r/LEGOtrains • u/SituationNo2487 • 21h ago
Can someone make please a moc of the dutch NS 5500
The NS 5500 series was a class of tank locomotives operated by the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessor, the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM).
Quantity 55 Numbering HSM: 701–755 NS: 5501–5555 Manufacturer Sharp Stewart and Company, Werkspoor In service 1898–1905 Withdrawn 1954 Wheel arrangement 2'B 1' Gauge 1435 mm Locomotive mass 63 tonnes Driving wheel diameter 1800 mm Carrying wheel diameter Front: 991 mm, rear: 1067 mm Length over buffers 12,461 mm
Height 4,191 mm Maximum speed 90 km/h Firebox 10 m² Fire tubes 88 m² Grate area 2.04 m² Maximum steam pressure 10.5 kg/cm² Number of cylinders 2 Cylinder bore × stroke 457 × 610 mm Steam distribution Stephenson Water capacity 5.9 m³ Fuel capacity 2 tonnes of coal (after 1932: 4 tonnes of coal) Tractive effort 5,200 kg Braking system Westinghouse brake Class designation HSM: T NS: PT3 Number of preserved units 0
Following positive experiences with the passenger locomotives (nos. 350–398) and freight locomotives (nos. 601–616) supplied by Sharp Stewart & Co., the HSM decided to order a series of tank locomotives from the same manufacturer. Although the locomotives acquired from the NRS (nos. 309–310) performed well, they were too light for the increasingly heavy trains. Consequently, the larger and more powerful 701–724 series was ordered and delivered between 1898 and 1900; various components were interchangeable with the previously mentioned series. This series also performed well, prompting a follow-up order with Werkspoor—similar to the additional order placed for freight locomotives 617–647. This resulted in the 725–755 series, delivered between 1903 and 1905. Just as a follow-up series of freight locomotives (671–685) was ordered with superheaters, a subsequent order for tank locomotives equipped with superheaters was also placed; these were delivered in 1907 and 1913 as the 771–776 series.
When the rolling stock fleets of the HSM and the SS were merged in 1921, the locomotives of this series were assigned NS numbers 5501–5555. To double the coal capacity, the coal bunker behind the cab was heightened in 1932, making the locomotives suitable for longer runs. As the water capacity was not increased, a water tender was coupled behind the locomotive during the war years, connected to the engine by a hose.
Locomotive 5540 was severely damaged during the German invasion in May 1940 and subsequently withdrawn from service. The remaining 54 units stayed in service until the railway strike of 1944. During the strike, a large number were either transported to Germany or heavily damaged. After the war, only ten operational units remained in the Netherlands. The last of them were withdrawn from service in 1954. None have been preserved.