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A number of these stamps was ordered at the Dutch postal services (TNTpost - PostNL) by private persons. I don't know the number of stamps in a series or the exact date of isssue of these stamps which were ordered by private persons. |
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In several years there were issues with private company locos: ACTS 5814 Class 66 + ACTS-VOS ex NS 1255 another ACTS-VOS ex NS 1255 + ACTS 7105 LOCON 201 + LOCON 401 class 66 LOCON 9702 Hippel + Strukton Nicole ex 1824 van NS en Locon HUSA 1609 + HUSA 1751 loco Botlek NL + Strukton 303001 and NSR 2011 Strukton 303008 and NSR 2010 ACTS Nederland BV was a Dutch railway company. The abbreviation originally comes from Afzet Container Transport System. On February 5, 2011, activities were continued by Husa. LOCON Benelux B.V. was a Dutch rail freight transporter, established in Zwolle. The company was founded in 2010 by LOCON A.G. (the already existing German branch of the company) and Haetberting B.V. In April 2011, LOCON Benelux B.V. got her railway license for the Netherlands. On April 2, 2011, the first freight train ran under its own license between Venlo and Vlissingen. In May 2012, the company acquired a license to perform private passenger transport in the Netherlands. In August of the same year, the first closed passenger train was operated by LOCON Benelux B.V. and drove from Utrecht to Emmerich. On July 14, 2017, Locon Benelux B.V. was declared bankrupt by the court in Zwolle. Husa Transportation Railway Service (HTRS) was a Dutch private rail freight carrier, part of investment company Husa Capital Group. The company was founded in 1989 as ACTS for the benefit of the Sales Container Transport System. In March 1998, ACTS started to independently provide train services. This made the company the first competitor in the Netherlands for NS Cargo. In 1999, thirteen locomotives were bought in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The Dutch locomotives were from the ex-NS series 1200. This series was saved from demolition by two railway interested parties. NS wanted to demolish all 1200 locomotives immediately, but thanks to the competition law, it was possible to retain a number of 1200s for ACTS. At the time, 76 container carriers were also purchased, with which the first container shuttles were driven for Vos Logistics from the ports of Rotterdam to Leeuwarden and Veendam. In the years that followed, ACTS became the largest private rail freight transporter in the Netherlands. At the end of 2010, Husa Railway Services became full owner of ACTS and in 2011 the company was renamed Husa Transportation - Railway Services (HTRS). On January 3, 2014, entrepreneur Rob van Gansewinkel announced that he would stop running trains on February 1, 2014. The activities in the Netherlands were dismantled and the contracts transferred to existing companies. The activities in Germany were sold. Strukton is a construction and rail company involved in the design, financing, construction, management and maintenance of infrastructure and accommodations. Strukton Rail develops, installs and maintains track systems with the aim of making the track optimally available, reliable, safe and measurable. The operating fields of this operating company are rail infrastructure, rail equipment, information systems, data acquisition, data management and consultancy. Strukton Rail had a train workshop in Zutphen. This workshop, located at the IJsselspoorbrug, had become too small for the increasingly larger machines. Strukton Rail and Arriva Nederland built a larger workshop that opened on October 4, 2012. source: Wikipedia
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Philamaxx is a webshop for Philately & Postal history. It started as a stamp shop in 1936. PhilamaxX has built up a good reputation in the sales and development of Personal Stamps (PPZ) with trains. Some of their personal stamps are shown here. railway wagon 3 Hoefijzers Bier + accident crane NS 1200 + loco line-up "koploper" + 1960's seal
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Within NS, the Service, Maintenance and Modernization departments are responsible for the maintenance of the trains. Previously this was NedTrain. They took care of technical maintenance and quick service and of cleaning and short- and long-term overhaul. NS Maintenance & Service is the Dutch maintenance company for railway equipment. The company was created after the division of the Dutch Railways, when the Equipment & Workshops department within the NS Group was privatized as NS Equipment. In 1999 the name was changed to NedTrain. In 2017, the management of NS and NedTrain decided to add NedTrain again under the NS. The stamps shown here show trains at the location Zwolle. source: Wikipedia
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set of four Dutch trains: SLT Sprinter + NS mDDM NS VIRM + NS SGMm Sprinter
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Dutch trains of different companies: Arriva spurt + connexxion train connexxion train + ICE (Amsterdam-Basel) MP 3028 "motorpost" + new generation sprinter
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The following trivial subjects: A poster for Albert Heijn coffee + Donald Duck's cousins with a toy train Seal for SKF ball bearings + a 55 cents railway letter stamp a drawing + Trix Express model trains 75 years a train ticket + a poster
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The following NS locomotives are shown: Dog's Head ("hondekop") and Blue Angel ("blauwe engel") + Head Runner ("koploper") three MAT 64 trains + NS 1009 NS 150 locomotor + NS 1501 in Electra livery NS 1758 + NS 2108 NS 2225 + NS 2311 NS 2384 cargo + NS 2470 and 1144 NS 297 yellow SIK + NS ICM NS MAT 54 Benelux + NS measuring carriage NS SGM beach sprinter + NS VIRM and MAT 54 and SLT NS 1202 in Berlin blue + NS 1312 NS 227 crane SIK + NS cargo 6511 NS Blue Angel + NS 1000 line-up of NS 1100, 1200, 1300 and 1500 + a number of 1200 locos TEE Northlander (Dutch-Swiss train restored by the TEE Netherlands foundation) + NS 1100 NS 1200 + NS 1700 NS 2200 + NS-Benelux NS Buffalo + NS-DD-AR NS DDZ-NID + NS DDZ NS ICE 3 + NS IDMm NS line-up + NS Mat64 NS SGM + NS SGMm NS SLT + NS TRAXX E 186 NS Y-IRM + NS MAT64 train at Binckhorst The Hague in December 2015 NS 1100 + NS 2400 NS 2600 + NS Dog's Head
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The Noord-Brabantsch-Duitsche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NBDS) was a railway company which provided rail transport between Boxtel in the Netherlands and Wesel in Germany via Uden, Veghel, Gennep, Goch and Xanten. This railway line was known in the Netherlands as "Duits Lijntje" (the German Line). On July 15, 1873, the route from Boxtel to Goch was opened. On July 1, 1878, the second part of the line, the section from Goch to Wesel, was opened. The total length of the line was 92.7 kilometers, of which 52.7 kilometers were on Dutch territory. From Büderich, another 8.2 kilometers of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn (railway) was used, part of the line from Venlo via Wesel to Haltern, Münster and Hamburg. These two locomotives are shown: NBDS 32 (Blue Brabanter) + NBDS 36
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Here are some stamps with typical railway images: coupled trains + railway accident high voltage gate + railway sign railway crossing + railway carriage transportation by road NS ICM alongside a videotrackinspection vehicle + sign at railway crossing
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These stamps show High speed trains Thalys and Fyra. Fyra 3x. Fyra is the name of Italian built HST that never ran on our tracks, since it did not meet our expectations. Thalys. Thalys is the name of the HST that connects Amsterdam with Paris. Twice Thalys and Fyra together. Fyra
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The following museums are shown: Diesel 3 and MAT 64 + NS 3737 in the Railway Museum in Utrecht. trains at museum Haaksbergen + a steam loco from museum line Goes Borsele.
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The following bridges are shown: Railway bridge at Akkrum by Akkrum.net + Bridge in Zeeland by ProRail Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam (tram traffic)
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The following loco are shown: Rail Terminal Tilburg RTT + Rotterdam Rail Feeding BAM 18 SIK 303 of Railion + TRAXX loco HSL 1800 Amersfoort
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The first stamp shows T.E.E. on a poster, the other in real life. Trans Europ Express (TEE) is the name for a former network of luxury domestic and international express trains in Europe. The concept was started in 1957, according to the idea of F.Q. den Hollander (then president of the Dutch Railways). A special surcharge was payable for the use of the trains. In many countries (especially the DB in West Germany), other networks of long-distance trains were started with the principles of the successful TEE. However, those trains were provided with second-class accommodation, which led to the TEE trains running empty. In addition, TEEs ran in a relationship only once or twice a day while two hourly or even hourly became the standard for Intercity trains. In 1987 the TEE was usually replaced by the EuroCity.
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 affiche.jpg "personalised stamp of The Netherlands with trains, trams, stations etc")
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Several trams from different cities: HTM tram at Leidschendam + tram at The Hague two trams at The Hague + tram in Haarlem party tram at The Hague + modern tram at The Hague old Arnhem tram + unknown tram Randstadrail tram + Groningen tram
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Wadloper (mudflats runner) in Harlingen NS 1010 on a poster + Plan U train
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I found the following stamps from a roll on the web: Christmas train KLM Head Runner (Dutch "koploper") three NS trains NS Head Runner (Dutch "koploper") NS 1656 December stamp (reduced price): NS train in the snow NS VIRM = Verlengd InterRegio Materieel (Lengthened interregional rolling stock) NS logo NS TRAXX = Transnational Railway Applications with eXtreme fleXibility Goods loco
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A broken down Fyra + mat '24 steam loco 107 + NS 1200 signal box + NS 2400
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mat 64 and plan U pair + two heavy duty locos video inspection vehicle + line-up a football logo on a head runner (Dutch "koploper") + NS VIRM
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ICM Randstadrail + ICM Martinair
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Three stamps showing the transformation of a DD-AR into a DDZ.
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These four stamps show rail vehicles being transported by road or waterway.
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These four stamp pairs show a few Dutch locos: Intercity VIRM 2200 diesel loco TEE TEE Northlander
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Commercial stamps from Coca-Cola.
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Historic tram in Leiden with an advertisement for the Leiden newspaper.
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A set of three stamps with the following railway companies: Nederlandsche Spoorwegen, (Dutch Railways) Maatschappij tot exploitatie van staatsspoorwegen, (Company to operate state railways) Nederlandsche Centraalspoorwegen maatschappij, (Dutch Central Railways company)
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Haarlem railway station opened on September 20, 1839, on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway, the first railway line in the Netherlands. The original, wooden station was built on the Oude Weg, just outside the Amsterdamse Poort in 1839 to accommodate the passengers of the first railway in the Netherlands between Haarlem and Amsterdam. This had a broad gauge rail width of the Dutch broad gauge 1,945 mm. The station was built outside the city, on the current location of the Centrale Werkplaats (maintenance depot) of the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij. The current building was built between 1906 and 1908. The design is by the railway station specialist Dirk Margadant (1849-1915). The tracks were elevated, to avoid conflict with the traffic in the city. It is the only train station in the Netherlands that is built in Art Nouveau style. stamp top left: 1939 tile memorial plaque celebrating 100 years of railway history shows accurate early engine on the left. stamp top right: Entrace to the waiting room room first class with plaque. The cow-catchers depicted on the train engines are historically inaccurate and were never found on Dutch train engines. stamp bottom left: Entrace to the waiting room third class. stamp bottom right: Porter on a plaque.
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VIRM trains, full name Verlengd InterRegio Materieel (Lengthened interregional rolling stock), are a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) double-deck trains. NS has 178 of these double-deckers – 98 four-carriage sets, and 80 six-carriage sets. The trains were built between 1994 and 2009 – for the most part by Talbot, part of Bombardier Inc., with some railcars built by De Dietrich. Starting in 2015, the VIRM-1 sets were being refurbished and fitted with new interiors similar to those seen in the DDZ trainsets, and with new-style liveries. These sets are officially referred to as VIRMm1.
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The Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (South Limburg Steam Train Company) or ZLSM is a heritage railway operating from its main station of Simpelveld to Schin op Geul and Kerkrade in the south of the Netherlands. It also runs across the border from Simpelveld to Aachen-Vetschau and has an extensive collection of stock. The E, E2 and E5 classes of the Swedish State Railways (SJ) were three closely related types of steam locomotives. Many of them were rebuilt to the 2-8-0 E2 class between 1935 and 1951, enabling a speed increase from 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph) to 70 km/h (43 mph). Both E and E2 class locomotives remained in daily service until 31 March 1972, the last day of regular steam operations on SJ. Most were then placed in the strategic reserve, where they remained until 1990, and many have been preserved. E 1090 was sold in 1994 to the Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (ZLSM) in the Netherlands. In 1998 ZLSM also bought E2 1040.
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The Transrapid is a maglev train developed by Siemens and ThyssenKrupp. The first and only commercial Transrapid Shanghai opened in China on December 29, 2003. To date, the consortium has not been able to sell the Transrapid to countries/cities other than China. The Dutch government had the plan to construct the Zuiderzee Line between Schiphol and Groningen as a Transrapid. It was hoped that this line would later connect to a Transrapid in Germany, but since the German plans have been discontinued, the Dutch plans have also been shelved. There was a plan to construct a Rondje Randstad with the Transrapid, with the Leiden – Almere test route. So, the situation shown in the stamp is completely fictional.
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The Hondekop Foundation aims to keep the only four-car train set of the Mat '54 still in existence, the Dog's Heads, in running condition. When the last trains of this type were taken out of service in January 1996, train set 766 was taken over from the NS, which saved it from demolition.
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International stamp with mat 46. Materieel '46 was a series of electric trainsets of the Dutch Railways, indicated by the year of order. Officially this equipment was referred to as Plan A, AB, B and C. Unofficially the name Mouse Nose was also used.
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The Stadskanaal Rail Foundation, known as Museumspoorlijn STAR, was established on 26 June 1992 with the aim of preserving the historic railway line Veendam – Stadskanaal – Musselkanaal and operating a tourist railway on this route. The name is a nod to the old Groningsch-Drentsche Spoorwegmaatschappij Stadskanaal-Ter Apel-Rijksborder. Since its foundation, Museum Railway STAR has built up an extensive collection of locomotives, carriages and freight wagons. The collection consists of approximately 100 objects.
