Railroads of
Netherlands

16. Museum Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik
    The mission of the Steam Tram Museum is to preserve what little Dutch steam tram rolling stock is left, to restore it, and ultimately display it to the public, riding once again on the track between Hoorn and Medemblik. As well as the impressive collection of Dutch steam tram rolling stock, the Museum also has a large collection of antique baggage, authentic signals and signalling devices and a huge archive of documents on Dutch steam tram railways at the Steam Tram Documentation Centre.
    
    
17. Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij
    
    
18. Stoomtrein Valkenburgse Meer - Nationaal Smalspoormuseum
    National narrow gauge museum and the history of the narrow gauge in the Netherlands
    
    
19. ISM - Industrieel Smalspoor Museum
    Narrow gauge as a mode of transport in the industrial sector. Experience the use of narrow gauge for industrial use by means of a trip by a narrow gauge train, passing trough a beautiful area and travelling on an original route which has been used for the transport of peat by narrow gauge trains in the past.
    
    
20. Het Spoorwegmuseum
    Railway Museum, Utrecht Netherlands
    
    
21. 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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