NS Class 8800

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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).

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NS 8800
NS 8811 Simpelveld 1.jpg
NS 8811 of the SSN visiting Simpelveld
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Hudswell Clarke, Hunslet, WG Bagnall, Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns
Build date1945
Total produced27
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-6-0
   UIC C
Gauge 1,435 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 type Coal
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)
Cylinders 2
Cylinder size 457 mm × 660 mm (18.0 in × 26.0 in)
Valve gear Stephenson
Performance figures
Maximum speed50 km/h (31 mph)
Tractive effort 8,777 kN (1,973,000 lbf)
Career
Operators NS
Numbers8801-8827
Withdrawn1953-1957
Disposition3 (8811, 8815 & 8826) preserved, remainder scrapped
NS 8811 of the SSN. NS 8811 Simpelveld 2.jpg
NS 8811 of the SSN.
Shunter with NS 8817 at the yard in Roosendaal (04-06-1954) 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
Shunter with NS 8817 at the yard in Roosendaal (04-06-1954)
NS 8806, 3707 and 4398 awaiting scrapping. (28-06-1957) NS 8800 - NS 3700 - NS 4300.jpg
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 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

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 numberWD numberBuilderBuild dateFactory NumberWithdrawnDetails
8801(7)5000Hunslet194328491956
8802(7)5001Hunslet194328501956
8803(7)5012Hunslet194328611955
8804(7)5013Hunslet194328621956
8805(7)5020Hunslet194328691956
8806(7)5025Hunslet194328741957
8807(7)5051RSH194370871957Sold to the Julia mine in 1957 and numbered LV 17.
8808(7)5054RSH194370901955
8809(7)5059RSH194370951956
8810(7)5066RSH194371021956
8811(7)5080Hudswell Clarke194317371953Sold 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)5082Hudswell Clarke194317391954Sold 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)5085Hudswell Clarke194317441954
8814(7)5098Hudswell Clarke194417611954
8815(7)5105Hunslet194431551957Sold 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)5106Hunslet194431561955
8817(7)5123Hunslet194431731955Sold 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)5155Bagnall194427431955
8819(7)5157Bagnall194427451955
8820(7)5160Bagnall194427481954
8821(7)1490Hudswell Clarke194417661954
8822(7)5026Hunslet194328751954
8823(7)5053RSH194370891955
8824(7)5086Hudswell Clarke194417451954
8825(7)5104Hunslet194431541956
8826(7)5115Hunslet194431651953Sold 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)5199RSH194471491954

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References

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  2. "Hunslet 3155/1944 'Walkden'". Ribble Steam Railway. Retrieved 2024-08-16.