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WD 70269 was ordered in 1944 by the British Ministry of Supply from the workshop of the London-Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). These shunting locomotives belong to an English standard type, some of which came to mainland Europe with the liberation army in 1944. WD 70260 - 70269 initially served with the SNCF in Calais, with the SNCB in Antwerp South, and with the DB in Cleve, Goch, Emmerich, and Rees Empel. The WD 70264 and 70269 were shunted in Nijmegen at the end of 1945, after which the 70269 came to Utrecht in September.

The locomotives made such an impression on NS that in 1946 the 70260, 70261, 70264 to 70269, and a few months later the 70263 and 70262 were bought from an army dump.

They were renumbered in that order in NS 501 - 510 and painted in the standard green color. They were well received so that from 1949 first 10 were added (NS 511 - 520) and from 1953 another 25 as well as the previous one with only a locomotive brake (NS 521 - 545) and a further 65 with a train brake (NS 601 - 665).

With their maximum speed of 32 km / h, they were only suitable for shunting service, but they were able to do a tremendous amount of work, especially on the large shunting yards.

From 1971 these oldest locomotives were taken out of service. Loc 508 was donated to the NSM in 1975 as a representative of the first 'Bakkies' in the Netherlands.

In 1913 it was celebrated that 300 years ago the Treaty of Utrecht was concluded. The Railway Museum organized the exhibition 'Tracks to the Front' on that occasion. In connection with this, locomotive 508 got its original black livery and the number WD 70269 back in April 2013.

Description
WD 70269 was ordered in 1944 by the British Ministry of Supply from the workshop of the London-Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). These shunting locomotives belong to an English standard type, some of which came to mainland Europe with the liberation army in 1944. WD 70260 - 70269 initially served with the SNCF in Calais, with the SNCB in Antwerp South, and with the DB in Cleve, Goch, Emmerich, and Rees Empel. The WD 70264 and 70269 were shunted in Nijmegen at the end of 1945, after which the 70269 came to Utrecht in September.

The locomotives made such an impression on NS that in 1946 the 70260, 70261, 70264 to 70269, and a few months later the 70263 and 70262 were bought from an army dump.

They were renumbered in that order in NS 501 - 510 and painted in the standard green color. They were well received so that from 1949 first 10 were added (NS 511 - 520) and from 1953 another 25 as well as the previous one with only a locomotive brake (NS 521 - 545) and a further 65 with a train brake (NS 601 - 665).

With their maximum speed of 32 km / h, they were only suitable for shunting service, but they were able to do a tremendous amount of work, especially on the large shunting yards.

From 1971 these oldest locomotives were taken out of service. Loc 508 was donated to the NSM in 1975 as a representative of the first 'Bakkies' in the Netherlands.

In 1913 it was celebrated that 300 years ago the Treaty of Utrecht was concluded. The Railway Museum organized the exhibition 'Tracks to the Front' on that occasion. In connection with this, locomotive 508 got its original black livery and the number WD 70269 back in April 2013.