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Articulation in NL

Articulated locomotives in the Netherlands

Introduction

To the best of my knowledge no one ever tried to describe the history of articulated steam locomotives in the Netherlands comprehensively. So I will try to attempt that on these pages.

More than just one...

At first sight it isn't much. The conditions in the Netherlands seldom required articulated locomotives. The only generally recognised true articulated Dutch steam locomotive is the 0-6-0+0-6-0 tramway locomotive no 51 of the Limburg Tramway Company (LTM). In most accounts that is end of story. Wrongly so, I found that when I slowly dug deeper into the matter. There's much more to it. So far I have found the following categories and locomotives

Operated in the Netherlands

Builder Builder's no Type Built in Wheel arr. Operating Co

Hanomag

Henschel

10758

22063

Garratt 1931 0-6-0+0-6-0 LTM road no 51
??   Klien-Lindner 1910-1911 (4) 0-8-0 GSTM road nos 16-17, 23 and 26
St Léonard

2121

2140

Garratt

1929

1930

0-6-0+0-6-0 NMVB 850-851

 

Built in the Netherlands for export

Builder Builder's no Type Built in Wheel arr. Operating Co
Werkspoor 250-259 Mallet 1910-1911 (10) 2-6-6-0 SS and T (Indonesia)
Werkspoor 271 Mallet 1911 (1) 2-6-6-0 SS and T (Indonesia)
Werkspoor 538-541 Mallet 1923 (4) 2-8-8-0 JSS (Indonesia)
Werkspoor 558-565 Mallet 1928 (8) 2-6-6-0 JSS (Indonesia)
Werkspoor 570 Mallet 1928 (1) 2-6-6-0 JSS (Indonesia)
Werkspoor 571-575 Mallet 1928 (5) 2-6-6-0 JSS (Indonesia)
      Total 29    

The mallets supplied by Werkspoor to the then Indonesian colonies where built in competition with other suppliers. Werkspoor only supplied parts of these classes. A full overview of the Indonesian Mallets can be found in the Indonesian Steam Roster page.

 

Builder Builder's no Type Built in Wheel arr. Operating Co
Du Croo & Brauns 6-10 Klien-Lindner 1922 (5) 0-8-0 Various sugar mills in Indonesia
  11-12 Klien-Lindner 1923 (2) 0-8-0 Various sugar mills in Indonesia
  21-29, 39 Klien-Lindner 1924 (10) 0-8-0 Various sugar mills in Indonesia
  40-41, 53, 60, 62-64, 67-72, 80-81, 84 Klien-Lindner 1925 (16) 0-8-0 Various sugar mills in Indonesia
  87, 104-106 Klien-Lindner 1926 (4) 0-8-0 Various sugar mills in Indonesia
  129, 131, 136-137 Klien-Lindner 1927 (4) 0-8-0 Various sugar mills in Indonesia
  140, 154, 172 Klien-Lindner 1928 (3) 0-8-0 Various sugar mills in Indonesia
  194 Klien-Lindner 1930 (1) 0-8-0 Various sugar mills in Indonesia
  240, 259 Klien-Lindner 1937 (2) 0-8-0 Various sugar mills in Indonesia
      Total 47    
           
  73-77, 82, 98-103 Mallet 1926 (12) 0-4-4-0 Industrial purposes, mostly in Indonesia
  115-118, 124-125 Mallet 1927 (6) 0-4-4-0  
  126-128, 138, 144, 150-153, 155-159, 161-168, 177 Mallet 1928 (23) 0-4-4-0  
  175, 179-181, 186-189, 191-192 Mallet 1929 (10) 0-4-4-0  
  203, 206-207 Mallet 1930 (3) 0-4-4-0  
  317 Mallet 1938 (1) 0-4-4-0  
  328-333 Mallet 1940 (6) 0-4-4-0  
      Total 61    

References

Class Title Author(s) ISBN-13 Issued Page TDP *)
LTM 51 De Modelbouwer (magazine) J.J.G. Koopmans NA 09-1974 235 TDP
Trams in Midden en Zuid-Limburg 1888 - 1950

J. Blok,

C. Campagne,

S. Janssen

978-90-6097-434-6 2005 217 TDP
De Stoomtram Vaals Maastricht, 1923 - 1939 H. Schreuders 978-90-71802-68-3 2003 Many TDP
De Stoomlocomotieven der
Nederlandse Tramwegen
S. Overbosch 978-90-6707-051-5 1985 Cover D
Garratt Locomotives of the World A.E. Durrant 978-0-7153-7641-6 1981 43-45 TP
Ungewöhnliche Dampflokomotiven R. Ostendorf 978-3-87943-406-0 1978 43 TP
De Stoomlocomotieven der Nederlandse Tramwegen S. Overbosch 978-90-6707-051-5 1985

177-179,

204

TDP

T

NMVB
850-851
Trams in Midden en Zuid-Limburg 1888 - 1950

J. Blok, C. Campagne, S. Janssen

978-90-6097-434-6 2005 45 T
Tramway  Lokomotiven W. Hefti 978-3-7643-1159-9

1980

106,

210

TD

P

Ungewöhnliche Dampflokomotiven R. Ostendorf 978-3-87943-406-0 1978 43 TP
Garratt Locomotives of the World A.E. Durrant 978-0-7153-7641-6 1981 43-45 TP
GSTM
0-8-0
Tramway  Lokomotiven W. Hefti 978-3-7643-1159-9

1980

69 TD
De nadagen van Neerlands
Stoom- en Motortrams
J. Voerman 978-90-6120-690-3 1989

148,

149,

151

P

P

P

De Stoomlocomotieven der
Nederlandse Tramwegen
S. Overbosch 978-90-6707-051-5 1985 140-142 TDP
De Ingenieur 1914 no 1 (magazine) G.J. Hupkes None 1914

3-7,

202

TDP

T

 

*) T = Textual description or history
  D = Drawing
  P = Photo