[[File:NS 8800 - NS 3700 - NS 4300.jpg|thumb|NS 8806, 3707 and 4398 awaiting scrapping. (28-06-1957)]]

== In NS service ==
After the departure of the British army in 1945, the Dutch Railways bought 31 copies. Four engines were sold to the Staatsmijnen in Limburg after a short time. The other 27 were assigned the NS numbers 8801-8827 and were used for shunting until 1957. They were liked by crews and were known not to "leave" any train standing.; shunting a heavy coal train was not difficult for these locomotives. With their [[Tank locomotive#Saddle tank|saddle tanks]] and [[Cylinder (locomotive)#Inside or outside cylinders|internal cylinders]], they looked very different from the traditional Dutch shunting locomotives of the [[NS 8700]] and [[NS 9500]] series. In the years between 1953, and 1957 six engines were sold, five to the Laura and Julia coal mine (8811 and 8826 in 1953, 8812 in 1954, 8807 and 8815 in 1957) and one to the United Cooperative Sugar Factories in [[Roosendaal]] (8817 in 1955). The remaining engines were scrapped during that time.

==Period after service with the NS==
After the NS withdrew the engines in 1957, a large number were sold to the Laura and Julia Mine and the [[Oranje Nassau Mijnen|Oranje Nassau Mine]], where they remained in use until the mines were closed in 1974. The locomotives that were sold to the Staatsmijnen were scrapped in the period 1960–1961. Three engines have been preserved. In 1981 the [[Stoom Stichting Nederland]] bought the former NS 8811, built by [[Hudswell Clarke]] in 1943. In 2010 this locomotive was partially made roadworthy. On April 13, 2012, the now completely restored locomotive was presented to invited guests at the SSN depot.

The former NS 8826, built by [[Hunslet]] in 1944, was bought in 1975 by the Metaalhandel Gebr. van Raak in [[Tilburg]], who loaned the locomotive to the Stichting Stoomtrein Tilburg-Turnhout between 1976 and 1981 for a heritage steam service on the Tilburg - Turnhout railway line. After the line closed the locomotive returned to [[Tilburg chess tournament|Tilburg]]. In 1998 the locomotive was purchased by the [[Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij]] intending to make it roadworthy again. The boiler of the former NS 8812 on the frame of the former NS 8815 has returned to England, where the locomotive bears the name 'Walkden' and is used on the [[Ribble Steam Railway]].<ref name="PBSL, Walkden" >{{Cite web
|url=https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/hunslet-works-no-3155-wd75105-walkden-0-6-0st/
|title=Hunslet Works No. 3155 WD75105 Walkden
|website=Preserved British Steam Locomotives
|date=3 February 2018
}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="float"
!NS number
!WD number
!Builder
!Builder
!Build date
!Date
!Factory Number
! Works No.
!Withdrawn
!Notes
!Details
|-
|-
| 8801
|8801
| (7)5000
|(7)5000
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1943
|1943
| 2849
|2849
|1956
|
|-
|-
| 8802
|8802
| (7)5001
|(7)5001
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1943
|1943
| 2850
|2850
|1956
|
|-
|-
| 8803
|8803
| (7)5012
|(7)5012
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1943
|1943
| 2861
|2861
|1955
|
|-
|-
| 8804
|8804
| (7)5013
|(7)5013
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1943
|1943
| 2862
|2862
|1956
|

|-
|-
| 8805
|8805
| (7)5020
|(7)5020
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1943
|1943
| 2869
|2869
|1956
|
|-
|-
| 8806
|8806
| (7)5025
|(7)5025
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1943
|1943
| 2874
|2874
|1957
|
|-
|-
| 8807
|8807
| (7)5051
|(7)5051
| RSH
|RSH
| 1943
|1943
| 7087
|7087
|1957
|Sold to the Julia mine in 1957 and numbered LV 17.
|-
|-
| 8808
|8808
| (7)5054
|(7)5054
| RSH
|RSH
| 1943
|1943
| 7090
|7090
|1955
|
|-
|-
| 8809
|8809
| (7)5059
|(7)5059
| RSH
|RSH
| 1943
|1943
| 7095
|7095
|1956
|
|-
|-
| 8810
|8810
| (7)5066
|(7)5066
| RSH
|RSH
| 1943
|1943
| 7102
|7102
|1956
|
|-
|-
| 8811
|8811
| (7)5080
|(7)5080
| Hudswell Clarke
|Hudswell Clarke
| 1943
|1943
| 1737
|1737
|1953
| Preserved
|Sold to the Julia mine in 1953 and operated under number Julia IV, renumbered as LV 13 in 1962. Most likely the last operating steam locomotive in the Netherlands. Boiler ticket expired in 1975 and stored in the mines' locomotive shed in [[Eygelshoven]]. It has been kept at the [[Stoom Stichting Nederland]] since 1980. At the SSN depot and running on open days.

|-
|-
| 8812
|8812
| (7)5082
|(7)5082
| Hudswell Clarke
|Hudswell Clarke
| 1943
|1943
| 1739
|1739
|1954
|Sold to the mine Julia IV and numbered LV&nbsp;15 in 1954.

