January - Intercity Railway Society

Dutch Class 600 Shunters in the UK
by Trevor Roots
The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) Cl.600 were built for shunting duties in the Netherlands and are of
a similar design to BR Cl.11. Sixty-five of the locomotives were built, numbered 601-665 by English
Electric between 1950-1957 at either Dick Kerr & Co. Works, Preston (601-610) or Vulcan Foundry
Works, Newton-le-Willows (611-663). Twenty-three locomotives were later fitted with radio remotecontrol,
and renumbered in the range 671-693.
Specs: English Electric 6KT engines, 143kn tractive effort, 47t weight and a top speed of 19mph.
Numbers Name Location (* preserved)
NS NS
Original Re-num Current Other Works
601 671 11 2098 Ribble Steam Rly *
625 690 16 H043 2122/D312 PD Ports, Teeside (BAR)
685 685 H045 2124/D314 Midland Rly Butterley *
632 9 H046 2129/D319 Thames Steel, Sheerness (BAR)
649 692 13 H049 2146/D336 Electro Motive Diesels, Longport (BAR)
653 653 H050 2150/D340 Weardale Rly *
663 663 2160/D350 Annette NRM Shildon *
doyen of the class 601
and the only one remaining
built by Dick Kerr in 1955,
Ribble Steam Railway,
30 th September 2011
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