Op de RailsTo conclude, an article from "Op de Rails, November 1998" (free translation of Dutch Railway chronicle)With thanks to the NVBS

The end of engineer Stapel and his engine 8116 Marius Broos Shortly before the turn of the century the SS (States Railways) needed more shunting engines. December 24, 1898 they ordered 10 engines against Dfl 184,000 at the "Machinefabriek Breda, late Backer & Rueb". They got the serial numbers 651-660. At the delivery in 1906 the cost appeared to be Dfl 201,617, so Breda was not interested in a follow-up order. The SS then decided to produce another 20 locomotives in their own workshops at Tibury and Zwolle. Accordingly, in 1903 the numbers 661 - 670, in 1905 the numbers 671 - 672, in 1906 the numbers 673 - 677 and in 1907 the numbers 678 - 680 came into service. They were immediately recognised by the sloped rear-end of the engineers cabin, which made its space less cramped. The locomotives could be seen at most SS station yards, especially in the south Netherlands. They were rather small engines, which were dwarfed by the long mixed freight trains. Also in Roosendaal a few engines of that series drove about. From time to time such an engine pulled the daily schooltrain between Roosendaal and Bergen op Zoom: departure around 8 a.m.and home again around 9 p.m.. The train counted just one or two three-axled carriages and a luggage car. The 13 km trip took some 20 minutes, with a stop in Wouw. At the maximum speed of 45 km/h these locomotives had a very uneasy ride. That was perhaps the reason why they were nick- named "frog". In 1920 the locomotives were renumber- ed in the NS series 8101-8130. After 1930 the appear- ance of 25 of them was much changed when the tender containers were enlarged. Some were equipped for the tram-service Gouda-Schoonhoven and Ede- Wageningen. The first engine perished March 19, 1935 in Roosendaal. In the early morning, a quarter to four, engineer J.B. Stapel collided with a shunting train-segment in the eastern part of the station yard, while driving his 1816 backwards. There was a considerable damage. Stapel got serious burns on head, arms and hands. Groaning with pain he managed to get of the engine and sat down on the shoulder of the yard. It took quite long for him to be transferred to hospital. That very day, late evening he died at the age of 58 years. J.B. Stapel stood at the brink of retirement, after a fourty year employment on the "spoor" (railways). Stoker Bergs escaped with hardly any injury. Shortly after the accident engine 8116 is moved to the back of the (still present) engine house in Roosendaal 19-March-1935 Photo: collection Marius Broos. Amid many marks of sympathy by engineers, under-engineers and apprentice-engineers, who were not in service at the time, Stapel was carried to his grave. His 8116 was initially stored to the rectangular Roosen- daal engine house, awaiting repairs. But it never came to anything. A year later the engine was scrapped together with the 8121 from elsewhere. Conversely, the other locomotives of the series 8101-8130 remained in service until after the war. Only in 1945 some war- victims were demolished. The majority went out of service in the years 1949-1952. Closing the list was the 8102 in 1955. Only the 8107 was not broken up, when sold to the Verenigde Coöperatieve Suikerfabrieken (beetsugar factory) in Roosendaal. There she stayed in service until the 1964 campaign. Eventually the engine was handed over in 1968 to the "Museum Buurtspoor- weg" (regional railway) in Haaksbergen. As of 1987 she is faithfully serving again in this museum company. (op de rails 1998-11)   411 (home = www.cstapel.nl)