Benelux BNL NS Post war EMU : dogs heads (hondekop) The Mat '54 and '57 and also the next generation (Mat '64 and postal EMU) are nicknamed "dogs heads" because of their prominent muzzle. Mat '54 ElD2 Composition ABDk + Bk. Plans F, G and M 321 to 365 : plans F, G and M. Built from 1956 to 1958 in 45 units. 321 - 365 3b4a Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_ABDk_V2_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_Bk_V2_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_Bk_V2_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_ABDk_V2_R Second green livery, with beige strips. 321 - 365 4a4b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_ABDk_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_Bk_V2b_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_Bk_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_ABDk_V2b_R Big NS logo. 321 - 365 4a4b5a5b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_ABDk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_Bk_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF2_ABDk_J_R Yellow livery of the seventies. Plan Q 371 to 393 : plan Q. Built in 1962, 23 units. Main visible differences with Plan E, F, M : windows and pantographs supports. 321 - 365 3b4a Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_ABDk_V2_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_Bk_V2_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_Bk_V2_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_ABDk_V2_R Second green livery, with beige strips. 321 - 365 4a4b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_ABDk_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_Bk_V2b_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_Bk_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_ABDk_V2b_R Big NS logo. 371 - 393 4a4b5a5b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_ABDk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_Bk_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlQ2_ABDk_J_R Yellow livery of the seventies. Mat '54 ElD4 Composition Bk + A + B(r) + BDk. Partially refurbished to IC EMU in the second half of the seventies (with 1000 added to the train numbers). Plans F and G 47 units : 711 to 741 : plan F. Built in 1956 in 31 units. 742 to 757 : plan G. Built in 1957/8 in 16 units. 711 - 741 (Plan F) 4a4b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_Bk_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_A_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_B_V2b_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_BDk_V2b_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_BDk_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_B_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_A_V2b_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_Bk_V2b_R Second green livery, with beige strips. Big NS logo. 711 - 741 (Plan F) 4a4b5a5b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_A_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_B_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_BDk_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_BDk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_B_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_A_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_Bk_J_R Yellow livery of the seventies. 1711 - 1741 IC (Plan F) 4b5a5b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_Bk_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_A_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_B_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_BDk_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_BDk_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_B_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_A_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_Bk_IC_R 8 units refurbished for IC services. 2 big windows (Plan P style) instead of 1 small windows in the BDk. IC livery. 742 - 757 (Plan G) 4a4b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlG4_Bk_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_A_V2b_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_B_V2b_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_BDk_V2b_R Different diagram on the Bk on one side : Toilets more farer from the door, the adjacent window is smaller. Second green livery, with beige strips. Big NS logo. 742 - 757 (Plan G) 4a4b5a5b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlG4_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_A_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_B_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_BDk_J_R Different diagram on the Bk on one side. Yellow livery of the seventies. 1742 - 1757 IC (Plan G) 4a4b5a5b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlG4_Bk_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_A_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_B_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlF4_BDk_IC_R Different diagram on the Bk on one side. 2 big windows (Plan P style) instead of 1 small windows in the BDk. IC livery. Plan P 26 units. Main visible differences with the plan F and G : windows and pantographs supports. 761 to 775 : 3 first series, built from 1959 to 61 in 15 units. 776 to 786 : 2 last series, built in 1961 and 62 in 11 units. Light pantographs. 761 - 775 4a4b5a5b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_BDk_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_BDk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_Bk_J_R Yellow livery of the seventies. 1761 - 1768 4a4b5a5b Panto 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_Bk_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_BDk_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_BDk_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_Bk_IC_R 8 units refurbished for IC services. 2 standard windows instead of 1 small window in the BDk. IC livery. 1780 - 1791 4a4b 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk_IC1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_IC1_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_BDk_IC1_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_BDk_IC1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_IC1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC1_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk_IC1_R Last series, with light pantographs. First ones to be refurbished (in 1972) for IC services. 11 units, former 780 to 786, with the additional 773, 775 and 777 to 9, constituting the new 1780-91 series. BDk windows not modified. First IC livery, with grey doors. 