NS 3850
# NS 3850

The NS 3851–3855 was a series of locomotives was in service at the Dutch Railways shortly after the Second World War. They were originally German locomotives.

## History

As a successor to the P6, the Prussian P8 was developed by Robert Hermann Garbe. The locomotive was built by the Berliner Machinenbau AG and was intended for the Königlich Preußische Staatseisenbahnen (K.P.St.E.). The first locomotives initially showed some weaknesses, such as wrongly dimensioned connecting rods and a tender that ensured that the locomotive could not run faster than 45 km/h backwards. Over the years, various adjustments were made to the P8, such as the use of a DB tender (wannentender) for the P8, which greatly improved the running characteristics of the locomotive backwards and which was now able to achieve a speed of 85 km/h running in reverse. (the Dutch locomotives had no wannentenders).

## Service with the NS

Five locomotives entered service with the NS in 1945 because many Dutch locomotives were taken or destroyed by the Germans in World War II. They were classified as the series NS 3850. They were numbered 3851 to 3855.

All locomotives were returned to Germany in 1947.

| Manufacturer | Serial number | DRB number | NS number |
| - | - | - | - |
| Maschinenbau Anstalt Humboldt | 1684 of 1922 | 38 3733 | 3851 |
| Maschinenbau Anstalt Humboldt | 1664 of 1921 | 38 3553 | 3852 |
| Linke-Hofmann Werke | 1294 of 1916 | 38 1856 | 3853 |
| Henschel & Sohn | 16881 of 1919 | 38 2527 | 3854 |
| Berliner Maschinenbau AG | 7201 of 1920 | 38 2776 | 3855 |

## Gallery

* NS 3851 of the NS in Eindhoven. (Locomotive belonged to the D.R.B.)
* Steam locomotive no. 3851 of the N.S. from the D.R.B. (originally number 38 3733) in Hengelo (1946)
* Two locomotives of the series NS 3851 at the (restored) railway bridge over the Maas in Hedel during the load test. These originally German steam locomotives Baureihe 38 that were in service in the Netherlands from 1945 to 1947
* NS 3853 from the D.R.B. (originally number 38 1856) in Hengelo (1946)

## Sources

* H. Waldorp: Onze Nederlandse stoomlocomotieven in woord en beeld, (7e druk) uitgeverij De Alk, Alkmaar, 1986. ISBN 90-6013-947-X.
* Het Utrchts Archief