At Laura & Vereeniging in 1970 its boiler was used as a replacment for LV&nbsp;16 / 8815 and the rest of the loco was scrapped.<ref name="PBSL, Walkden" />

|-
|-
| 8813
|8813
| (7)5085
|(7)5085
| Hudswell Clarke
|Hudswell Clarke
| 1943
|1943
| 1744
|1744
|1954
|
|-
|-
| 8814
|8814
| (7)5098
|(7)5098
| Hudswell Clarke
|Hudswell Clarke
| 1944
|1944
| 1761
|1761
|1954
|
|-
|-
| 8815
|8815
| (7)5105
|(7)5105
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1944
|1944
| 3155
|3155
|1957
| Preserved
|Sold to the Julia mine in 1957 and numbered LV&nbsp;16. In 1970 it received the boiler of LV&nbsp;15 / 8812.

Sold in 1975 to metal dealer Van Raak in Tilburg, who leased the locomotive to the SSTT as parts supplier for the 8826.

Sold in 1988 to a group of English enthusiasts. After passing through both the [[Northampton Steam Railway]] and [[Steamport, Southport|Steamport]], it followed most of the Steamport collection to the [[Ribble Steam Railway]] in 1999, after which it was restored. This restoration used many parts from the last stocks of the [[Little Hulton#Coal mining and Cutacre|NCB's 'Walkden Yard' workshops]], which was commemorated by naming it ''Walkden'' afterwards.<ref name="PBSL, Walkden" /><ref name="Ribble, Walkden" >{{Cite web
|title=Hunslet 3155/1944 'Walkden'
|website=Ribble Steam Railway
|access-date=2024-08-16
|url=https://ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/steam/hunslet-3155-1944-walkden/
}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 8816
|8816
| (7)5106
|(7)5106
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1944
|1944
| 3156
|3156
|1955
|
|-
|-
| 8817
|8817
| (7)5123
|(7)5123
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1944
|1944
| 3173
|3173
|1955
|Sold in 1957 to the United Cooperative Sugar Factories in Roosendaal, used there until the end of the sixties. Donated to the [[Stoomtrein Goes - Borsele]] in 1970, but scrapped in 1979.
|-
|-
| 8818
|8818
| (7)5155
|(7)5155
| Bagnall
|Bagnall
| 1944
|1944
| 2743
|2743
|1955
|
|-
|-
| 8819
|8819
| (7)5157
|(7)5157
| Bagnall
|Bagnall
| 1944
|1944
| 2745
|2745
|1955
|
|-
|-
| 8820
|8820
| (7)5160
|(7)5160
| Bagnall
|Bagnall
| 1944
|1944
| 2748
|2748
|1954
|
|-
|-
| 8821
|8821
| (7)1490
|(7)1490
| Hudswell Clarke
|Hudswell Clarke
| 1944
|1944
| 1766
|1766
|1954
|
|-
|-
| 8822
|8822
| (7)5026
|(7)5026
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1943
|1943
| 2875
|2875
|1954
|
|-
|-
| 8823
|8823
| (7)5053
|(7)5053
| RSH
|RSH
| 1943
|1943
| 7089
|7089
|1955
|
|-
|-
| 8824
|8824
| (7)5086
|(7)5086
| Hudswell Clarke
|Hudswell Clarke
| 1944
|1944
| 1745
|1745
|1954
|
|-
|-
| 8825
|8825
| (7)5104
|(7)5104
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1944
|1944
| 3154
|3154
|1956
|
|-
|-
| 8826
|8826
| (7)5115
|(7)5115
| Hunslet
|Hunslet
| 1944
|1944
| 3165
|3165
|1953
| Preserved
|Sold in 1953 to the mine Julia and Julia V, renumbered LV 14 in 1962. In 1975 sold to metal dealer Van Raak in Tilburg, who leased the locomotive to the [[:nl:Stichting Stoomtrein Tilburg-Turnhout|SSTT]]. Sold in 1998 to the [[Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij]]
|-
|-
| 8827
|8827
| (7)5199
|(7)5199
| RSH
|RSH
| 1944
|1944
| 7149
|7149
|1954
|
|}
|}


==References==
In addition, there were a few austerities that ended up in industrial use in Holland, and some of the NS engines joined them after their work for NS was done.
{{Reflist}}

== Preservation ==

Three ex-NS locomotives have survived along with several sister [[Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST]]s which did not belong to NS. No. 8826 is preserved at the [[Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij]] (ZLSM) in Limburg. No. 8811 is preserved at the Stoomstichting Nederland (SSN) in Rotterdam. (This loco is steamed for the first time in june 2010).
No. 8815 has been repatriated to [[Great Britain]]. Named ''Walkden'' it is being restored on the [[Ribble Steam Railway]].