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Left: Materieel '24 was a series of electric railway equipment from the Dutch Railways. After the arrival of the electric streamlining equipment since 1935, the name of this equipment became Blokkendoos (box of blocks), after the angular model. Some NS employees and railway enthusiasts invariably spoke of (electric) buffer stock, to distinguish it from the streamlined, bufferless electric trainsets of the Mat '35, Mat '36 and Mat '40 types. Right: stoomloc 042356. I am not sure if this loco is or was in Dutch service.
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The drawing on the left is from The Broken Ear, the sixth comic book in the series of 24 books. The perforation in the middle of the stamp is very strange and seems to be copied and not real. The one on the right is a detail from a frame in Prisoners of the Sun, number 14 in the series. The third stamp shows the cover of the book Tintin and the Trains in a French version. This is an informative book about Hergé's drawings of trains in the Tintin books. The cover is based on a picture that features on the cover of the book Tintin in America in French. It is the third comic book in the series.
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The ZLSM Foundation (South Limburg Stoomtrein Maatschappij) is the operator of the Million Line and is committed to the preservation of Limburg cultural railway heritage for current and future generations. In the 1920s, the Dutch Railways were looking for a locomotor for shunting work at stations. Ultimately, after several prototypes, a series of petrol engine locomotives were built at Schwartzkopff (103-119) and Werkspoor (120-152). These were put into service between 1930 and 1932. After the success of this series, it was decided to develop a heavier version with a diesel engine and electric transmission. A first series of 12 locomotors was ordered from Werkspoor and was delivered in 1934 (201-212). A number of series were built by Werkspoor and the Central Workshop in Zwolle between 1935 and 1940. At the outbreak of the Second World War, a total of 121 locomotors had been delivered, the series 201-321. In 1949, the NS decided to expand the series again with 48 locomotives. These were delivered between 1949 and 1951 by N.V. Werkspoor. In 1972, one of the sikkens was fitted with a 1.5 tonne hydraulic telescopic crane from HIAB as a test. The crane is placed on the rear of the locomotor, on top of the battery box. For this purpose, the battery cabinet was adjusted and the sandboxes were moved. The crane is driven by a hydro pump that is V-belts are connected to the engine. The crane has a reach of up to 6.5 meters, which can lift a weight of 1.5 tons.
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Two stamps of 0,39 euros showing two locos. One is the so-called Camel and the other is an e-loco from the 1200 series. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline
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A stamps of 0,39 euros showing an RTM tram in Ouddorp. RTM stands for Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij, the Rotterdam Tramway Company. Immediately after the discontinuation of the RTM tram services in 1966, a surprising amount of equipment was saved from the demolition hammer with the help of enthusiastic private individuals. A unique museum was created: the long distance tram company of the RTM. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline
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20-05-2003 (3): Personalised stamps with trams in The Hague. Three stamps of 0,39 euros showing The Hague tram on personalized tab. Designers: Petra Janssen and Edwin Vollebergh print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with phosphorescent beam Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: 14½ : 12¾ edition: 575,000 sheets
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/ Stanley Gibbons MS2314a / Michel 2112-2121KB / Yvert Tellier 2036-2045 / NVPH 2187-2188-2190; complete sheet: V2182-2191 / Scott |
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20-05-2003 (4): Personalised stamp with tram in Rotterdam A stamp of 0,39 euros showing Rotterdam tram on personalized tab. Designers: Petra Janssen and Edwin Vollebergh print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with phosphorescent beam Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: 14½ : 12¾ edition: 575,000 sheets
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/ Stanley Gibbons MS2314a / Michel 2112-2121KB / Yvert Tellier 2036-2045 / NVPH V2182-2191 / Scott |
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Two stamps of 0,39 euros showing two locos. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline
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Tab with a model steam locomotive going with a stamp of 0,29 euros. Designer: Eat print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 29 eurocents Perforation: comb perforation 13½ : 12¾ Catalogue numbers: / Stanley Gibbons / Michel 2274 / Yvert Tellier 2178 / NVPH 2316 / Scott |
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Two stamps of 0,39 euros showing two locos, on the left one from 1946 and on the right one from 1936. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline
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Two stamps of 0,39 euros showing two locos. An elongated interregion train on a bridge and an e-loco 1600 series. Designer: Herman van Bostelen print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with L-shaped phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline
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A 0,39 euros stamp showing one of the blue trams of the NZH (Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij) Designer: Studio Dumbar print: offset, Joh. Enschedé paper: non-phosphorescent with phosphorescent beam Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 39 eurocents Perforation: 13:13¼
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Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing two locos, a so-called dog's head and an elongated interregion train with an NOC.NSF (Dutch Olympic committee) advertisement. Designer: Hans van Halem print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline
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Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing two Märklin model locos. Designer: Hans van Halem print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline
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Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing two Dutch locos. Designer: Hans van Halem print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: self-adhesive Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: punched waveline
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Two stamps of 0,44 euros in commemoration of the opening of the first Dutch railway line: Amsterdam - Haarlem. These stamps were issued in a set of 100 stamps: 2 stamps per historical event. The fifty historical events comprise the canon of Dutch history. They were only available in sheets by subscription. Although they could be used as postage stamps, hardly anybody did so. They were stuck away in collectors' albums. They were included in a catalogue of Dutch personalized stamps and therefore I chose to categorize them here and not as cinderellas. Designer: Studio Dumbar print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: 13:13¼
Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2489-A-57 and 2489-A-58 |
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A 0,44 euros stamp with old and new trains.
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A stamp of 0,44 euros showing a 600 diesel loco. A stamp of 0,44 euros showing diesel LE 1000 Designer: Max Kisman print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: various
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Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing Den Bosch railway station and its conspicuous dragon in the roundabout in front of it. The complete set consists of ten stamps showing scenes in Den Bosch. Designer: Max Kisman print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: various
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Two stamps of 0,44 euros: Heemstede, 25 May 1974. TEE train 1003 rode to Switzerland as the last Edelweiss (photograph by Nico Spilt). Tynaarlo, 6 August2005. Locomotor 291 at Café-Restaurant Perron 3 (photograph by Bas Jantzen). Designer: Studio Dumbar print: gravure, Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: 13:13¼
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Three stamps of 0,44 euros showing Randstadrail trams, operating in the Rotterdam-The Hague area.. Designer: Max Kisman print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: various
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The National Railway Museum at the old Maliebaan station in Utrecht is promoted by these two stamps. Designer: Max Kisman print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 44 eurocents Perforation: various
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In 2008 it was a hundred years ago that the first electric tram of the ZHESM came into service between Rotterdam Hofplein and Scheveningen.
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Märklin model of an NS 1200 series loco.
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A set of five stamps with historical Dutch locomotives. The first shows NS 1643, the third shows NS 3920, the fourth NS 3815 and the fifth NS 5554.
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A set of four stamps with Philotrain model locomotives. The first shows NS 3737, the second NS P 4045 mailcarriage 3-axle. Number three is NS P 6021 mail carriage 4-axle and the fourth shows NS Plan-D mail carriage. Philotrain is a manufacturer of handcrafted brass railway models in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. They manufacture rail and tramway models in scales 0 (1 / 43.5) and H0 (1/87) after Dutch and European examples.
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Hemmen-Dodewaard station is located on the Betuwe line in the municipality of Neder-Betuwe, between the village of Hemmen on the northeast side and the larger village of Dodewaard on the southwest side. It has two platforms in bayonet position. The station is served by the train service between Tiel and Arnhem, which has been operated by Arriva since the end of 2012. On weekdays between 06:30 and 19:00 there are two trains per hour in each direction, outside that time there is one train per hour in each direction. The station was opened in 1882 to a design by M.A. from Wadenoyen. The characteristic station building is used as a residence, ticket sales take place via the machine outside the building. The seventeen standard-type Hemmen train stations are named after this station, because it was the first station of this type. The station has been a national monument since 1999.
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Blue tram of the Haarlem Transport Museum.
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Two stamps of 0,44 euros showing a sprinter train and Thalys HST. The third and fourth show mail trains, an old one on the left and a new one on the right. The Dutch postal service issued information leaflets on the mail trains in Dutch. They open in a new tab or window. They are here (mail trains of the sixties) and here (mail train of 1976) and here (mail train of 1989).
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One stamp with the club's logo. The second shows the NS Head Quarters/Main Office building in Utrecht
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Thalys is a French-Belgian high-speed train operator originally built around the LGV Nord high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains. Thalys also serves Amsterdam (via the HSL-Zuid) and German cities in the Rhein-Ruhr, including Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen and Dortmund.
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This stamp of 0,44 euros shows Thalys alongside the platform at Antwerp Central Station. It was issued on occasion of the Antwerp 2010 international Stamp Exhibition "Antverpia" by TNT post, the Dutch postal services. The event was held in the Belgian city of Antwerp from Friday April 9th till Monday April 12th in 2010.
Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2563-C-8 |
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This stamp of 0,44 euros shows the so-called Moerputten bridge. Moerputten is an area of natural beauty between 's-Hertogenbosch and Waalwijk. It consists of marshland (Dutch "moer", English "moor"), which made it difficult to create a railway line through it. Still the "halvezolenlijn", as it is called, was built as a line for the transportation of goods between 1886 and 1890. In 1950 the passenger service stopped to exist and in 1972 it was closed down all together. Moerputten bridge is still there and may become part of a walkway in the future. De halvezolenlijn (English: half soles line) was called thus, because it connected several places with a flourishing shoe industry. It ran from Lage Zwaluwe to 's-Hertogenbosch. The area it ran through was also called "Langstraat", as the villages and small towns originated as a long row of buildings alongside only a few streets.
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Several stamps of 0,44 euros showing repectively: a 2400 + a 600 diesel. a mudflat runner and a bump nose. a 2200.
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Stamp issued on the occasion of the 8o years existence of the association.
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Who issued these? From top to bottom: Amsterdam streetcar 429 line 1 at Prins Hendrikkade + Rotterdam Oostzeedijk (about 1900) Rotterdam horsedrawn tram(about 1900) + Zandvoort tram The Hague tram + The Hague tram (HTM) number 258
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Horsedrawn tram at Damrak in Amsterdam.
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Orange tram on the occasion of the world cup competiton football in South Africa. It shows the line: We are proud of Orange.
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Several personalised tram and metro cars. This particular border was used from 2010 onward. From top to bottom : Utrecht tram + Amsterdam summer tram Rotterdam metro + Abellio NS RET tram (Rotterdam) + Utrecht tram Abellio is a subsidiary of NS for acquiring and profitably operating public transport concessions in the liberalized European market. Abellio provides bus and rail transport in Great Britain and rail transport in Germany and transports 1 million train and / or bus passengers every day. In Great Britain, Abellio implements the rail concessions for urban regional rail transport in and around Liverpool (Merseyrail) and for the rail transport in Scotland (ScotRail), West Midlands and Greater Anglia. Abellio also provides bus transport in London. In Germany, Abellio provides rail transport in the provinces of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Lower Saxony and from mid-2019 also in Baden-Württemberg.
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The association of friends of the Dutch railway museum issued a sheet of ten stamps in 2010 showing a motor mail train (mP).
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The Ferphilex stamp exhibition was held in Utrecht in 2010.
