MBS - Museum Buurt Spoorweg
In 1884 a new branch line was built between Hengelo and Winterswijk on the initiative of the textile factories in this region. Because the speed limit on branch lines was much lower than on the main tracks, the costs for building this branch line were much cheaper. The railway line mainly supplied the Twents textile industry with coal which were needed for there steam engines. Besides the many freight trains, passenger trains also rode on the line. But because of the rising concurrence of the bus, passenger transport was ended in 1937. The line was used by the Dutch Railways for freight transport until 1973. Cancelling the last freight trains wasn`t the end and the demolishing of this railway line, a destiny what a lot of Dutch branch lines had to undergo. On the 21st of February 1967 the Museum Buurt Spoorweg (MBS) foundation was established with the purpose of reviving a branch line of bygone times. At first the MBS rode between Haaksbergen and Enschede and from 1975 between Haaksbergen and Boekelo. Since its establishment the MBS has developed itself to an authoritative museum with not only a large collection of rolling material but she also wants to breath out the atmosphere of old times. The MBS has a large locomotive shed, a workshop, and original station building and a turntable in Haaksbergen. In Boekelo a large museum shed is located in which a lot of to restoring material is standing. So let yourself be transported by and authentic train, pulled by a real steam locomotive. Enjoy of a breathtaking beautiful Twents landscape and experience how traveling was in those days that a lot of branch lines crossed the country.
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