Class 700

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Number series: 701 - 713
UIC Class: 92 84 2282 7xx-x
Number built: 13
Number in service: 13 (January 2009)
Introduced: 2003-2004
Axle arrangement: B
Continuous power rating: 390kW
Maximum tractive effort: 130kN
Maximum speed: 40km/h (hauled: 80km/h)
Weight in working order: 40 tonnes
Length: 9.645m
Wheel diameter (new): 1000mm
Motor: MTU 8V 183 TD13
Transmission: Hydraulic (Voith L 2r4 zseU2)
Builder: Vossloh Locomotives (Kiel - Germany)

The shunters of class 600, based on a pre-WW2 design, have reached the end of their lifespan. Therefore, NS-Reizigers (together with the Nedtrain workshops) has ordered 13 new small shunters, to be used at stations where shunting with passenger coaches takes place, and at workshops.
The selected locomotive is a standard design of Vossloh in Kiel, Germany, the factory that also built the standard Dutch class 6400 diesel locomotives. The type designation is G400B, and very similar shunters are already in service for DSB in Denmark and CFL in Luxembourg. The first locomotive arrived in October 2003, the rest of the series was delivered until January 2004.