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December stamps are less expensive than ordinary stamps, though personalised stamps are always a bit more expensive than ordinary ones. In 2010 the ordinary stamps were 0,44 euros each and the December stamps were 0,34 euros. The pictures speak for themselves I think. Designer: print: Joh. Enschedé Glue: Watermark: no Value: 0,44 euros Perforation: 13:13¼
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The following trams are shown: the first Rotterdam tram + RET 708 Rotterdam metro + Rotterdam tram Rotterdam tram + RET tram RET series 206 + modern tram The tram network in and around Rotterdam has nine lines that run daily and two that run on special occasions. The tram network is operated by the Rotterdam Electric Tram (RET). The track gauge is 1435 millimeters (standard gauge), the catenary voltage is 600 volts and the tram network is suitable for one-way trams. The RET has had two tramway companies in Rotterdam as its predecessor, the RTM and the RETM respectively. The RTM (Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij) was founded in 1878. The first horse tram in Rotterdam ran in 1879. The RTM ran until 1904 with horse trams and steam trams in and around the not yet so extensive city. In addition to the RTM, there were two smaller tram companies in and around Rotterdam. In 1882, the Schielandsche Tramweg-Maatschappij opened a horse tram line with 1067 mm gauge from Hofplein via Schiekade and Bergweg to Hillegersberg. The Schiedamsche Tramweg-Maatschappij opened a horse tram line in Schiedam in 1902 from the station via the Koemarkt to the Hoofdplein. This tram line had a gauge of 1000 mm. A new form of urban transport, the electric tram, came with the foundation of the new RETM (Rotterdamsche Electric Tramweg Maatschappij) in 1904. On September 18, 1905, the RETM started using the first electric tram line, line 1 Honingerdijk - Beurs - Park. Electricity was temporarily supplied by an emergency power station. On October 15, 1906, the municipality began supplying electricity from the new power station and the concession began to run for 21 years. The same year, five lines were added. In 1907 and 1908 more lines were added and the total came to nine lines. The maximum was reached in 1930 when the Rotterdam tram had 25 lines. The coaches were dark blue in the beginning, later cream and from the 1930s on yellow ocher. Since March 27, 1907, the horse tram to Overschie was the only remaining non-electric line of the RETM. The horse trams to Hillegersberg and Schiedam also continued to run. These were not part of the RETM network. The horse tram in Schiedam was discontinued on December 31, 1917 without replacement. The line to Hillegersberg became the property of the RETM in 1919. This converted the line in the years 1922 and 1923 to an electric tramline on standard gauge. On the line to Overschie the horse trams were gradually replaced in the years 1924 and 1925 by trams with petrol engines. In 1928 this line was replaced by a bus line. Since 1904, the RTM has exclusively provided transport from Rotterdam South to and from the South Holland and Zeeland islands with steam and diesel trams as well as an extensive fleet of ferries. After several years of negotiations, the RETM has transferred the tram company to the municipality. The Council decision fell on April 4, 1927 and on October 15 of that year, RETM became a municipal transport company and was named RET (Rotterdam Electric Tram). The 1,903 employees are employed by the municipality. In 1905 the first electric trams arrived in Rotterdam, the series 1-20. These motorcars with two slightly curved windows at the top and dark blue painted car bodies with brown side panels and many Art Nouveau motifs, were built by the Belgian firm Metallurgique from Hainaut. They are very similar to the first electric trams in The Hague (also series 1-20). The balconies are open so that the driver is exposed to all good and bad weather. 12 cars had long benches with a total of 20 seats and the other cross benches with a total of 19 seats. In 1912 these trams were painted cream and had closed balconies. In 1922 the 2 curved side windows were replaced by 6 small windows. These trams went out of service in 1931. Motor cars 1 and 11 have been preserved for posterity as museum trams and are ready to drive. The series consisted of two parts, 1-12 and 13-20. Car 11, which is still present, has cross benches, but it was originally car 17. Contrary to what was normal with the RET, that the box number determined the carriage number, for car 11 the truck number determined the carriage number. As in The Hague, the next series of trams for Rotterdam is large due to the enormous expansion of the tram network (see map). The trams from the series 21-126 have three side windows and long benches, in this case with a total of 18 seats. The "" series 21-70 "" was delivered by the Belgian company Ragheno in 1906. Another Belgian company delivered the "" series 71-90 "" the same year and the Metallurgique company also delivered the "" series 91-106 in 1906. "". In 1907 Allan from Rotterdam delivers the "" series 107-126 "". All these trams are delivered in dark blue colour but they are later painted cream. From the start, these trams already have a screened-off balcony. All these trams went out of service in the years 1931 to 1934. In 1908 the tram manufacturer Allan from Rotterdam built a follow-up series: 127-151. These too were first dark blue and later cream. This series was modernized by the RET in 1931 and 1932. They then got the new RET colours black and yellow ocher. In the years between 1938 and 1941 most of them were converted into trailers. The last ones went out of service in 1950. The motor cars 86 and 119 have been preserved as museum trams and are ready to drive. It is worth noting that car 119 also ran in yellow ocher with black. Series 152-176 entered service in 1913. These were trams with 4 side windows with two small ventilation windows above each window. They had 18 seats on cross benches. Due to material shortages caused by the First World War, the "" series 177-201 "" was not delivered until 1921. It concerned two sub-series that differed from each other by a slight difference in length and a greater distance between the two axes. They got their nickname 'Park wagons' because they first came into service on the then neat line 1 to the Park. In 1930 the cars were rebuilt and got the well-known black and ocher yellow equipment, doors and a pantograph as pantograph instead of a tow bar. In the Second World War, 7 cars were changed to trailers and received a 1 for the car number. In 1946 14 power cars were sold to HTM. The other trams went out of service around 1950. As a museum tram, the 192 has been preserved and restored in good condition (ex-sand motor car 2403). In 1924 the Delmez series was delivered, numbered 202-221 and built by Allan. In appearance they resemble the Hague series 800 with their 3 large and 2 three-quarter side windows. They were delivered with two single-axle bogies but during the renovation in the 1930s they got a fixed two-axle undercarriage. They were therefore the tallest two-axle vehicles that have served with the RET. Most trams in this series were taken out of service in 1956 and 1957. The 210 and 220 motor cars have been preserved as museum trams, only the 220 is operational. Between 1929 and 1931, the Rotterdam Electric Tram purchased a total of 170 four-axle electric motor cars. With the extension of line 5 to Schiebroek on January 25, 1969, their regular services came to an end; they continued to serve as rush-hour trams into the early 1970's. A few dozen wagons were used for a long time - the last until 2007 - as work wagons, some have been preserved as museum trams. The RET, which succeeded the RETM, received in its new director Dr. Ing. J.G.J.C. Nieuwenhuis a very progressive man. He modernized the Rotterdam tram with a large series of four-axle trams on two bogies. In 1929, the series 401-450, 12-meter trams, painted in black and yellow ocher, arrived with a large central balcony that accelerated entry and exit. Allan in Rotterdam, Talbot in (Aachen) and Werkspoor in Utrecht built and delivered the trams. Twenty trailers (1001-1020) were delivered by Allan and Beijnes in Haarlem. These were converted into series 451-470 motor cars in 1931. Another large order followed in 1931, the series 471-570, with more powerful engines, so that the RET now had 170 almost identical power cars that could be used on all lines. The 551-570 were built by Beijnes in Haarlem. The series 1001-1020 trailers (second series, built in 1931) were carried on heavily occupied lines 2 and 3. These trams were among the most modern in pre-war Europe. From 1943 a small series of motor cars followed, as one-way cars, the class 301-304, partly equipped with spare motors and partly with the strong engines of the 471-474 because these trams almost always ran with trailers. Two power cars destroyed by fire in 1943 were rebuilt in 1946 as one-way cars, identical to the 301-304, these became the 305 and 306. Four power cars did not survive the Second World War. Until the mid-1960s - in 1965 the weaker four-axle wagons 401-474 and the trailers had already been removed - these trams formed the backbone of the Rotterdam tram company. Many cars have been given a museum destination, including the Electric Museum Tram Line Amsterdam and the Open Air Museum in Arnhem. The 507 resides in Amsterdam, the 520, 535 and 536 reside in Arnhem. After the liberation, the RET purchased two prototypes of a more modern type of four-axle vehicles in 1948, the motor cars 571-572, renumbered 100-101 in 1950. They continued on the pre-war success of the four-axle vehicles. The series 102-135 followed in 1950-1951. This tram type built by Allan was already outdated because for years there had been experiments with other tram types, including trams (four-axle and articulated) with passenger circulation. Only the use of aluminum in the car bodies in this series can be seen as modern. The series had matching trailers, the series 1021-1056 delivered between 1948 and 1951, which formed a beautiful ensemble with 100-135. They were taken out of service between 1968 and 1983. The motor cars 109, 115, 123 and 130 have been preserved as museum trams, only the 123 and 130 are operational. Three of the trailers have been preserved: the 1040, 1042 and 1050. The 1042 is operational as a trailer with the 123, the 1050 is operational at the Tramline Nederlands Openluchtmuseum in Arnhem. In the 1950s the RET was looking for replacement trams to dispose of the last two-axle cars. These became the series 1-15 (1956; four-axle) and 231-244 (1957; six-axle). These two series were built by Wagonfabrik Schindler A.G. in Pratteln, (Switzerland). At the RET they had seen similar lightweight trams in Basel that made a big impression. They also wanted to introduce passenger circulation - get in at the back, pass a seated conductor and get out in front or in the middle. The cars were also the first with a lowered entrance. While for the classic four-axle vehicles two big steps were needed to get in, with the Schindlers passengers could suffice with one small step. Due to the multiple doors, passengers could no longer hinder each other when getting in and out, which accelerated the service. Unfortunately they were notable for their restless gait; they fluctuated. These trams were disposed of between 1982 and 1985. Two have been preserved for the museum, the 15 and 242. After the Schindlers, the Düsseldorf tram factory Düwag became the main supplier to the RET. The series 351-386 was the first bi-articulated series according to this already proven recipe. They were delivered in 1964. The series 251-274 was delivered in 1965 as a single-articulated variant. In 1975 this series was rebuilt into bi-articulated trams and renumbered 301-324. The single-articulated coaches of the series 601-635 built by Werkspoor from a few years later (1969) were almost all rebuilt in the eighties into bi-articulated cars; they received a "1" for their number and thus formed the series 1600. Many of the trams from the series 251-274, 351-386 and 600/1600 are still extensively rebuilt and repainted. Most were disposed of in the 1980s and 1990s; in 2003 they were last employed by the RET. A few trams of the 1600 series ended up in Romania after disposal. The 385, 608 and 1624 trams have been preserved in Rotterdam as museum trams. The 631 is located at the Dutch Open Air Museum tram line in Arnhem. 319 (ex-269) is located on the NDSM site in Amsterdam-Noord. In the 1980s, 100 new articulated trams in public transport yellow were delivered. These trams were numbered in the 700 and 800 series and replaced the old articulated trams from the 1950s and 1960s. These series were of a new concept, the type developed for the RET Floating Articulated Tram Car (ZGT). The 701-750 series has been completely rebuilt, while the 801-850 series uses the traction and control system of the 301-324 and 351-386 series. In the nineties, the Rotterdam colours green and white were introduced as the house colour (later replaced by green and silver). The last trams of the 800 series were taken out of service in June 2012. Some of the 800 series coaches have been sold to Gala?i in Romania. Almost all 700s were still in service until 2012. Of the 700's, the last copies were decommissioned and disposed of in 2015. The 717, 741 and 749 and the 819, 834 and 840 are now part of the collection of the RoMeO Foundation as a museum tram. As part of the HOV concept "TramPlus", the RET has purchased 60 Citadis 302 trams (5-piece) for 100 million euros. The Rotterdam version of the Citadis has a 100% low floor, is 2.40 meters wide and offers a seat for 63 passengers. At 31.5 meters, these were the longest trams in the Netherlands on delivery. On August 25, 2003, the Citadis was officially presented to the public. Since then, these trams have been used on tram line 20, later they were also used on lines 21, 23, 25 and 2. In 2007, the Citadis 2 was ordered, which are slightly shorter than the Citadis 302 coaches and are therefore suitable for the lines that have not (fully) been brought up to TramPlus level: lines 4, 7 and 8. These trams started to run in 2011 and are numbered in the 2100 series. The entire series was delivered in spring 2012; the RET now had 113 copies of the Citadis. In the meantime, one copy with collision damage has been disposed of. [source: wikipedia]
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Train at Hanzelijn: The Hanzelijn is a fifty kilometer long railway between the Dutch towns of Lelystad and Zwolle. The railway runs through the provinces of Flevoland, Gelderland and Overijssel and has two newly built stations between the stations Lelystad Centrum and Zwolle, namely Dronten and Kampen Zuid. The name of the line is taken from the Hanseatic League, the medieval federation of trading cities of which Zwolle and Kampen were part. The Hanzelijn, completed in 2012, can be regarded as an extension of the Flevolijn, completed in 1988, which runs from Weesp station via Almere to Lelystad. The operation of both lines forms a single entity and is in the hands of the NS. The owner and manager of the stations and the railway is ProRail.
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Workhorse issued by...??
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Donald Duck's nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, playing with a train set.
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On Sunday July 4th, 2010 Erasmus Bridge was the starting point of Tour de France. This bridge also serves tram traffic.
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Several trams and a metro train of the municipal transport company (GVB). Most of them in special livery.
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The Waterlandse tram is the name for the trams that ran between 1888 and 1956 in the Waterland region north of Amsterdam. Successively, the NHT, TNHT and NZH were operators of the steam tram (1888-1932) and the electric tram (1932-1956). At its peak, the network covered the lines Amsterdam - Edam - Volendam, Het Schouw - Purmerend - Alkmaar and Kwadijk - Edam - Volendam. The Noord-Hollandsche Tramweg-Maatschappij (NHT) was founded on April 30, 1888 in Amsterdam. Initiator and director was Theodorus Sanders. On December 13, 1888, the steam tram line Amsterdam - Edam was opened. This line was executed in meter gauge and had a length of 21.5 km. In connection with the tram, which departed from the north side of the IJ, a 'back and forth boat' sailed from the Open Havenfront in front of Amsterdam Central Station to the tram station on the other side of the water. The Tweede Noord-Hollandsche Tramweg-Maatschappij (TNHT) was founded on July 31, 1893 in Amsterdam. On this date, this company took over the operation of the above-mentioned tram line from the NHT. The establishment of the TNHT was deemed necessary, because the NHT's founding act did not provide for expansion of the line network. On June 22, 1894, the branch line was opened from Het Schouw to Purmerend. This line was extended on 17 July 1895 via Middenbeemster to Alkmaar. The total length of the tram lines was 54.5 km. The Purmerend – Alkmaar line was discontinued on September 6, 1931 and replaced by a bus service. From December 1, 1932, the operation of the tram lines from Amsterdam to Edam and Purmerend was taken over by the Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij (NZHTM). Ownership passed on 1 January 1946 to the Electric Railway Company (ESM), which was renamed Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij (NZHVM) on 20 May 1946.
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HTM Passenger Transport NV, referred to as HTM, is a Dutch transport company based in The Hague, which operates public transport by tram and bus in the Haaglanden region. Top row: left: Tram 1006 of HTM from 1964. right: Tram 57 of HTM. Bottom: left: Tram 258 of HTM. right: Tram 826 of HTM.
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Many trams in Amsterdam are decorated, sometimes commercially, sometimes sheer decoration.
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RegioTram Groningen was the name of the plan to build a tram network in and around the city of Groningen. With this, the tram would return to the city after more than 60 years. However, the project was dropped in December 2012. Prototype of NS train for the Valleilijn (Valley Line). The Valleilijn is the railway line Amersfoort - Ede-Wageningen (the Chicken Line), a project of the province of Gelderland. Originally, part of the Valleilijn concept was also a high-frequency bus connection between Wageningen and Ede, which, together with the train service, was presented as a single HOV route between Amersfoort and Wageningen. The Valley Line started on December 10, 2006. Trains, buses and bus stops had a common house style. Since December 13, 2020, the Valleilijn only exists as a train service.
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The Narrow Gauge Railway centre is a museum in Erica in the province of Drenthe. Their website http://www.smalspoorcentrum.nl is promoted on the stamps. These three stamps show: Loco 73, a diesel loco from Spoorijzer in Delft, built in 1960. Type RT11 with a Farymann Diesel 1500 rpm. Loco 59, a diesel loco from Motor Rail Bedford (Simplex), built in 1958. Type 30HP with a 35 Hp Motor Dorman 2LB. Loco 55, a diesel loco from Moës Diesel, Waremme, Belgium. probably loco4, a diesel from Motorenfabrik DEUTZ AG, type OME 117F. built in 1939. museum entrance
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Two stamps: one with Soest station and one with Venlo station.
