In the 1930's Dutch Railways decided to preserve some older steam locomotives for future generations. These four locomotives are now some of the top pieces in the current National Railway Museum, and can be driven around in Streamlined when you own this pack.
Gamepass Description
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| HSM 89 (Nestor) | |
|---|---|
| by Supersnel11 | |
| Price | 400 Robux |
| Gamepass | Preserved Four |
| Statistics | |
| Type | Passenger |
| Top Speed | 90 km/h |
| Weight | 64 tons |
| Capacity | 240 tons |
| Passenger Capacity | 2 first class 2 second class |
| Length | 14,1 meters |
HSM 89 "Nestor" is a Dutch 1B (2-4-0) tender locomotive which has been preserved by the Dutch National Railway museum. 29 of its type were built for the NS-predecessor Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorwegmaatschappij (HSM).
Liveries
The locomotive is only available in HSM green.
Historical details
HSM
With the expansion of one railway line and the opening of another in 1879, the need to expand their collection of locomotives became obvious and ordered 29 of these machines at Borsig. They were numbered 74-82, 89-98 and 116-125 because the HSM numbered locomotives based on what order they were received. The series was named EOS - JORDAENS as those were the names given to 74 and 125. Despite the nameplates having just a name, in speech they were always referred to as The name (for example: 'The Nestor' instead of 'Nestor').
Upon their arrival, various older locomotives were given less important jobs, which made even more older locomotives be withdrawn from service. With the arrival of new Sharp Stewart locomotives in 1890, the EOS - JORDAENS were reduced to secondary, less important jobs like they had done to older locomotives before. They did work at the depots Almelo, Amsterdam Central Station, Apeldoorn, Haarlem and Zutphen and most big stations along a line drawn East to West in the middle of the country. Later, they were spread out even more along other HSM depots, being reduced down more and more to shunting jobs.
Around 1910, all tenders of the series were given a tender cab.
NS
In 1917, the HSM and SS created a partnership 'Dutch Railways', which resulted in the combining of their rolling stock in 1921. The EOS - JORDAENS were renumbered to NS 1001 - 1029. NS also enlarged the windows in the cab.
Until and during 1923, eight of them were at Utrecht Central Station, which, prior to the fusion, was exclusively Staatsspoorwegen territory. They were exclusively used for shunting. In Amersfoort, five more were stationed with the same work and in Winterswijk, four, although these four did also pull trains to a few nearby stations. However, in 1924, a majority of the NS 1000s would be relocated to the most Westward depots, including Apeldoorn.
Eleven of the class were written of in 1921-1923. The NESTOR survived with the rest of them to 1934. In that year, NS sent all but two, NS 1010 & 1011, to the scrapyard. NS 1011 followed a year later. Although the NESTOR was also planned to be scrapped in 1934, the NVBS (Dutch Association of Interested Parties in the Railway and Tramway Industry) helped with getting it preserved for the yet to be built Dutch railway museum, so it was stored in Boxtel.
The locomotive was, along with other rolling stock reserved for the museum, moved around a couple times during WWII. In 1944, the NESTOR was in Maastricht, where she was blown up by the Germans. When the war ended, the machine was stored in Almelo for a while, still heavily damaged.
It wasn't until 1953 that the NS granted permission to repair her. The reparation process was completed in 1964. That year, the locomotive drove the last 100 metres to the Dutch railway museum on her own, although the necessary energy was delivered with pressurised air from a diesel; the boiler was only restored cosmetically.
The NESTOR was the last NS locomotive restored for museums. She got her 1880s look, including the wooden cab with high windows.
At the Dutch railway museum, NESTOR isn't the only ex-NS 1010. The 1000 series number was later used for electric locomotives, the 10th of which was also preserved.
Technical details
The EON - JORDAENS were one of two series the HSM had with wooden cabs. These wooden cabs had small, high windows which forced personnel to stand up if they wanted to look outside. The drivers and firemen of these machines were dubbed 'Woonwagenbewoners', which translates roughly to 'Caravan dwellers'.
The engines themselves had a unique nickname too. Because they were the first Dutch locomotives with a boiler pressure of 10 atmosphere, they were named 'Tienders', 'Tenners' in English.
The NESTOR has a Le Chatelier steambrake and Ramsbottom security on the firebox. The original iron smokestacks with a spark arrestor were replaced with a cast iron smokestack with a spark arrestor in the boiler after some years.
Trivia
- It is the only locomotive with an HSM livery in the game.
- It is also one of the only locomotives to feature a 3D, modelled number and nameplates.
- The HSM 89 features a wooden cab, the only one in the game.
- The HSM 89 features the museums representation of the HSM livery from the 1880s, rather than the period correct NS green.
- The HSM 89 has been available since the release of the Preserved Four gamepass in version 0.5.