Piko Netherlands National Railway Hondekop Electric Locomotive

Hondekop (dog face) train from the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) with yellow and blue colouring. An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages.

The NS Mat '54 or Materieel '54 was an electric multiple unit train, used by the Dutch State-owned railways from 1956 until 1996. The typical nose of the train was designed for extra safety for the train driver. The public gave the train a nickname: Doghead (Hondekop).

The trains were intended for express train services. Rapid acceleration was of less importance than comfort and therefore the trains were solidly constructed, which resulted in a relatively high weight per seat and gave a very smooth and (for that time) very comfortable run. It is still the heaviest passenger train type to ever ride a European railway. The train needed three minutes to accelerate to a speed of a 120 km/h.

• Digital interface (8-pin)
• 5-pole motor
• Model Train Traction Tyres
• Interior fitting.
• Analog DC interface
• Boxed

Please note: Train engines with Plux interfaces are limited to white light effects when being operated in analogue AC mode.

HO scale