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Three stamps valued "1" (used for letters up to 20 grammes) showing Dutch railvehicles. The first stamp shows inspection vehicel De Kameel (the Camel). The second shows former Ns TEE diesel loco Nothlander. The third shows Dutch locomotive 3737 (built in 1911). Fourth is an NS 1100 loco. Fifth and sixth are the first Dutch locomotive "De Arend" (The Eagle). Last but not least is an NS 2200 loco.
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Four stamps valued "1" (used for letters up to 20 grammes) showing steam locos. The first stamp celebrates the 100th anniversary of Dutch locomotive 3737 (built in 1911 by Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel, Amsterdam) The second shows Loco SS 326 (built in 1888 by Beyer-Peacock in Manchester). Both locos are to be found in the Dutch National Railway Museum in Utrecht. Third and fourth are a so-called "dog's head" + an ICE
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A set of ten stamps on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the Rotterdam Public Transport Company RET.
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By subscription one could get hold of this sheet about Goes. The third stamp on the sheet shows one of the passenger carriages of the Goes – Borsele line (SGB). The railway operates a fleet of seventeen locomotives: nine diesel engines, six steam engines, and two relatively unusual 1,500 volt Alstom electric engines. Additionally, three heritage diesel railcars are in service. The railway's headquarters are located at Goes. From here trains operate to 's-Gravenpolder, Nisse, Kwadendamme, Hoedekenskerke, and finally Baarland. When operating the service using vintage diesel railcars, trains call at all six stations. However, on steam operating days, trains call only at the stations in Goes, Kwadendamme, and Hoedekenskerke. On intensive service days the railway operates both steam trains and diesel railcar trains, but with the same rules about stations.
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This stamp was issued on the occasion of a swap meeting. It shows a railway bridge near Zwolle.
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The following trains were built with Lego: NS 1200 series + NS Headrunner (Dutch: koploper) NS 1600 series + NS Sprinter NS 2200 series + NS 1100 series NS 300 SIK + NS 6400 series NS mat 64 + NS steam loco 6100
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The foundation DE3's aim is to renovate train 115 of type Plan U/DE-III. Therefore it issued two sheets of stamps showing this type of train. The foundation is no longer in existence.
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Funny trams at Christmas: The Hague + Amsterdam Rotterdam + Amsterdam. Tram Railcleaner Rr3 (ex Amsterdam) in het Arnhem Open Air Museum.
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Two stamps valued "1" (used for letters up to 20 grammes) showing Fyra (high speed train) and the first Dutch steam locomotive The Eagle (Dutch: De Arend) as exhibited in the Railway Museum in Utrecht. Furthermore a DH 1 and an Arriva SPURT.
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Who made these? Three horse-drawn tram "carriages". Perhaps the first two started life as rail vehicles and were converted to road usage, but we can't be sure of that. The third stamp shows definitely a rail vehicle.
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Who made these? A number of personalised stamps with images of the blue tram in all eras. From top to bottom: "De blauwe tram" + Amsterdam line 5, tramcar 40 Amsterdam line 11, tramcar 533 + Museum line Amsterdam - Amstelveen, tramcar 464 Amsterdam line 16, tramcar 401 + Amsterdam line 24, tramcar 465 Voorburg Station, tramcar A327 + Amsterdam line 10, tramcar 404
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These stamps commemorate the opening of the the Hanseatic Line on 6th December 2012. The Lelystad–Zwolle railway, also known as the Hanseatic Line (Dutch: Hanzelijn) connects Lelystad, capital of the province of Flevoland, with Zwolle, capital of the neighbouring province of Overijssel, and provides a direct rail link between Flevoland and the north-east of the Netherlands.
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Filafair 2012 was a stamp exhibition plus fair in 's-Hertogenbosch. Some train stamps are to be seen on the stamp shown.
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On the occasion of the accession to the throne of our king Willem-Alexander, several tram cars were painted orange: From top to bottom: Amsterdam crowning tram, line 2 + The Hague crowning tram The Hague crowning tram + The Hague crowning tram Utrecht crowning tram
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PHILARET is the stamp collectors association of the Rotterdam Public Transport Company RET. This association issued four sheets with public transport vehicles. Two of these contain 10 stamps with rail vehicles: tram and metro
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Four stamps valued "1" (used for letters up to 20 grammes) showing a work train (twice, but slightly different), the NS 3205 and the Blue Angel.
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Electric loco 1254 with NVBS advertising. NVBS = Nederlandse Vereniging van Belangstellenden in het Spoor- en tramwegwezen. (Dutch society of persons interested in Railways and Tramways).
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Two stamps showing the royal train at King's Day in the Netherlands. The regular date is 29 April but if that's a Sunday, the celebration is held on April 30.
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With this stamp the 's-Hertogenbosch model railway association commemorates its 35th year of existence.
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Postex 2013 issued three commemoration sheets, one of which is about mail transportation by rail.
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Anton Pieck was a Dutch draftsman and painter who was famous for the way he depicted 18th and 19th century life. In 2012 The Dutch postal services started the issue of 25 sheets with paintings and drawings by this well-known artist by subscription. Each sheet contained 10 stamps with the same image. The last of the set of 25 was called: Anton Pieck musea (museums). In the pictured museum is a replica of the first Dutch locomotive, Arend, to be seen.
Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2751-Af-25 |
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Set of five NS work trains.
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This stamp comes from a sheet of personalized stamps in the series "I love The Netherlands" (Ik hou van Nederland), which could be obtained by subscription from Collect Club. The other sheets were about the Dutch provinces, but there were four extra sheets in the subscription. One of which was the sheet about Dutch cities. There were three city stamps: The Hague, Utrecht and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam stamp shows Erasmus Bridge which is also used for tram traffic.
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The organisation issued two stamps with railway related subjects. They are two from a series of eight. The first stamp shows 's-Hertogenbosch railway station which was destroyed in a bombing raid on 16th September 1944. The other shows the tram station which is no longer there either. PostNL issued two sheets for the Amazing Filafair. One of them shows a stamp with the tram station.
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Paparazzo is a monthly issue of personalised stamps starring comic character Paparazzo, a creation by comic writers and drawers Pieter Hogenbirk and Herman Roozen. The first sheet was issued on 30th April 2013. The sheet about the celebration of 175 years of Dutch Railways was numbber 10 of 2014. Designers: Pieter Hogenbirk and Herman Roozen print: Glue: Watermark: no Value: 1 Perforation: Article number: 740017
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On the occasion of Limphilex 43, a stamp exhibition organised by the Limburg based association of 't Fakteurke, two stamps were issued to commemorate the centenary of the railway line Klimmen/Ransdaal - Voerendaal.
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The first stamp shows the royal carriage, the second a diesel 2900 series, the third the so-called Block Box (Dutch: blokkendoos) and the fourth shows a TRAXX: Transnational Railway Applications with eXtreme fleXibility.
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Three stamps issued on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the association.
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The museum is situated in Zuidbroek in the province of Groningen. The stamp shows the museum building, a former railway station.
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On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of The Hague Tram Company, HTM, these stamps were issued (from top to bottom): horse tram + steam tram motor car 819 + motor car 265 motor car A327 + trailer 505 motor car 164 + motor car 810 motor car 90 + motor car 57 motor car 215 + trailer 14 P.C.C. 1145 + P.C.C. 1180 GTL8 + GTL8 with collision nose randstadrail tram
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On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Dutch railways NedTrain held an open day on October 4, 2014.
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On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Dutch railways there was a train parade in Amersfoort from 16 to 21 October 2014.
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line-up of NS 1600 locos + NS DD-AR tram scene + train in the snow Two model trains MAT 64. trains at Amsterdam Central station + NS 2200 NS 2600 + ICE NS ICM + NS Sik NS SLT + NS TRAXX E 186 NS VIRM + NS wetlands runner
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The first stamp was issued to congratulate Dutch Railways on their 175th anniversary. The second is an NS 1200 model in special livery.
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On the occasion of the start of the Tour de France in Utrecht in 2015, PostNL issued a sheet on the 4th of July. On the second day the cyclists passed Erasmus Bridge at Rotterdam. This bridge has tramrails. Tram number 20 uses them to get from Rotterdam Central Railway Station to the IJsselmonde quarter. The stamp in the centre of the sheet shows Erasmus Bridge.
Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 3012-D-66 |
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Four stamps respectively showing an 1100 series loco, the Camel, a 2800 series loco and a Lint of Syntus (company).
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The following locos are on the stamps: elongated interregion loco + NS mat 57 NS TRAXX E 186 + NS 1200 series NS KLM intercity Headrunner (Dutch koploper) + Thalys
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Blue Angel at Zuidbroek Station.
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Four stamps to commemorate the last rides of MAT 64 trains in The Netherlands.
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This stamp commemorates the last rides on the Delft viaduct. The new station building was built underground, so that the viaduct was no longer necessary.
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HTM uses the name R-net since 2 November 2015 for its trams. HTM stands for Haagsche Tramweg Maatschappij (The Hague Tram Company). R-net is a co-operative project of several transport companies, like Abellio, Arriva, Connexxion, EBS, GVB, HTM, NS and RET. Their aim is to get metro, tram, bus and train services in the whole of the so-called Randstad - the area comprising the provinces of South and North Holland and Utrecht.
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These stamps were issued by several private persons, associations, organisations and the like. All of them were probably issued in 2015, except Soest station (the second) and Venlo which were probably issued in 2013. The following stations are shown: Amsterdam (twice) Baflo Delft (three times) Dordrecht + Groningen Groningen (twice) Haarlem + Lisse Purmerend + Rotterdam, old central station Rotterdam, new central station + Rotterdam Hofplein 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) + 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) Hollands Spoor 's-Hertogenbosch (Old and new by night) Soest (twice) Venlo + Vught Rotterdam Beurs station
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A few trains serving on international routes.
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This stamp was made by C.F. Riem and it shows Protos from the Valleyline. The Protos is an electric multiple unit built by the German company Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau. The train is built with two coaches. The train has a low floor, so that there is no or little step between the platform height and the trains. The height is 810 mm. The prototype unit left the factory in September 2006 and was displayed at InnoTrans 2006. The only user of these units is Connexxion on the Valleyline (Valleilijn) between Amersfoort and Ede-Wageningen in the Netherlands.
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By subscription one could get hold of this sheet about Roosendaal. This city serves as a regional railway hub. The international trains from Amsterdam to Brussels call at Roosendaal, as does the Amsterdam-Vlissingen (Flushing) intercity. There is also a stop-train service to Antwerp.
Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2751-Ad-53 |
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By subscription one could get hold of this sheet about Arnhem. The middle stamp shows the Zijpse Poort (Gate) with a steam train passing.
Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2751-Ad-59 |
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By subscription one could get hold of this sheet about Arnhem. The stamp on the left shows the Arnhem railway station. The station is an important junction in the eastern Netherlands and in rail traffic with Düsseldorf (Germany), Utrecht, Zwolle, Nijmegen, Tiel and the Achterhoek. Moreover, it is a transfer hub for city and regional transport in the center of Gelderland. The current station building is the fourth station on that site. This building, designed by Ben van Berkel, was completed in 2015. In 2016, Arnhem Centraal was the 14th largest station in the Netherlands in terms of passenger numbers, with around 40,000 passengers boarding and alighting from NS trains per day (not including passengers from other rail operators).
Catalogue of personalized stamps from The Netherlands: 2751-Ad-59 |
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Four stamps showing (from top to bottom): the green train, the Leeghwater 18, Captrain 6601, a measuring vehicle.
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Mouse as conductor.
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The "Internationalen Motivgruppe Eisenbahnwesen" IME held its 49th congress in Leiden. The stamp to commemorate the occasion shows Leiden station.
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R-net (or Randstadnet) is a collaborative project between governments and carriers in the Randstad in the area of 'high-quality public transport'. On behalf of these parties, until 1 April 2015, a public transport agency for the year 2028 was drawn up by OV-bureau Randstad for regional public transport by bus, tram, metro and train. The first stamp shows a 2011 and 2012 at NedRail in Leidschendam and the second shows a test drive of 2010. Furthermore a number of R-Net Stdler FLIRT trains from Albellio on the Gouda - Alphen line.
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Four stamps with FLIRT 3 trains.
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This year this association issued six stamps: a Stadler FLIRT - Fast Light Innovative Regional Train + a bulb car loco 451 + ballast wagon loco 162 + Stadler (GTW) from "Breng"
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Thtse stamps were issued for Végé, a supermarket chain. The first one shows NS series 7701 - 7744 from 1905. The second NS series 5001 - 5103 from 1945. The third NS series 8501 - 8515 from 1915. The whole series consists of 61 stamps and was created bij C.F.Riem. Only one sheet of ten stamps per locomotive exists. See the full set below. 
 
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These stamps originate from a sheet of ten stamps with postal vehicles of all sorts. Three of them contain a railway related subject: a postal train from 1938, another from 1965 and the third from 1989.
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VPPV is "de vereniging van persoonlijk postzegelverzamelaars" the association of personal stamp collectors.
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MAT 64 plan V + MAT 64 plan 1
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several NS trains, including: Head runner + Thalys a line-up of trains + a car wash for trains two Fyras
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The stamp shows the cover of the 1942 time-table of the NZHTM (Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Tramweg Maatschappij).
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December stamp (reduced rate) with a steam locomotive in the snow.
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The Weesp–Lelystad railway, also known as Flevolijn, is a railway in the Netherlands operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and owned by ProRail. The line runs from Weesp, North Holland to Lelystad, capital of the neighbouring province of Flevoland. It currently has seven stations, these are (southwest to northeast): Almere Poort, Almere Muziekwijk, Almere Centrum, Almere Parkwijk, Almere Buiten, Almere Oostvaarders and Lelystad Centrum. Almere Strand was closed in 2012 and Lelystad Zuid is due to open before 2025. Work began on the railway line in 1980. Originally, it was planned to run straight through the Oostvaardersplassen. After protests from environmentalists, the transport minister decided that the line was to pass outside this nature area. As a consequence, this detour is, because of its form, now colloquially called the bath tub line. In 2008, it was announced that the line's capacity will be extended to 12 trains per hour in either direction. To achieve this, it will be doubled to four tracks.
