NS 7742 Bello

Bello is an NS 7700 0-6-0T locomotive, primarily for shunting duties, but now operates on the Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik.
== History ==
Bello was delivered to the HSM (Hollandse IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij) in 1914 by the Berlin-based factory Schwartzkopff. She was used on multiple branchlines such as the Haarlemmermeer lines and the Dieren - Apeldoorn, and Apeldoorn - Zwolle. In 1921, the HSM 1046 was renumbered to NS 7742. On June 2, 1927, she was involved in a cyclone disaster. On this day she was standing in the emergency shed in Need for maintenance when the roof of the shed collapsed onto her. The locomotive was restored in Haarlem, after which she operated on the tram line Alkmaar - Bergen aan Zee, along Koedijk and via Bergen from 1932, up until on the 31st of August 1955, when the route was closed by the NS. NS 7742 had driven the farewell ride on the line the day before. In 1960 she was put on display as a monument in Bergen. 
== Preservation ==
She was sold to the Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik for the comical price of 1ƒ (gulden, the Dutch currency back then), which in todays money is 90p. She went through an excessive overhaul from 1980-1985, in which she acquired a whole new boiler. After this overhaul she was put in service. In 2013-2014 she went through a whole new overhaul, and was back in service after the fact.
== Trivia ==
* It is surprising that she has always been kept in pristine condition during preservation, there is not a single image of her in which she is dirty.
* She switched places with Fenchurch from the Bluebell Railway in August–September 2004.
* Bello is probably the most well-known Dutch locomotive.
* The locomotive was never actually named Bello; Bello is just a colloquialism given to small locomotives who would ring their bells whenever they passed a level crossing. The Alkmaar – Bergen aan Zee line where the locomotive worked was also one of the last lines to do this, so the locomotive got this nickname when she was put on display.
Category:0-6-0T steam locomotives
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