{{refbegin}}
== External links ==
* {{Cite book|last=Waldorp|first=H.|title=Onze Nederlandse stoomlocomotieven in woord en beeld|publisher=De Alk|year=1981|isbn=90-6013-909-7|location=Alkmaar|pages=21–22}}
* {{Cite book|last=Weijts|first=A.|title=Tussen vuur en stoom|publisher=Europese Bibliotheek|year=2001|isbn=90-288-26947|location=Zaltbommel}}
{{refend}}


==External links==
* [http://www.ribblesteam.org.uk/stocklist/Walkden.htm Walkden's webpage]
* [http://www.zlsm.nl/mat_nl_stoom.php?matnr=LO05 8826's webpage]
*[http://www.miljoenenlijn.nl ZLSM | De mijloenenlijn]


{{Navigation Dutch steam locomotives}}
* [http://www.miljoenenlijn.nl ZLSM | De mijloenenlijn]


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[[Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Shunting locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1945]]

Latest revision as of 20:24, 26 October 2024

The NS 8800 was a series of tank engines of the Dutch railway NS for the shunting service. Of the approximately 324 British-built Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST saddle tank locomotives, many were used by the British War Department during their fight against the German army in mainland Western Europe. The NS bought 27 of them just after World War II. They had been built by the Hunslet Engine Company (12), WG Bagnall (3), Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns (RSH) (6), and Hudswell Clarke (6).

NS 8800
NS 8811 of the SSN visiting Simpelveld
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderHudswell Clarke, Hunslet, WG Bagnall, Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns
Build date1945
Total produced27
Specifications
Configuration:
​
 • Whyte0-6-0
 • UICC
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,295 mm (4 ft 3.0 in)
Length9,245 mm (30 ft 4.0 in)
Height3,689 mm (12 ft 1.2 in)
Loco weight49 t (54 short tons; 48 long tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity2.3 metric tons (2.5 short tons; 2.3 long tons)
Water cap.5.45 m3 (1,200 imp gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area1.56 m2 (16.8 sq ft)
Boiler pressure12 bar (170 psi)
Heating surface:​
 • Firebox8.1 m2 (87 sq ft)
 • Tubes72.9 m2 (785 sq ft)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size457 mm × 660 mm (18.0 in × 26.0 in)
Valve gearStephenson
Performance figures
Maximum speed50 km/h (31 mph)
Tractive effort8,777 kN (1,973,000 lbf)
Career
OperatorsNS
Numbers8801-8827
Withdrawn1953-1957
Disposition3 (8811, 8815 & 8826) preserved, remainder scrapped
NS 8811 of the SSN.
Shunter with NS 8817 at the yard in Roosendaal (04-06-1954)
NS 8806, 3707 and 4398 awaiting scrapping. (28-06-1957)

In NS service

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After the departure of the British army in 1945, the Dutch Railways bought 31 copies. Four engines were sold to the Staatsmijnen in Limburg after a short time. The other 27 were assigned the NS numbers 8801-8827 and were used for shunting until 1957. They were liked by crews and were known not to "leave" any train standing.; shunting a heavy coal train was not difficult for these locomotives. With their saddle tanks and internal cylinders, they looked very different from the traditional Dutch shunting locomotives of the NS 8700 and NS 9500 series. In the years between 1953, and 1957 six engines were sold, five to the Laura and Julia coal mine (8811 and 8826 in 1953, 8812 in 1954, 8807 and 8815 in 1957) and one to the United Cooperative Sugar Factories in Roosendaal (8817 in 1955). The remaining engines were scrapped during that time.

Period after service with the NS

[edit]

After the NS withdrew the engines in 1957, a large number were sold to the Laura and Julia Mine and the Oranje Nassau Mine, where they remained in use until the mines were closed in 1974. The locomotives that were sold to the Staatsmijnen were scrapped in the period 1960–1961. Three engines have been preserved. In 1981 the Stoom Stichting Nederland bought the former NS 8811, built by Hudswell Clarke in 1943. In 2010 this locomotive was partially made roadworthy. On April 13, 2012, the now completely restored locomotive was presented to invited guests at the SSN depot.