1780 - 1791 4b5a5b 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_BDk_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_BDk_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk_IC_R Standard IC livery, applied in 1979. 1970 4a4b 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk_IC1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_Ar_IC1_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Ak_IC1_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Ak_IC1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_Ar_IC1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC1_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk_IC1_R Former 766, destroyed by fire and refurbished in 1970. The Br became an Ar and the BDk became an Ak, creating a mainly 1st class trainset, without baggages compartment. Light pantographs. First IC livery, with grey doors. 1970 4b5a 20190929 images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk1970_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk1970_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_B_IC_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4_A_IC_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat54PlP4u_Bk_IC_R New transformation of train 1970 : 2nd class for Ar and Ak, and final IC livery. Mat '57 Benelux For Benelux trains (Bruxelles-Amsterdam) from the end of the fifties to the first half of the eighties. Composition : BDk + ABKk (ABk with suppressed kitchen). 12 units, owned by NS and SNCB / NMBS : 1201 to 1208 (NS). 220.901 to 904, renumbered 901 to 904 in 1970 (SNCB). Mat' 57 Benelux 3b4a Panto 20220925 images/NS/A/NS_Mat57_BDk_L1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat57_ABKk_L1_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat57_ABKk_L1_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat57_BDk_L1_R First Benelux livery, with beige strips. Kitchen in the 1st class body. Mat' 57 Benelux 3b4a4b Panto 20220925 images/NS/A/NS_Mat57_BDk_L2_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat57_ABKk_L2_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat57_ABKk_L2_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat57_BDk_L2_R Second Benelux livery, with yellow strips. Kitchen in the 1st class body. Mat' 57 Benelux (ABk) 4b5a Panto 20220925 images/NS/A/NS_Mat57_ABk_L2_R 1st class cars modified in 1981 : kitchen suppressed and replaced by 2 2nd class compartments. Mat '64 Next generation. Plan T Plan TT, train 501 : composition Bk + AD + B + Bk. Built in 1961. Plan T1 to 3, trains 502 to 531 : composition Bk + BD + AB + Bk. Built from 1964 to 1965. 502 - 531 3b4a 20170924 images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_V_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_BD_V_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_AB_V_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_V_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_V_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_AB_V_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_BD_V_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_V_R Initial green livery with beige strips. 502 - 531 4a4b 20170924 images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_Vb_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_BD_Vb_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_AB_Vb_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_Vb_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_Vb_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_AB_Vb_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_BD_Vb_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_Vb_R Big NS logo. 502 - 531 4a4b5a5b 20170924 images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_BD_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_AB_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_AB_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_BD_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_J_R Yellow livery of the seventies. Plan V Plan V1 à 3, trains 401 to 438 : composition ABDk + Bk. Built from 1966 to 1968. Plan V4 à 6, trains 441 to 483 : composition ABk + Bk. Built from 1969 to 1970. Plan V7 à 13, trains 801 to 965 : composition ABk + BPk. Built from 1970 to 1975. 401 - 438 3b4a 20160926 images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_ABDk_V_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_V_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_V_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_ABDk_V_R Initial green livery with beige strips. 401 - 438 4a4b 20160926 images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_ABDk_Vb_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_Vb_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_Vb_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_ABDk_Vb_R Big NS logo. 401 - 438 4a4b5a5b 20170924 images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_ABDk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1S_ABDk_J_R Yellow livery of the seventies. 401 - 438 5b6 20170924 images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1SR_ABk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1SR_Bk_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1SR_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_1SR_ABk_J_R Refurbished trains : suppressed baggages compartment, closed corner windows in the cabins. 441 - 483, 801 - 965 4a4b5a5b 20170924 images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_2S_ABk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_2S_BPk_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_2S_BPk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_2S_ABk_J_R From Plan V4 to V13. Yellow livery of the seventies. 441 - 483, 801 - 965 5b6 20170924 images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_2SR_ABk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_2SR_Bk_J_R images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_2SR_Bk_J_L images/NS/A/NS_Mat64_2SR_ABk_J_R Refurbished trains : suppressed postal compartment, closed corner windows in the cabins. Postal EMU mP 3000 mP 3001 to 3035 built in 1965/6, technically similar to the Mat' 64. 140 Km/h. mP 3000 Panto 3b4a 20200927 images/NS/A/NS_mP3000_L1 Initial bordeaux livery. mP 3000 Panto 4b 20200927 images/NS/A/NS_mP3000_L1b Yellow faces, appeared in the middle of the seventies. mP 3000 Panto 4b5a 20200927 images/NS/A/NS_mP3000_RJ Red and yellow livery of the eighties, with "ptt post" logo.