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On the occasion of stamp exhibition and fair Postex 2019 in Apeldoorn.
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It is not clear who issued these personalized stamps. The following locos are shown: EETC 1254 NVBS + loco owned by H.E. Oving's Iron and Steel Company the "camel" + NedTrain 704 Nedtrain Monica + NS 1010 and 1122 NS 2412 + NS 2530 NS 2801 + NS DE3 and "camel" NS Hippel No. 508 + NS MAT '46 nr. 904 NS PEC mail carriage + NS 1312 The Dutch postal service issued an information leaflet on the PEC in Dutch. It is here (opens in a new tab or window). RailExperts 1251 + Railion R9903 railpro 603 + RailPromo ex NS 1215 Amsterdam RFF 5 Hippel from Rotterdam Rail Feeding + Veolia MaK G1206 Loco nr. 1509 NS E 189 114 Traxx at Tilburg CS station + NS 180
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The association of friends of the railway museum in Utrecht issued three stamps in 2019: DE-III (1934) + NS 20 Camel ("Kameel") + E-loc 1010 DE-III (1934): The photograph for this stamp was taken by Peter van der Vlist on August 4, 2009. On the left we see (unmistakably) the 'grande dame' of the streamline stock, the DE3 from 1934. At the time, the train set was taken out of service at NS with the number 163. It was part of the group of last active DE3s that finally had to leave in the early 1960s due to the arrival of the Plan U trainsets series 111-152. With the numbering back to the original number, it would therefore be DE3 33. The train set number 27 was chosen. And that has to do with the fact that motor car 157 was included, with the original number 27, when the train set was transferred to the museum. Next to the 27 is the Nestor, the original HSM 89, the later NS 1010. On November 24, 1964, the locomotive came to the Museum. Next to the Nestor is the 326, the locomotive currently installed on track 1. The Friends contributed to the refurbishment of the 326. NS 20 Camel ("Kameel"): The friends of the Railway Museum issued a second personal stamp, again this time in sheets of five with the gold frame. This second edition was issued following the transfer of the Camel to the museum. The image was taken from a photo by Peter van der Vlist showing the Camel at the signal box in the museum. E-loc 1010: The friends of the national railway museum issued a third and final personal stamp for 2019, again this time in sheets of five with the gold frame. This third edition was issued with an image of the first NS e-locomotive that came onto the track in 1948 in the 1000 series. One copy of this series has survived and is in the museum: the 1010. The image was taken by Piet Meijer on June 23, 1989 during the manifestation “Trains through time” on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the railways in the Netherlands. This locomotive is unfortunately no longer in service, but came into service in 1949 and was put aside in 1982. [source: newsletter VVNSM]
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The NVPS issued eight stamps in 2019, the year of their 70th anniversary: An Rnet flirt 3 + Eurostar DE 3 + loco 500 loco 1300 + a new generation IC For the celebration of the 70th year of their existence: logo + cross rails at Blauwkapel
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The association of friends of the railway museum in Utrecht also issued a stamp for 2020: Farewell to DDM-1 on December 15, 2019: On December 15, 2019, the Dutch Railways said goodbye to its first double-decker, the DDM-1. In a specially organized farewell ride, part of her former work area was driven in collaboration with the NVBS. The ride started in Amersfoort, after which it drove back to Amersfoort via Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Haarlem, Zandvoort, again Haarlem and Amsterdam via Lelystad and Zwolle. The choice was made for 7208 with the pulling and pushing force 1768. The reason for this is that the Bvk "Elephant" of this train composition was already owned by the Railway Museum. However, this was taken back into active service when the rolling stock was reactivated in 2016, so that her career as a museum carriage was postponed by three years. This photo was taken on December 15, 2019 under the imposing roof of Haarlem station by Martijn Bijvoet. [source: newsletter VVNSM]
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Mat ´64 in blue livery Mat ´46 Intercity test drive.
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Regiorunner and Plan T.
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The association of friends of the railway museum in Utrecht issued the following stamps in 2020: e-loco series 1500: This e-locomotive is of British origin and was taken over by NS from British Rail to reinforce the domestic service. In Britain this locomotive was known as BR 27003 "Diana", put into service in 1954. In the Netherlands these 6 locomotives (1501 to 1506) were put into service in 1970. They practically had a monopoly on the line The Hague CS - Venlo in passenger transport and were taken out of service in 1986. The 1502 and 1505 then went back to England to be included in museum collections there. This issue is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the association of friends of the national railway museum: it was founded in the same year in which the 1500 series entered service at NS. Due to the fact that the 1501 entered service with NS fifty years ago in 2020, the locomotive temporarily found a place in the national Railway Museum. On July 1, the locomotive was delivered by the Fairtrains 1304. The image on the stamp: the 1501 was a guest in the workshop in Tilburg on November 25, 2006. That day the locomotive brought two 1100's of the SGB in Goes to Tilburg on the occasion of the presentation of the book about the series 1100. The photograph was taken by Harry Peters. SGMm 2133: In the autumn of 2020, the 2-car train set City Regional Equipment (Stads Gewestelijk Materieel) 2133, launched at the time as the new Sprinter, plan Y, was added to the collection of the national Railway Museum. Before the modification to this equipment, this set entered service as SGM 2023. The image on the stamp shows SGMm 2133 “in the wild”, on August 13, 2018 and therefore still in circulation, in Wijchen. The photographer is Leon Schrijvers. [source: newsletter VVNSM]
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Eurostar trains travel from Amsterdam to London through the Channel tunnel.
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Seven trams from the Public Transport Museum in The Hague. The stamps were made by C.F.Riem, whose site is: personalstampsite.nl. The trams are (from left to right, top to bottom): tram 819 built in 1927 tram 265 built in 1920 tram 1022 built in 1952 tram 164 built in 1908 tram 1304 built in 1971 tram 810 built in 1927 tram 37 (?? should be 57 I think) built in 1923
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Coradia iLint is the world's first hydrogen-powered train. This zero-emission train emits low levels of noise, with exhaust being only steam and condensed water. The iLint was designed by Alstom teams in Salzgitter (Germany), the centre of excellence for regional trains, and in Tarbes (France), the centre of excellence for traction systems. Alstom has performed ten days of tests of the Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train on the 65 kilometres of line between Groningen and Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands. The tests follow 18 successful months of passenger service on the Buxtehude–Bremervörde–Bremerhaven–Cuxhaven line in Germany, where total of 41 Coradia iLint have already been ordered. The latest tests make the Netherlands the second country in Europe where the train has proven itself a unique emissions-free solution for non-electrified lines. In October 2020, Alstom and the Province of Groningen, local operator Arriva, the Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail and the energy company Engie signed a pilot project agreement to test the Coradia iLint, the world’s first passenger train powered by hydrogen fuel cells, in the Netherlands. DEKRA, an independent testing inspection and certification company, has been appointed test leader. This series of tests is being performed at night at up to 140 km/h without passengers. For the purpose of the tests, a mobile filling station has been erected by Engie for refuelling the Coradia iLint with completely green – sustainably produced – hydrogen.
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The Intercity Nieuwe Generatie (Intercity New Generation), or ICNG is an electric multiple unit trainset planned to be operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen for high-speed intercity services in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is built by Alstom based on their Coradia Stream platform. The NS began procurement of a new intercity trainset in July 2014. The respondents were Alstom, Siemens, Bombardier and Stadler. In May 2016 NS announced that Alstom had won a contract for around 80 trainsets. At the end of May, the contract was finalised to include a total of 79 trainsets including 49 5-car units, 30 8-car units, and 2 8-car units equipped for operation in both the Netherlands and Belgium. An additional order for 18 8-car units was later placed to operate international intercity services between Amsterdam and Brussels, bringing the total number of Belgium-equipped units to 20. The first train arrived in the Netherlands on the 23rd of May 2020 to begin testing on the Dutch railway network.
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The electric SM'90, "stopping-train" or commuter rolling stock of the 1990s, was short-lived. The SM'90 EMUs (railhopper) ran on the line Zwolle – Emmen. Only nine prototype trainsets were built as the intended successor to Mat '64. Due to engine and airco failing and an increase in the number of passengers, NS chose to buy more DDM coaches. In the early years of their service, the trainsets were ridden with trouble. All nine trainsets have been taken out of service in December 2005 and were demolished.
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Hector Rail is a Swedish-based independent train haulage provider operating in the European rail transport market, operating 50 locomotives. The company provides locomotives and drivers to freight customers who need to have whole unit trains hauled between two places with a regular timetable. The company operates diesel and electrically powered locomotives: 5 Class T66, ex GB Railfreight Class 66. 3 Class 141, ex ÖBB Class 1012 prototype locomotives (currently out of service due to poor reliablility) 12 Class 142, ex ÖBB Class 1142 locomotives, 11 in operation 8 Class 143, ex SJ Rc3 locomotives 12 Class 241, Bombardier TRAXX locomotives 8 Class 242, Siemens' ES64U2 EuroSprinter locomotives 20 Class 243, Siemens Vectron locomotives 2 Class 441, Siemens' ES64F4 EuroSprinter locomotives 4 Class 841, NOHAB diesel locomotives ex SJ T43 3 Class 921, diesel shunting locomotives ex SJ Z70 2 Class 941, Vossloh G 2000 BB diesel locomotives 2 Class 942, MaK 1205 diesel locomotives The first digit indicates the number of different electrical voltages supported, but 8 for diesel-electric and 9 for diesel-hydraulic. The second digit is the number of axles, hinting the tractive effort. Hector Rail previously owned 6 Class 161, ex NSB El 15 locomotives, but they were taken out of service in 2019 after deliveries of new Class 243 "Vectron" locomotives and were sold in 2020 to the Norwegian company Grenland Rail.
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The first shows Fyra V250. The Second shows SGmm.
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Spurt is a trade name used by Arriva Netherlands for most of the Stadler GTW trains operated in our country. The current Arriva fleet includes both 2-car (GTW 2/6) and 3-car (GTW 2/8) variants and both Electric and Diesel powered examples. Eight of the units are equipped for operation through to Leer in Germany.
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top left: last ride of DDM. top right: Connexxion 399 px. bottom left: four generations of sprinters. bottom right: a 1200 diesel.
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Thalys in Belgium
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The Rotterdam metro has its terminus in Spijkenisse. After the metro emerges from the tunnel under the Oude Maas, it stops at the stations Spijkenisse Centrum, Heemraadlaan and De Akkers (the one with the whale tails). November 1st 2020 a metro crashed through a stop block at De Akkers metro station in Spijkenisse. That happened at the end of the evening. Part of the metro broke through and landed on a work of art (whale tails) behind the rails, about ten meters high. The carriage kept its balance on the tail before it was lifted a few days later.
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Three stamps were issued by the Association of Friends of the Railway Museum (VVNSM). Number 1: Trans Europ Express, DE4 NS1001: The first stamp of this year in the series that is issued by the Association of Friends of the Railway Museum is a beautiful copy with the TEE train set as the motif. The photo (from the archive of the NVBS Rail Collections Foundation) shows DE4 1001 and was taken by J.A.Bonthuis on June 5, 1974 on the site of the former NS line workshop in Utrecht. The board of the Friends worked for a long time to buy two carriages of the equipment on Dijksgracht from the TEE Foundation. Ultimately, this did not lead to the desired result. Five carriages were purchased by the Dutch Transport Museum in Nieuw Vennep, which announced that the restoration plans are being worked (February 2021). Number 2: On the beautiful summer Sunday of May 30, 2021, two combined motor stations drove from Utrecht Maliebaan to Blerick. It had been a while since two multiple motor stations in motion were visible on the rail network. Goods had to go from the museum (train parts) to Blerick and parts of the 252 had to go to Utrecht to be put together (the equipment cabinets). With the recent completion of the restoration of Mp 3029 by Stichting 2454 CREW (Michiel Dermois), the Mp 3031 of the Railway Museum was once again able to make a trip in multiple circuits. Together to Blerick - taking turns in the lead - and separated on the return journey: the NSM 3031 back to Utrecht Maliebaan, while the Mp 3029 moved to Roosendaal. (June 2021) Number 3: The NSM 386 and the 766 of the Hondekop (Dog's Head)) Foundation are jointly on their way with the Friends Ride 2021. On September 20, 2014, the NS went big for the celebration of 175 years of railways in the Netherlands. Several museum trains took extra turns on the old line on the first railway line in the Netherlands, between Haarlem and Amsterdam. This also applies to the combined NSM 386 and 273. Here we see both couples on their first return flight from Amsterdam to Haarlem at the passage of Haarlem Spaarnwoude. At the Friends Ride on October 30, 2021, the 386 also played a leading role, now together with the 766 of the Hondekop Foundation. The 386 is prominently depicted on the new stamp issued by the Association, the third this year. [source: newsletter VVNSM]
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Left: NS Vectron IC Right: NS Vosloh G400B In September 2020, the Dutch Railways announced that it would lease two Siemens Vectron locomotives from the German company ELL. The NS wants to use the locomotives for the deployment of the NightJet to Vienna. Now that this international train is still not running, the NS has decided to run the new Vectron locomotives every day in the IC Berlin. These will drive back and forth to the border town of Bad Bentheim where the locomotive is exchanged. The Vossloh G400B is a B diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive. The G400B is technically identical to the G322, except for some details like different final drives. It was renamed as G400B to fit in the new numbering scheme used in the 4th generation programme. Vossloh built 6 stock locomotives for leasing, used by different operators. A second batch of 13 locomotives was built for Dutch train maintenance company NedTrain. These locomotives are slightly longer due to the fitting of extra coupling equipment, and are used to shunt trains around their workshops.
