NS 1700

"'The NS 1700 (SS 800) was an express locomotive desgined by Beyer&Peacock&Co and ordered by the Staats-Spoorwegen. They had many rebuilds over the years, which caused none to be exactly the same.. They were one of the oldest engines running in the 50s.' Jiskpirate 11/25/18. Source: Twitter."

The NS 1700 was a British-built Dutch steam locomotive. 135 locomotive of the class were built by Bayer, Peacock, and Co. and Werkspoor between 1899 and 1907, for the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS)

Technical Details
Due to an increase in the weight of passenger trains, the SS decided that they needed stronger locomotives for the job. The designed locomotives were based on the SS's 301-475 series (NS 1300), with a higher steam pressure and a 4-wheeled bogie instead of a single axle. The original 125 locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock, and Company between 1899 and 1906, with 10 locomotives (split between 2 batches of 5 locomotives each) being built at Werkspoor in 1907. During the 1910s, 8 members of the class were experimented with superheated boilers, with an additional 92 being modified by the NS between 1921 and 1930. During World War II, several locomotives were taken by the Germans, with 8 locomotives being deemed missing. The non-superheated locomotives were all withdrawn by 1947, with all members of the class being withdrawn by 1959. Unfortunately, no members of the class were preserved.

Price
The base price of the locomotive is ƒ15,000 Gulden, making it the first purchasable locomotive.

Liveries
Currently, the only livery available is Nederlandse-Spoorwegen Green.

Trivia

 * 135 were built for the SS (predecessor to NS).
 * They were in service for 60 years.
 * Before WW2 this class had extra brass details on its funnel and dome, as well as smaller details.
 * This locomotive class was one of the last steamers to ever run in the Netherlands as a shunter until being sent for scrap in 1959.