NS Class 8800


The Nederlandse Spoorwegen Class 8800 was a class of ex-British War Department Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0STs formed when NS bought 27 of them just after the Second World War. They had been built by the Hunslet Engine Company, W. G. Bagnall, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and Hudswell Clarke.

Stock list

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

Preservation

Three ex-NS locomotives have survived along with several sister Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0STs which did not belong to NS. No. 8826 is preserved at the Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij in Limburg. No. 8811 is preserved at the Stoomstichting Nederland in Rotterdam.
No. 8815 has been repatriated to Great Britain. Named Walkden it is currently operational on the Ribble Steam Railway.