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De Arend was one of the two first steam locomotives in the Netherlands. It was a 2-2-2 Patentee type built in England by R. B. Longridge and Company of Bedlington, Northumberland to run on the then standard Dutch track gauge of 1,945 mm (6 feet 49/16 inch). On 20 September 1839, together with the Snelheid (Dutch for speed), it hauled the first train of the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij between Amsterdam and Haarlem. It was withdrawn in 1857. In 1939 a replica of the De Arend was constructed for the 100th anniversary of the Dutch railways. It is on display at the Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum (Dutch Railway Museum) in Utrecht.
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Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service connecting the United Kingdom with France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Trains to Belgium and the Netherlands serve Brussels-South and Rotterdam Centraal, before terminating at Amsterdam Centraal. The service is operated by 11 Class 373/1 trainsets, each with 18 coaches, and 17 Class 374 trainsets, each with 16 coaches. The trains run at up to 320 kilometers per hour (200 mph) on high-speed lines. As of 2019, Thalys assisted Eurostar with onwards connections between Amsterdam and Brussels, and to provide the Amsterdam to London service, in lieu of passport and customs checks at Amsterdam Centraal station. Thalys currently uses two ex-Eurostar class 373 trains (half-sets 373213 and 373224) to provide Thalys' no frills service IZY, between Paris and Brussels.
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Graphic artist Anton Pieck was born on 19 April 1895 in Den Helder in the Netherlands and died in 1987. From 1952 to 1974, Pieck was responsible for designing almost everything for fairy tale park Efteling in Kaatsheuvel, now one of the major theme parks in Europe. This sheet shows the steam tram, a vehicle that belonged the the era he most loved and made paintings and drawings about.
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The Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij (VSM) is a Dutch heritage railway between Apeldoorn and Dieren. It passes through the following villages: Lieren / Beekbergen, Loenen, Eerbeek. Rides on their steam trains are popular with tourists visiting the region, and that is why VSM operates mainly during the summer vacation. VSM, founded in 1975, is operated by volunteers. In March 2011 one of the individuals who possessed a number of locomotives decided to sell his collection. This could have meant that VSM would lose some of the biggest and most popular locomotives in their collection. VSM decided to buy the whole collection in order to keep for future generations. Each year, on the first weekend of September, the "Back to Then" (Dutch: Terug naar Toen) event is held, using everything that will run. Usually a number of guest locomotives appear as well. The last run on Saturday used to be the highlight of the event until 2007, originating in Apeldoorn. The train was pushed and pulled by all operational steam locomotives. In 2005 and 2006 that was 10 engines and a number of carriages. As of 2018, VSM has 19 steam locomotives and 23 diesel engines. Also over 20 passenger coaches and several goods wagons. The rolling stock is usually stationed at the VSM's depot at Beekbergen. Most of the steam engines originate from Germany, from the Deutsche Bundesbahn and the Deutsche Reichsbahn. There are also 2 locomotives from Poland, and one from Austria. VSM displays engines of classes 23, 44, 50, 52.80, 64, 80, 41 and the Polish TKp. Most of these were built in the 1940 or 1950s. The oldest locomotive owned by the VSM is number 80 036 (DRG Class 80) from 1929, and which has been at the VSM since 1976. The diesel engines are originally from the Dutch state railways, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). This way the VSM has a valuable collection of Dutch diesel engines dating from the fifties and sixties from the last century. Present are locomotors (serie 200/300), shunters (serie 500/600) and main line engines (series 2200/2300 and 2400/2500). Passenger coaches available from the NS are six ‘Blokkendozen’ (Mat '24), eleven ‘Bolkoppen’ (Plan D and Plan K) and two steel guard coaches. Also eight Austrian carriages with two axles and open platforms. Also present are 3 Wagon Lits dining cars and 3 Mitropa cars. Most of these are licensed to run on the Dutch railways. Among the other items there are a coaling crane and an accident crane from the NS.
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The Camel NS Sprinter SNG VIRM MAT ´64 bloody nose
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Rail Force One 1829 NS 703 NS 2317 NS 2425 Traxx DC CapTrain V100
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HS Logistik is a rail freight carrier for flexible and fast transport solutions in Europe. Since its foundation in 2003, the company has developed into a leading company in the sector. Rail carriers admitted in the Netherlands use different types of locomotives. There are diesel locomotives and - usually stronger - electric locomotives. The diesels can be used more flexibly because they are not dependent on the overhead wires, which are not present everywhere. For example, railway connections at companies are almost never equipped with overhead wires. An overhead wire is also inconvenient at terminals because it can hinder the transshipment of the containers.
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The train set 'De Karel' of the Karel Foundation has recently been transformed in the Blerick shed from an NS yellow train to a bright red train. The 466 train set, which is now red and equipped with a blue buffer beam at the front, was rolled out of the workshop and pulled by Strukton work equipment because the train cannot get out independently due to a lack of overhead wires in the shed.
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Several Dutch railway posters.
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top left: Diesel loco series 6700. top right: An old NMBS loco 7383. bottom left: The Wasp. bottom right: Cripple Mary.
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Thalys Thalys is a French-Belgian high-speed train operator originally built around the LGV Nord high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains. Thalys also serves Amsterdam (via the HSL-Zuid) and German cities in the Rhein-Ruhr, including Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen and Dortmund. The service is managed by Thalys International, which is 70% owned by SNCF (the national railway company of France) and 30% owned by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) and operated by THI Factory which is 60% owned by SNCF and 40% owned by NMBS/SNCB. It is because the Amsterdam-Paris connection that this international train is presented here.
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Thalys Special train with comic figures Tintin, captain Haddock and Bobby, which runs from Antwerp to Paris v.v.
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The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) Class 1300 was a Dutch locomotive in service for 48 years from 1952 until 2000. It was built at the same time as the NS Class 1100 at Alsthom and was based on the SNCF Class CC 7100. The Class 1300 is a bigger 6-axle Co'Co' version of the Class 1100. The first loco, the 1301, was delivered in 1952 and was first used at the opening of the electric service between Zwolle and Groningen. The locos numbered 1312-1316 were delivered in 1956 in a Berlin blue colour scheme (the locos delivered in 1952 were delivered in a turquoise colour scheme, but were painted Berlin blue in 1955). During the 1980s the entire Class 1300 got prolonging maintenance and were painted yellow, with a big NS logo at the side. Also, the locos were all named after a Dutch city. The 1312 was named Zoetermeer. In 2000 the last locomotives were withdrawn from service. 1302, 1304, 1312 and 1315 have been preserved. Number 1312 is the working representative of this class for the Dutch Railway Museum, with number 1302 serving as spare part donor.
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The Intercity Nieuwe Generatie (Intercity New Generation), or ICNG, nicknamed The Wasp, is an electric multiple unit trainset planned to be operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen for high-speed intercity services in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is built by Alstom based on their Coradia Stream platform. It is intended to directly replace the Bombardier TRAXX locomotives and Intercity Rijtuig coaches which currently operate intercity services on the South High Speed Line. These in turn replaced the failed AnsaldoBreda V250 trains which operated under the Fyra brand. The NS began procurement of a new intercity trainset in July 2014. The respondents were Alstom, Siemens, Bombardier and Stadler. In May 2016 NS announced that Alstom had won a contract for around 80 trainsets. At the end of May, the contract was finalized to include a total of 79 trainsets, including 49 5-car units, 30 8-car units, and two 8-car units equipped for operation in both the Netherlands and Belgium. An additional order for 18 8-car units was later placed to operate international intercity services between Amsterdam and Brussels, bringing the total number of Belgium-equipped units to 20. The first train arrived in the Netherlands on 23 May 2020 to begin testing on the Dutch railway network. The ICNG will operate at speeds up to 200 km/h on the high-speed line, a significant improvement over the existing equipment, which can only operate up to 160 km/h. The train type is divided into three classes: 3100, 3200 and 3300. The classes differ by their length and electric systems.  source: Wikipedia
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The steam locomotive on this silver stamp is the No. 3737 Jumbo, one of the most successful Dutch steam locomotives. It owed its tough nickname to its imposing appearance and pulling power. In 1958 it was the last steam train to be taken out of service. Locomotive 3737, the original SS 731, built in 1911 by Werkspoor, made its first test drive between Amsterdam and Utrecht on August 28, 1911. She was officially commissioned on September 11, 1911. Locomotive 3737 (from depot Roosendaal) ran on 7 January 1958 the last official NS steam train from Geldermalsen to Utrecht Maliebaan station, where the Dutch Railway Museum was already located at that time. The locomotive 3737 was subsequently included in the collection of the museum. In the 1970s, the NS 3737 was made roadworthy again to be used for special journeys. In the 1974 and '75 seasons, the locomotive was leased to the Stichting Stoomtrein Tilburg-Turnhout (SSTT), which operated a tourist train service on part of the Tilburg - Turnhout railway line. The 3737 played an important role in the anniversary celebration of 150 years of Railways in the Netherlands in 1989. In the years that followed, the locomotive, which is home to the Railway Museum, has occasionally been active on the railway network. In 1996 she got a completely new boiler with a new firebox. It was the intention to use the locomotive on a regular basis, but it broke down after a few rides. When appropriate repairs were needed in 2008, the Railway Museum announced that it wanted to use part of a subsidy received from the BankGiro Loterij for this, but at the end of 2008 the amount turned out to be insufficient. source: Wikipedia
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Three stamps with the steamtrain Hoorn-Medemblik and one stamp with eloc 1125 from 1951. The stamps are numbered, so they belong to the same series.
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A sheet of 5 stamps with Dutch mail trains. Several railway companies had equipment built specifically for the postal service, e.g. the Motorposten which were owned by PTT and were used for postal transport on the Dutch Railways between 1965 and 1997. On May 16, 2022, PostNL issued the Postal Trains stamp sheet because 25 years ago on this day the last postal train ran through the Netherlands. All postal trains on the stamps can be seen this year from 17 May to 27 November at the Postal Train Expedition exhibition in the national railway museum in Utrecht. With a number of special collection items, the exhibition provides an overview of postal transport by train from the mid-19th century to 1997, the year of the last postal train ride in our country.
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The Camel (Kameel) is the nickname of the Dutch diesel-electric motor vehicle NS 20, which was built in 1954 by the Allan rolling stock factory in Rotterdam as an executive coach for the Dutch Railways. On June 4, 2019, the train was officially handed over to the Railway Museum because it has reached the retirement age of 65. source: Wikipedia
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Silver stamp of NS 2530 The Bishop. Because the view from the cab of a 2400 was not so good, especially in train service, the last locomotive, delivered in 1957, was fitted with lower engine hoods and a different cab as a test. The cab is higher and longer and offers better comfort and views than that of its series counterparts. The 2530 entered service in a different color: lilac with black undercarriage, which gave the locomotive the nickname of the bishop. This special color was chosen by the wife of F.Q. den Hollander, CEO of the NS, who had ordered the locomotive. In 1963 the locomotive turned red brown, just like the rest of the series. This locomotive was often used for work trains and was the pulling power of the spray train from 1964 to 1989. source: Wikipedia
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A red workhorse, a tram with the NS logo and a tram in The Hague passing through the so-called fishnet stocking (Netkous).
