NS Class 1200

Nederlandse Spoorwegen Class 1200
ACTS 1255 at Amersfoort.
Power type	Electric
Builder	Werkspoor (mech.); Heemaf (elec.) after design from Baldwin and Westinghouse
Build date	1951-1953
Total produced	25
AAR wheel arr.	Co-Co
Gauge	1435 mm
Length	18.09 m
Weight on drivers	18 t
Locomotive weight	108 t
Electric system	1500V DC
Current collection method	Pantograph
Top speed	150 km/h (135 km/h in service)
Power output	2220 kW
Tractive effort	195 kN
Safety systems	ATB-EG (since 1964)
Career	Nederlandse Spoorwegen, ACTS, Euro-Express-Treincharter BV (EETC)
Class	1200
Number in class	Originally 25, now 4 remain
Number	Nederlandse Spoorwegen: 1201-1225 ACTS 1251-1255
Delivered	1951-1953
Retired	1998
Scrapped	1999
Current owner	EETC
Disposition	Active

The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) Class 1200 were a class of electric locomotives that were in service from 1951 until 1998. They were designed by Baldwin and built by Werkspoor (Utrecht) between 1951 and 1953. The electrical parts were built by Heemaf (Hengelo) to a design by Westinghouse. Some parts (the bogies, and the electrical installation) were made in the United States as part of the Marshall Plan.

Originally 75 locomotives were ordered, but the order was reduced to 25 locomotives, instead more locomotives of the French Class 1100locomotives were ordered.

History

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

After more than 40 years of service the Class 1200 was retired from service in 1998. Numbers 1201, 1202 and 1211 were preserved for museums,^{[citation needed]} whilst 1214, 1215, 1218, 1221 and 1225 were bought by the Dutch freight operator ACTS Nederland BV in 1999 and were renumbered to 1251-1255.^[1]

ACTS Nederland BV, EETC

Engine 1253 was taken out of service in 2003 and is now used for spare parts. In 2007 engine 1252 was taken out of service. In 2009 and 2010 the remaining 3 engines were taken out of service by ACTS and engines 1251, 1252, 1254 and 1255 were acquired by Euro-Express-Treincharter BV (EETC).

As of January 2011 engines 1251 and 1252 are again in active service whilst engine 1254 is being refurbished. They are used for transporting the empty Citynightline train from Munich and Zurich and the Euronight Jan Kiepura train from Moscow, Minsk, Warsaw, Prague and Copenhagen between Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Watergraafsmeer. They are also used for spare runs with charter trains and transporting carriages to and from the EETC workshop in Rotterdam.

Gallery

1202 at the Dutch Railway Museum   1218 at Zandvoort aan Zee   ACTS 1251 shunting at Amsterdam CS

References

1. ^ "Rolandrail: ACTS/Portfeeders/Railmotion" (in dutch). www.rolandrail.net. Voorheen door ACTS ingezette locomotieven (niet volledig). http://www.rolandrail.net/drgl/acts.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 

External links

• Laurens Pit. "Van NS 1200 naar ACTS 1250" (in dutch). www.acts-nl.com. ACTS Nederland BV. http://www.acts-nl.com/NL/liefhebbers/NS1200%20naar%20ACTS1250.pdf. 
• Nico Spilt. "E-locs NS 1200" (in dutch). www.nicospilt.com. http://www.nicospilt.com/Lok1200.htm.