The former NS 8826, built by Hunslet in 1944, was bought in 1975 by the Metaalhandel Gebr. van Raak in Tilburg, who loaned the locomotive to the Stichting Stoomtrein Tilburg-Turnhout between 1976 and 1981 for a heritage steam service on the Tilburg - Turnhout railway line. After the line closed the locomotive returned to Tilburg. In 1998 the locomotive was purchased by the Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij intending to make it roadworthy again. The boiler of the former NS 8812 on the frame of the former NS 8815 has returned to England, where the locomotive bears the name 'Walkden' and is used on the Ribble Steam Railway.[1]

NS number WD number Builder Build date Factory Number Withdrawn Details
8801 (7)5000 Hunslet 1943 2849 1956
8802 (7)5001 Hunslet 1943 2850 1956
8803 (7)5012 Hunslet 1943 2861 1955
8804 (7)5013 Hunslet 1943 2862 1956
8805 (7)5020 Hunslet 1943 2869 1956
8806 (7)5025 Hunslet 1943 2874 1957
8807 (7)5051 RSH 1943 7087 1957 Sold to the Julia mine in 1957 and numbered LV 17.
8808 (7)5054 RSH 1943 7090 1955
8809 (7)5059 RSH 1943 7095 1956
8810 (7)5066 RSH 1943 7102 1956
8811 (7)5080 Hudswell Clarke 1943 1737 1953 Sold to the Julia mine in 1953 and operated under number Julia IV, renumbered as LV 13 in 1962. Most likely the last operating steam locomotive in the Netherlands. Boiler ticket expired in 1975 and stored in the mines' locomotive shed in Eygelshoven. It has been kept at the Stoom Stichting Nederland since 1980. At the SSN depot and running on open days.
8812 (7)5082 Hudswell Clarke 1943 1739 1954 Sold to the mine Julia IV and numbered LV 15 in 1954.

At Laura & Vereeniging in 1970 its boiler was used as a replacment for LV 16 / 8815 and the rest of the loco was scrapped.[1]

8813 (7)5085 Hudswell Clarke 1943 1744 1954
8814 (7)5098 Hudswell Clarke 1944 1761 1954
8815 (7)5105 Hunslet 1944 3155 1957 Sold to the Julia mine in 1957 and numbered LV 16. In 1970 it received the boiler of LV 15 / 8812.

Sold in 1975 to metal dealer Van Raak in Tilburg, who leased the locomotive to the SSTT as parts supplier for the 8826.

Sold in 1988 to a group of English enthusiasts. After passing through both the Northampton Steam Railway and Steamport, it followed most of the Steamport collection to the Ribble Steam Railway in 1999, after which it was restored. This restoration used many parts from the last stocks of the NCB's 'Walkden Yard' workshops, which was commemorated by naming it Walkden afterwards.[1][2]

8816 (7)5106 Hunslet 1944 3156 1955
8817 (7)5123 Hunslet 1944 3173 1955 Sold in 1957 to the United Cooperative Sugar Factories in Roosendaal, used there until the end of the sixties. Donated to the Stoomtrein Goes - Borsele in 1970, but scrapped in 1979.
8818 (7)5155 Bagnall 1944 2743 1955
8819 (7)5157 Bagnall 1944 2745 1955
8820 (7)5160 Bagnall 1944 2748 1954
8821 (7)1490 Hudswell Clarke 1944 1766 1954
8822 (7)5026 Hunslet 1943 2875 1954
8823 (7)5053 RSH 1943 7089 1955
8824 (7)5086 Hudswell Clarke 1944 1745 1954
8825 (7)5104 Hunslet 1944 3154 1956
8826 (7)5115 Hunslet 1944 3165 1953 Sold in 1953 to the mine Julia and Julia V, renumbered LV 14 in 1962. In 1975 sold to metal dealer Van Raak in Tilburg, who leased the locomotive to the SSTT. Sold in 1998 to the Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij
8827 (7)5199 RSH 1944 7149 1954

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Hunslet Works No. 3155 WD75105 Walkden". Preserved British Steam Locomotives. 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Hunslet 3155/1944 'Walkden'". Ribble Steam Railway. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  • Waldorp, H. (1981). Onze Nederlandse stoomlocomotieven in woord en beeld. Alkmaar: De Alk. pp. 21–22. ISBN 90-6013-909-7.
  • Weijts, A. (2001). Tussen vuur en stoom. Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek. ISBN 90-288-26947.
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