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The upper stamp shows ZHESM motor car mBC 6 (built 1908) in the Dutch Railway Museum. The Zuid-Hollandsche Electrische Spoorweg-Maatschappij (ZHESM, in English the South Holland Electric Railway Company) was founded on January 4, 1900 in The Hague. The latter constructed the following lines: The Hague Hollands Spoor – Scheveningen, opening on May 1, 1907 (steam traction), and The Hahue Loolaan – Rotterdam Hofplein, opening on October 1, 1908. From this date, electric traction (10,000 V single-phase alternating current ) was implemented. The power plant was located in Leidschendam. It was the first electric railway in the Netherlands. On the same date, the operation was continued by the HSM. On January 1, 1923, the ZHESM was permanently merged into the HSM, because this company had owned all the shares since the beginning of the ZHESM. The lower stamp shows a MaK 1206. The MaK G 1206 is a German diesel hydraulic locomotive, built by Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK) and its buyer Vossloh. So far, 246 units have been built since 1997. In the Netherlands, the G 1206 is/was in use by ACTS, Lineas, Locon, ERS Railways, Captrain, Rurtalbahn, Independent Rail Partner, LTE, Rail Force One and Strukton. source: Wikipedia
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The lower stamp shows NS 2205 B7618. The NS locomotive series 2200 is a series of diesel-electric locomotives that were used by the Dutch Railways between 1955 and 2003. In the early 1950s, the Dutch Railways decided that the remaining steam locomotives would have to be replaced within a few years. To this end, 280 diesel locomotives were ordered, which, spread over the series 2200 and 2400, contributed to the fact that the last steam locomotive could be taken out of service in January 1958. With a maximum speed of 100 km/h, the 2200s were not only suitable for freight service, but could also be used for passenger trains; for train heating in the cold months, a heating car with a built-in steam boiler was used. In the regular train service they could initially be found in the summer service between Alkmaar and Den Helder until the electrification in 1958 and for various trains on the other non-electrified track sections in the north, east and center of the country until the arrival of the trainsets. Plan U in 1962. On delivery, the locomotives were painted red-brown. From 1971, a part was painted over in the new house style colors yellow-grey. About twenty locomotives remained reddish brown until they were scrapped. In 1995 one locomotive (2384) was repainted in the red of the former NS Cargo during an overhaul. The first locomotives were taken out of service between 1972 and 1974 due to a thinning of the freight service. From 1985 onwards, removals followed on a larger scale, until in 1998 when the NS split up, five locomotives were still available. These ended up at NS Cargo (later Railion) and were still in service in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. In 2003 the last 2200 were taken out of service by Railion. Of these, the 2225, 2278 and 2368 were preserved as museum locomotives. source: Wikipedia
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The upper stamp shows mat 46, nicknamed Mouse Nose. The equipment '46 was mainly built to absorb the loss of equipment that had occurred after the Second World War and the growing need for electric streamline equipment due to electrification. The equipment was therefore used throughout the country in many different train services, both fast and slow trains, often also as support. After the last train set of stock '46 disappeared from regular passenger service in September 1983, three more two-car sets were used for tests and instruction runs. The sets 279, 285 and 291 could be seen driving on the Dutch railway network for a few more years. Finally, the train set 273 is the only one that has been preserved in the collection of the Dutch Railway Museum in Utrecht. This train set was restored in the mid-nineties and brought back to its original colors and is now used for special journeys. source: Wikipedia
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Silver stamp of NS 836 Dog's Head. The NS Mat '54 or Materieel '54 was an electric multiple unit train, used by the Dutch State-owned railways from 1956 until 1996. The typical nose of the train was designed for extra safety for the train driver. The public gave the train a nickname: Dog's Head (Hondekop). The trains were built by Allan of Rotterdam, Beijnes and Werkspoor. Equipped with a Scharfenberg coupler, they could run in series. Not only with the same model but also with older models, the NS Mat '35, NS Mat '36, NS Mat '40 and NS Mat '46. The trains were intended for express train services. Rapid acceleration was of less importance than comfort and therefore the trains were solidly constructed, which resulted in a relatively high weight per seat and gave a very smooth and (for that time) very comfortable run. It is still the heaviest passenger train type to ever ride a European railway. The train needed three minutes to accelerate to a speed of a 120 km/h. The trains were painted in green and yellow. In 1968 a new yellow blue color scheme was introduced. It took until 1980 that the last train was painted in new colors. The reason why it took twelve years was the fact that the green paint lasted very well and the Dutch railways tried to cut costs wherever possible. Two of these trains were involved in the 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis and 1977 Dutch train hijacking. source: Wikipedia
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This stamp is part of the 2022 Kijk op Nederland sheet for the province of Overijssel. The Hanzeboog is a railway bridge near Zwolle over the river IJssel and is part of the railway line Utrecht - Kampen and the railway line Lelystad - Zwolle. The bridge was opened in June 2011. Due to the construction of the Hanzelijn, a new cross-river connection was needed to replace the old bridge. After a long discussion, a new bridge was chosen instead of a tunnel. The new railway bridge is located at Rhine navigation height (Rijnvaart Hoogte), which makes it easier for shipping to pass and no movable section is needed anymore. The design is by Quist Wintermans Architects. The new bridge is located a few tens of meters upstream from the old one and consists of a double track and a cycle path. The railway bridge, which has been given the name Hanzeboog, has a length of 1 kilometer and rests on 18 concrete pillars, giving the water more space at high water levels. During the weekend of 1 and 2 May 2010, the main span was hoisted into place. The bridge was taken into use during the Easter weekend of 2011 in the direction of Amersfoort - Zwolle. During the following Whitsun weekend, the track for the direction Zwolle - Amersfoort was connected, with which the new bridge was fully put into use from 14 June 2011. source: Wikipedia
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Silver stamp of the NS Frontrunner (Koploper in Dutch). Frontrunner is the nickname of Intercity Materieel or ICM (English – Intercity Material or Intercity Rolling Stock), an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen in the Netherlands. It received this nickname because it had a so-called "walk through head". After these trains were modernized, the "walk through heads" were removed. The modernized train sets are referred to as Intercity Materieel Modern (ICMm). The prototypes were built in 1977, with full-scale production lasting from 1983 to 1994 by Talbot. The first train sets came into service in 1977. The trains run daily on the Dutch rail network and, together with the VIRM, form the most important equipment on services connecting the Randstad with the rest of the country. The trains are designed for long-distance intercity services. Their maximum allowed operating speed is 140km/h, although their engines are designed to reach a top speed of 180km/h. Their cabs are on the roof, which initially allowed through gangways between sets when coupled together, though the gangways were removed during their refurbishment, as they were deemed too unreliable. Refurbishment of sets began in late 2006 and was completed in 2011. The trains have compartments in the 1st class accommodation. source: Wikipedia
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These stamps show Dutch steam locomotive numbers 1643, 3815, 3920, 4718 and 5554 on five different stamps. This publication is based on reproductions of original photos from the NS archive. NS 1643: The NS 1600 series was a series of express train steam locomotives of the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessors Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS), Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM) and Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (NRS). The locomotives taken over from the NRS and SS - NRS 101-109 (HSM 350-358, NS 1601-1609) - pleased the HSM so much that 40 units were reordered from Sharp Stewart and Company. These entered service between 1891 and 1892 with numbers 359-398. In 1900 another order of five followed with Sharp Stewart and Company with numbers 399-403. Finally, in 1903, the series 404-408 built by the North British Locomotive Company, into which Sharp Stewart and Company had meanwhile been absorbed, entered service. In 1921 the locomotives were renumbered in the NS series 1610-1659. The 1614, 1633, 1636, 1637 and 1646 were fitted with a superheater in 1921. It was the intention to provide the entire series with this, but due to disappointing results, it remained with these five locomotives. In the years 1936-1949 they were taken out of service. The 1614, which was removed in 1938 and used in Zwolle as a stationary boiler for steam heating, was put back into service in 1940, where the superheater elements were "short-circuited". Locomotive 1622 was the last to be removed from this series in 1949. NS 3815: The series NS 3700 consisted of 120 express train steam locomotives with the axle arrangement 2'C of the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessor, the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS). When the rolling stock of the HSM and the SS merged in 1921, the locomotives of this series were given the NS numbers 1701-1835. The NS continued the conversion with superheater on 92 locomotives, based on the last converted six, between 1921 and 1930. After the first locomotives were converted by the Tilburg workshop, the help of Werkspoor in Amsterdam and Utrecht was now also called in. Due to the financial crisis, as a result of which NS also had to review its spending pattern, the serial conversion of 1700s with a superheater came to an end after one hundred locomotives. Nevertheless, between 1936 and 1939 four more locomotives, whose boiler had to be replaced, were also fitted with a superheater. Plans to implement this for all remaining locomotives that were not yet equipped with a superheater failed because the costs were considered to be too high. Meanwhile, in 1938, the removal of the first locomotives of this series not equipped with a superheater had already started. NS 3920: The series NS 3900 was a series of steam locomotives for express trains, built in 1929-1930 for the Dutch Railways. At the end of the 1920s, the Dutch Railways needed an express train locomotive that was stronger than the class 3700, because more and more wooden passenger coaches were being replaced by steel ones. Meanwhile, the axle weight could also be increased from 16 tons to 18 tons. This resulted in a design based on the example of the series 3600 and 3700, so with an axle arrangement of 2'C. The 3900 received the bar or bar frame of the 3600. In design of boiler, cylinders and cab, she resembled an enlarged 3700 with a more powerful boiler. The cylinders were given a diameter of 420 mm instead of 400 mm. This increased both the pulling force and the power by about 15 percent. The same boiler was later used in the class 6300 tender locomotives. The tender was roughly the same as that of the series 3600 and the later built 4-axle tenders of the series 3700. The series was able to quickly bring the heaviest passenger trains up to a speed of 100 km/h. The German factory Henschel & Sohn delivered the locomotives in two series in 1929 and 1930. The first 22 locomotives from 1929 (3901-3922) were initially not equipped with smoke deflectors. To prevent the wind from blowing the smoke from the chimney in sight of the driver, these were installed in 1930. In the second series of ten (3923-3932) this happened immediately upon delivery. NS 4718: The series NS 4700 consisted of 35 steam locomotives for freight trains, which were in service with the Dutch Railways from 1944 to 1958. As early as World War II, the Dutch government ordered 50 steam locomotives in London from the Swedish factory Nydqvist & Holm AB (NOHAB) in Trollhättan in order to quickly bring the fleet of locomotives, which was severely depleted by war, up to standard. To save time, existing models of typical Swedish locomotives were chosen. This concerned 15 express train locomotives with axle layout 2'C (series NS 4000) and 35 freight locomotives with axle layout D (NS 4700). The 4700s were delivered in the years 1944 to 1946 after the example of existing locomotives of the Swedish private railway company Grängesberg-Oxelösund (TGOJ) and were very modern by Dutch standards. They were derived from the Swedish type M3b. Some tenders and boilers were supplied by Motala Verkstad and ASJ. The first locomotive delivered was mistakenly given the wrong number. When the locomotives were ordered, the name Swedish Freight Locomotive was given. The manufacturer saw this as a type designation and therefore called the first locomotive 'ZG1'. As with the series 4000, they had a 3-cylinder gear and all axles ran in SKF ball bearings. On delivery they were fitted with a large cow catcher and a large spotlight, which were immediately removed. The driver's cab was completely closed off with a bellows on the tender, which was identical to those of the series 4000. In contrast to locomotives designed in the Netherlands, the instruments, such as the pressure gauge and the speedometer, were clearly arranged in front of the regulator key (driving handle). Like the series 4000, the series 4700 was also equipped with steel inner fireboxes. In all 4700s these were replaced by a copper one. The locomotives had electric lighting, including the driving gear, to facilitate nighttime maintenance. They were nicknamed Christmas tree by the staff because of this. In 1949 a new numbering scheme was introduced for the tenders of the steam locomotives. From that time on these were given their own numbers; for the series 4700 the numbers became 4016-4050, making the tenders of the series 4000 and 4700 more easily interchangeable. NS 5554: The 5554 was delivered in 1905 by the Dutch company Werkspoor. The series NS 5500 was a series of tender locomotives of the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessor Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM). After the good experiences with the passenger train locomotives 350-398 and freight train locomotives 601-616 delivered by the Sharp Stewart and Company factory, the HSM decided to also order a series of tender locomotives from the same factory. The 309-310 taken over from the NRS performed well, but were too light for the heavier trains. The larger and stronger series 701-724 were then ordered, which were delivered between 1898 and 1900. Various parts corresponded to the other series mentioned. This series also performed well, so that a follow-up order was placed with Werkspoor, following the backordered freight train locomotives 617-647. This concerned the series 725-755, which was delivered between 1903 and 1905. As with the freight train locomotives of which the follow-up series 671-685 with superheater was ordered, a follow-up order with superheater was also ordered for these tender locomotives, which were delivered in 1907 and 1913 as the series 771-776. When the rolling stock of the HSM and the SS merged in 1921, the locomotives of this series were given the NS numbers 5501-5555. To double the coal stock, the coal box behind the driver's cab was raised in 1932, making the locomotives suitable for longer services. Because the water supply was not increased, a water car was hung behind the locomotive during the war years, which was connected to the locomotive with a hose. The 5540 was heavily damaged during the German invasion in May 1940 and was subsequently removed. The remaining 54 remained in service until the 1944 railway strike. During the strike, a large number were deported to Germany or severely damaged. After the war, only ten drivable examples remained in the Netherlands. The last examples were taken out of service in 1954. No copy has survived. source: Wikipedia
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The stamp is part of the 2022 Kijk op Nederland sheet for the province of Zeeland. The Railway Bridge across the Scheldt-Rhine Canal (also known as the Kreekrak Railway Bridge) south of the Kreekrak locks spans the Scheldt-Rhine Canal and is part of the Roosendaal - Vlissingen railway line. The bridge has a main span of 140 meters and two side spans (bridges) of 40 meters. The bridge is located between the A58 and the Oude Rijksweg (N289). A second Kreekrak railway bridge is located 67 meters to the west and spans the Spuikanaal Bath with 158 meters and a road on both sides of the canal. source: Wikipedia
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The first station in Houten was opened on November 1st, 1868. This was a first-generation water waterstaats stations that were built in several places along the Utrecht - Boxtel railway line. The station was built in 1867 to a design by G. van Diesen and is the only remaining example of this type. The station master had his home and work space in the building. There were also two waiting rooms, a luggage room, warehouse and toilet areas. The building had an attic and a small cellar. There was equipment on the platform for operating the points and level crossing. From 1871 it was also possible to send telegrams via the station. Several employees of the Staatsspoor were present at the station. In addition to the station master, there was a switchman and a telegraph operator. There was also staff for loading and unloading goods. Four civilian houses were built opposite the station in 1908 for various employees. The station building was located at a distance from the built-up area, among the orchards. Most of the staff came from the village, but the station masters from all over the country. The new, modern, station building is in the village centre. source: Wikipedia
