NS 5300

The NS 5300 class were 2-4-2 tank engines built between 1880 and 1882 for passenger services in the Netherlands, most likely the first tank engines there with that wheel arrangement. The Westinghouse brake system was a first for the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij, and inside cylinders were used to give a stable ride at high speed. The front and rear axles were of the Webb type already employed by the London North Western Railway. The first four were ordered by the Rhijnspoorweg company, and a second series of the same type followed for the Nederlandsche Zuid Ooster Spoorweg Maatschappij, six engines at first and then two more, which entered service in 1882 and 1883. After the mergers the Netherlands Railways renumbered the engines 5301 to 5310 in 1921 and classified them PT3. The locomotives were retired between 1925 and 1935, and all have been scrapped.