Every once in a while I visit this museum. The occasion on National Steam Train Day (every year on Ascension Day) was a good excuse to return here.
1 Waiting for the museum to open we spent our time well.
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3 At the start of the day it was rather cloudy, but it would become better and better.
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13 The steam shed houses a host of industrial steam locomotives
14 In need of some TLC
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26 Automotor's also attracted a lot of people
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28 This recently built station building is a decent replica of a tramway station in the east of the country
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30 This diesel was trundling up and down the tracks and tacking visitors for a cab ride
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33 On the 600 mm track we found the kind of locomotives that we used in brick factories, horticultural industry, contractor's industry etc.
34 The diesel shed contains a lot of them
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44 This is what "near original condition" looks like
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57 The museum owns two tramway locomotives, both of them non runners. It would be no good anyway as the museum does have the appropriate gauge to run them. But good they survived. As ubiquitous as this boxcab type locomotive once was, so few have have survived.
58 This engine was to pull the last tram of the Geldersche Tramweg Maatschappij in 1957
59 The last tram in Doesburg. The text says as much as Rust in Pieces.
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62 The motion, carefully hidden inside to minimise the ingress of dust, water and the general public's arms and legs.
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70 The museum also houses a few very intersting modelrailways and dioramas
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84 Outside an LGB modelrailway is under construction
85 The steam shed. The painted locos form a nice and from a distance very deceptive pair.
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87 We went to have a look at the door and as soon as we were there we were most kindy invited inside and got a tour around the workshop.