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NS 1303 steam loco: Steam locomotive no. 1303 from the series 1301-1304 of the S.S. (Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen) later NS 4503 (1920). Ordered as NBDS 120, but delivered as SS 1303. Sold for scrap in 1947 to the Gooise Metaalhandel Hamel in Hilversum. NS CTO measurement vehicle: The Historical Diesel Equipment Foundation is a Dutch foundation that is committed to the preservation of Dutch historic diesel equipment in the field of rail transport. In 2014, the CTO measurement vehicle (ex-NS P 7918) was taken over from Eurailscout. In its original version, it is used as a CTO measuring vehicle for research by TU Delft. NS ICNG: The Intercity New Generation (abbreviated ICNG, nicknamed Wesp) is a type of new single-deck train set of the Dutch Railways (NS). The trains are of the Coradia Stream type, are designed and built by Alstom, and are intended for the NS intercity network. The trains are intended to replace older rolling stock such as the oldest ICMms and the ICRm. In addition, the rolling stock is intended to accommodate the growth in the number of passengers. The trainsets will be used on the main rail network, the largest part of the NS rail network. The HSL South is part of this, where they indirectly became the replacement for the failed Italian V250. NS ICNG and Head Runner: See above for ICNG. Intercity material (ICM for short) is a train set of NS Reizigers that is mainly used in intercity train services. Due to the nature of the deployment - especially the Rotterdam/The Hague-Groningen/Leeuwarden intercity trains, sometimes preceded by services on the night network, it is the train type that covers the most kilometers per day: usually more than 1,000 km per day with peaks of more than 1,800. The rolling stock name is Plan Z. The train, designed by the design agency of designer Raymond Loewy, was nicknamed Koploper, because of the so-called walk-through head. This walk-through head was removed after the modernization of the trainsets. The refurbished trains are also referred to as Intercity Materie Modern (ICMm for short). The first trainsets entered service in 1977. The trains built between 1983 and 1994 still run daily on the Dutch railway network. The ICMms, together with the VIRM, form the most important rolling stock on the connections between the Randstad and the rest of the country. Strukton 303007 Vossloh MAK G1206: The MaK G 1206 is a German diesel-hydraulic locomotive, built by Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK) and its buyer Vossloh. For the time being, 246 units have been built since 1997. In the Netherlands, the G 1206 is/was used by ACTS, Lineas, Locon, ERS Railways, Captrain, Rurtalbahn, Independent Rail Partner, LTE, Rail Force One and Strukton, among others. Strukton VST07-3: The NS locomotive series 2200 is a series of diesel-electric locomotives that were used by the Dutch Railways between 1955 and 2003. Some locomotives went to rail contractor Strukton: the 2270, 2282 and 2328, which were given 30 in front of the number and were painted entirely yellow. These locomotives have since been overhauled, with only the undercarriage and part of the cabin remaining. In 2007, Strukton leased these three locomotives to Eurailscout Inspection & Analysis, which converted the locomotives into a video inspection train. In addition to the old Strukton numbers, the locomotives were given the new numbers VST07-1, VST07-2 and VST07-3. These have now been taken out of service at Eurailscout. NS-PEC mail train: In the thirties, forties and fifties streamlined postal carriages, type Pec, were built for mail transport in Dutch trainsets. These mail coaches were intended to be coupled with trainsets, and were therefore equipped with automatic couplings. They were owned by the state company PTT, but rode on the trains of the Dutch Railways, which also took care of maintenance. These mail coaches could be coupled with the streamlined stock built from the 1930s up to and including the Plan U trainsets from the 1960s. The mail coaches were delivered in a dark green color scheme with red piping, similar to the streamlined stock. In the 1960s, the color scheme was changed to grass green with sand yellow trim, in which the electric streamlining equipment had also appeared. The postal coaches were taken out of service between 1966 and 1979. One copy has been preserved in the collection of the Railway Museum. NS Plan U 141: Plan U was a type of three-piece diesel-electric train set (official designation: DE3) of the Dutch Railways. These trainsets were built between 1960 and 1963 by Werkspoor in Utrecht and entered service under numbers 111-152. Compared to the previous electrical equipment '54 (Hondekop), the nose had a more modern design. Originally the plan was to give the sets the same nose as the DE4 TEE trainsets also built by Werkspoor. Due to the angular nose shape of the TEE trains, however, the rain kept hitting the windows during heavy rainfall, which caused a lot of inconvenience to the driver. That is why the new diesel trainsets were given a rounder nose, which was later also applied to the electric Mat '64. NS Sprinter SNG: The Sprinter New Generation (abbreviated SNG) is an electrically powered train set of the Dutch Railways (NS). It was designed and built by Spanish train builder Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), using the Civity platform. The type is mainly intended to replace older train equipment, primarily the Stadsgewestelijk Materieel, which will be decommissioned in 2021. The purchase is also intended to accommodate the expected growth in the number of passengers on the main rail network. Just like the Sprinter Lighttrain (SLT), the Sprinter New Generation has an interior with lots of light and space. This is achieved through the use of Jacobs bogies, which enabled wide box transitions. The low floor makes the train more accessible for disabled people. The SNG can be distinguished from the SLT on the side, among other things, by the oblique white stripes at the ends. NS control car: A control car is a carriage that is provided with a control car at one end. From this steering position, the driver can operate the locomotive remotely. In order to transmit the electrical signals required for this, all carriages between the locomotive and control car must be fitted with control cables. The carriage on the side of the steering position is equipped with the prescribed front signals, in addition to the marker lights present on all carriages, and a horn. There is also pull-and-punch work available. On the Benelux rolling stock, these are the normal buffers and screw coupling, and on the double-deck rolling stock, a BSI coupling. The advantage of a control car is that the locomotive does not have to be shunted to the other side of the train at the terminus. Only the driver walks to the other side of the train. A train composed of a locomotive, a control car and (usually) ordinary carriages is called a push-pull train.
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Philamaxx Christmas stamp with Märklin loco.
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Philamaxx issued two stamps with the NS New Generation ICNG and new sprinter Blue Head (Blauwkop)
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Pinkeltje is a gnome in the children's books by Dick Laan (1894-1973). Since 2014 the series of Pinkeltje books has been continued under the pseudonym Studio Dick Laan with illustrator Arne van der Ree. In 2017 the book Pinkeltje in het spoorwegmuseum (Pinkeltje in the Railway Museum) was issued.
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The Hoorn–Medemblik heritage railway (SHM) operated by the Museumstoomtram Hoorn Medemblik is a heritage railway in the Netherlands. It runs from Hoorn to Medemblik, a distance of about 20 km (12.4 mi). The original railway line was operated by Locaalspoorwegmaatschappij Hollands Noorderkwartier (1884 - 1935). The line was opened on 3 November 1887. The track followed a circuitous route to reduce the amount of land that had to be compulsorily purchased. The line used steam traction; diesel traction being introduced in 1929. The line was closed to passenger services from 1 January 1936 to 29 May 1940. On 5 January 1941 the line was permanently closed to passenger services; as was the railway station in Medemblik. Today, the railway is operated as a tourist attraction. The centrepiece of its collection is the former Nederlandse Spoorwegen locomotive 7742 Bello, the only preserved light steam engine in the Netherlands. Other steam locomotives in running order include three tramway engines, two of which are enclosed tram engines (steam dummies). The remaining ones are: three industrial engines; a German engine which is rebuilt as a replica of a Dutch railway shunting engine (of a series of which several also served on steam tramways); and a locomotive of industrial type which served at a steam tram company in Zuid-Holland, still awaiting restoration. One of the industrial locomotives is on a long-term loan to Museum Buurtspoorweg. Seven of the ten steam locomotives are official Dutch railway monuments. Loc 30 is called Hoorn an was built in 1908 by Arnold Jung. It was put into service at the Rotterdam Municipal Gas Company (GGR) for the gasworks in the Keilehaven. The locomotive entered service under number 25 and was renumbered to 30 in 1950. At the same time, the locomotive received a new boiler from Du Croo & Brauns. In 1967 it came into the possession of the Tramweg Foundation, which placed her from 1972 with the Museum Steam Tram Hoorn-Medemblik as loco 30. In the period 2000-2001 the locomotive was fitted with a new boiler and the locomotive was also restored. The 30 was given the livery of the Geldersche Tramweg-Maatschapij (GTW).
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The Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij is a Dutch heritage railway between Apeldoorn and Dieren. It passes through the villages of Lieren/Beekbergen, Loenen, and Eerbeek. Rides on steam trains are popular with tourists visiting the region, and that is why VSM operates mainly during the summer vacation. VSM, founded in 1975, is operated by volunteers. In March 2011 one of the individuals who possessed a number of locomotives decided to sell his collection. This could have meant that VSM would lose some of the biggest and most popular locomotives in their collection. VSM decided to buy the whole collection in order to keep for future generations. The VSM 50 used to be DRB Class 50 from Germany. It is is a German class 2-10-0 locomotive, built from 1939 as a standard locomotive (Einheitsdampflokomotive) for hauling goods trains. It had one leading axle and five coupled axles and was one of the most successful designs produced for the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
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ACTS-1251: ACTS Nederland BV was a Dutch railway company. The abbreviation originally comes from Afzet Container Transport Systeem (Sales Container Transport System). On February 5, 2011, the activities were continued by Husa. In 1999, thirteen locomotives were purchased in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The Dutch locomotives were of the ex-NS series 1200. These locomotives were saved from demolition by two railway interested parties. NS wanted to scrap all type 1200 locomotives immediately, but by means of the Competition Act it was possible to retain a number of 1200s for ACTS. After the 1200s were taken out of service at ACTS, a few locomotives were privately owned in 2010 and leased to Euro-Express Traincharter (EETC) for car sleeper trains. On February 19, 2011, the 1254 was presented in the new color combination of EETC, red-brown with yellow band. Until the end of 2011, this locomotive was also stickered with the logo of the Dutch Association of Interested in Railways and Tramways (NVBS), which had been in existence for eighty years in that year. In April 2015 it was announced that the car sleeper train will no longer run due to sharply increased costs. Some of the locomotives in the list below have already been given a new destination. On September 26, 2015, the 1251 and 1254 were transferred from the Watergraafsmeer to Blerick for storage. The 1254 was deployed from November 2015 (still in EETC livery) at HSL Logistik. However, due to a faulty traction motor, the 1254 was parked in 's-Hertogenbosch at the beginning of 2016, pending what will happen next. From November 1 to December 31, 2016, the 1254 was leased by Captrain. The 1202 is preserved in the collection of the Dutch Railway Museum and is painted in the Berlin blue version. In 2022, this machine will be overhauled in the depot of the museum in Blerick.
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Left: Blue Angel: Plan X, previously: material DE1 and DE2, better known as Blue Angel, was a series of Dutch diesel-electric trainsets that were used by the Dutch Railways from 1953 to 1998. The name was derived from the clear blue color that these trainsets initially had. A connection to the famous 1930 feature film Der blaue Engel has often been suggested, but never established. The DH1 and DH2 - better known as Wadloper (Wetlands Runner)- are Diesel Hydraulic railcars and trains, built between 1981 and 1983 by Waggonfabrik Uerdingen AG for the Northern Nevenlines in Groningen and Friesland. The Wadloper series consisted of 19 motor coaches (DH1) and 31 two-part trainsets (DH2).
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In these two world famous books the train plays a major part. The oldest is Around the World in Eighty Days by the Frenchman Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. The parts of the book and film in which the train plays a part are the journey to Brindisi, Italy, via Turin, the journey from Bombay to Calcutta, India, the journey from San Francisco to New York City, United States and the last part from Liverpool to London. The other book is a Whodunnit novel by Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934.
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The inscription on the stamp is unfortunately incorrect. this is not the front runner (koploper) but the Wasp. For the description see 2022 (1).
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Tram 36 was in service from 21 October 1963 to 21 May 1966. On 22 May 1966 line 36 was replaced by line 10. The route was: Voorburg Station · Prinses Mariannelaan · Geestbrugweg · Haagweg · Rijswijkseweg · Rijswijkseplein · Zieken · Spui · Kalvermarkt · Wijnhaven · Turfmarkt.
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From top to bottom: A Deutz locomotive from DSM (de staatsmijnen, Dutch State Mines): Loc 161 of State mines was by far the the most powerful and largest industrial locomotive ever driven in the Netherlands. VIRM train: VIRM trains, full name Verlengd InterRegio Materieel (Lengthened interregional rolling stock), are a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) double-deck trains. Here it runs along the bulb-fields. Another VIRM. Front view. ICM: The Intercity Materieel or ICM (Intercity Rolling Stock) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train. The train received the nickname Koploper, because it had a so-called walk through head. After these trains were modernized, the walk through heads were removed. The modernized train sets are referred to as Intercity Materieel Modern (ICMm). The Sprinter SLT: The Sprinter Lighttrain or SLT is an Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train type operated by NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen). They were built from 2007 to 2012 by Bombardier (2400) and Siemens (2600). It is the successor of the Sprinter SGM train type. The SLT is designed to replace the Mat 64 trains from the 1960s and 1970s, and to allow the double-decker NS DD-AR carriages from the 1990s to be refurbished/converted into self-propelling EMUs and transferred to longer, skip-stop Intercity services. The first 35 sets were ordered in 2005 and the first set, 2402 arrived in January 2008. The second set, 2602 arrived in February 2008 and both were used on test runs. In September 2007 NS ordered a further 64 sets, and these started arriving in the Netherlands in mid-2009. In 2009 a further 32 were ordered. The trains use regenerative braking, which can feed energy back into the contact wire when they brake. The trains are based on the DB Class 425 design, but adapted to meet the demands of the Sprinter. They use Jacobs bogies, which allow for thin and wide gangways between each coach. The units were built in Aachen and Hennigsdorf (2400) and Uerdingen (2600). The SLT trains are fitted with the ATB-EG train protection system used on the electrified Dutch network, as well as the European-standard ERTMS system that is planned to replace ATB-EG. The SLT trains are also fitted with GSM-R train radios.
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The Hoorn–Medemblik heritage railway operated by the Museumstoomtram Hoorn Medemblik runs from Hoorn to Medemblik, a distance of about 20 km (12.4 mi). The original railway line was operated by Locaalspoorwegmaatschappij Hollands Noorderkwartier (1884 - 1935). The line was opened on 3 November 1887. The track followed a circuitous route to reduce the amount of land that had to be compulsorily purchased. The line used steam traction; diesel traction being introduced in 1929. Today, the railway is operated as a tourist attraction. The centrepiece of its collection is the former Nederlandse Spoorwegen locomotive 7742 Bello, the only preserved light steam engine in the Netherlands. Other steam locomotives in running order include three tramway engines, two of which are enclosed tram engines (steam dummies). The remaining ones are: three industrial engines; a German engine which is rebuilt as a replica of a Dutch railway shunting engine (of a series of which several also served on steam tramways); and a locomotive of industrial type which served at a steam tram company in Zuid-Holland, still awaiting restoration.
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An extensive collection of museum trams was built up in Amsterdam in the second half of the 20th century. The preservation of old tram equipment in Amsterdam is largely a private initiative. However, from the 1970s onwards there was cooperation with the Amsterdam Municipal Transport Company (GVB). The 144 was taken out of service in 1950. From 1954 to 1990 it was exhibited in the Dutch Railway Museum in Utrecht. It has been an Amsterdam museum tram since 1990, but was put into service in 2011.
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