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Offline pab  
#1 Posted : 07 September 2008 13:16:23(UTC)
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The VSM (http://www.stoomtrein.org/) in the Netherlands restores old steam engines. During the summer they have rides with vintage coaches.
One a year they open their gates to show their rolling stock, make rides with a lot of different engines, like the classes 23, 44, 50, 52 and 64.

Yesterday I was in the neighbourhood (not by accident Smilebiggrin) to see the spectacle and make some pictures.

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Offline RayF  
#2 Posted : 07 September 2008 13:24:00(UTC)
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Nice pics, Piet.

Thanks for sharing them with us!

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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#3 Posted : 07 September 2008 13:41:00(UTC)
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Great pictures Piet. Thanks for sharing. Looks like you had a great time!
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Offline pab  
#4 Posted : 07 September 2008 13:53:51(UTC)
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[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Bigdaddynz
<br />Great pictures Piet. Thanks for sharing. Looks like you had a great time!


Thanks Ray and Bigdaddy.
We could combine the trip wit a visit to relatives. My wife dropped me off and went shopping with her sister, so I had a few hours to visit the VSM.
Yes, I had a good time. It is not too often you can see a large number of steam engines working and pulling trains.
The weather could be better. It was a cloudy, so the pictures are a little bit on the dark side.
With kind regards
Piet Brijs
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Offline steventrain  
#5 Posted : 07 September 2008 14:02:01(UTC)
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Very cool, Thanks for the pictures.
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Offline ozzman  
#6 Posted : 07 September 2008 15:10:34(UTC)
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Thanks Piet. Great photos of great machines.
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Offline intruder  
#7 Posted : 07 September 2008 16:27:36(UTC)
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Thanks, Piet

Very nice photos
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Offline Macfire  
#8 Posted : 08 September 2008 04:28:48(UTC)
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<br />Thanks, Piet

Very nice photos


I second that.

Must have been fun......................
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Offline pab  
#9 Posted : 15 September 2008 23:25:31(UTC)
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Thank you all guys, you're welcome.
I had fun taking those pictures.
With kind regards
Piet Brijs
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Offline hemau  
#10 Posted : 16 September 2008 23:26:13(UTC)
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VSM (Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij) also runs its trains on regular routes (apart from its service on the museum-line Dieren-Apeldoorn). Here some pics from the 'Heatherweek" of Ede end of August where the VSM ran one day an hourly service between IC-station of Ede-Wageningen and Barneveld-Noord.
This line is called the 'Chicken-line' because Barneveld is the chicken capital of The Netherlands (like we have the Heather-queen and -princess, they have the 'Egg-queen')biggrinbiggrin
The Chicken-line is over 100 years old and is also used as an escape-route if the main line from Arnhem/Ede to Utrecht/Amsterdam is blocked somewhere. Then even the ICE Frankfurt-Amsterdam uses this single track line.Smile
Because they could not reverse the engine at the terminals, the train is alternatively driven by the steamloc in front.
Hope you enjoy my pics too.

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at full speed between Lunteren and Barneveld
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Pulling away from station Ede Centrum

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Offline Caplin  
#11 Posted : 17 September 2008 02:01:50(UTC)
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Thanks for wonderful pictures, Piet and Henk.

The guy in the 3rd pic is a bit off epoche - it really looks like he is holding a mobile phone to his ear. biggrinbiggrinbiggrin.

The "Chicken line" train really looks spectacular pulling the rear loco. [:0]biggrinbiggrin.

I am wondering about the rear loco (being pulled): would it not cause de-railment of the small coaches if it was all dead weight?

Don't you think it must be pushing to some extent? (too hard could also cause de-railment - maybe? Or not - that's the question Smile).

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Offline foumaro  
#12 Posted : 17 September 2008 12:33:01(UTC)
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Wonderfull pictures,thank you very much.biggrin
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Offline hemau  
#13 Posted : 17 September 2008 13:03:38(UTC)
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<br />Thanks for wonderful pictures, Piet and Henk.

The guy in the 3rd pic is a bit off epoche - it really looks like he is holding a mobile phone to his ear. biggrinbiggrinbiggrin.

The "Chicken line" train really looks spectacular pulling the rear loco. [:0]biggrinbiggrin.

I am wondering about the rear loco (being pulled): would it not cause de-railment of the small coaches if it was all dead weight?

Don't you think it must be pushing to some extent? (too hard could also cause de-railment - maybe? Or not - that's the question Smile).



Well as far as I could see and hear the rear loco is only idling when being pulled. We probably all know from our layout the problem of light coaches in the front of a heavy train when the loco is pulling to hard, but in real life this seems less of a problem. Or does anybody have other evidence? And in this case they are not going so very fast either with this train.
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Offline pab  
#14 Posted : 19 September 2008 22:18:14(UTC)
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[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Caplin
<br />Thanks for wonderful pictures, Piet and Henk.

The guy in the 3rd pic is a bit off epoche - it really looks like he is holding a mobile phone to his ear. biggrinbiggrinbiggrin.





Thank you.
It think the guy is just scratching his ear, too much smoke and soot in his ears. biggrinbiggrinbiggrin

On this kind of trips they use often two locomotives. So they can show off a little bit more. Another reason that on the way back you don't have you run your engines with the tender in the front, which limits the speed (no turntables available anymore). Maybe on this line they can't bring the engine to the other side of the train. And it is better looking too.
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Offline monster134  
#15 Posted : 06 October 2008 03:24:06(UTC)
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Great stuff.You will see this type of weathering on my locos soon.Brilliant shot Piet of that 44.Watch this space hehehehe
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Offline kimballthurlow  
#16 Posted : 06 October 2008 07:49:02(UTC)
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Hi Piet,
Thanks for the interesting photos. Particularly of the 23 class, which always seems to pop up as a desirable prototype for a new Märklin model.
Here is another museum shot, I believe it is also in the Netherlands.
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Offline renevoorburg  
#17 Posted : 06 October 2008 09:19:32(UTC)
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Here is another museum shot, I believe it is also in the Netherlands.
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Hi Kimball,

That is the orange BR44, at the Beekbergen depot. I think it is just used for spare parts. I've been told (don't know if it is true) it was painted orange by the Germans before it was sent to the VSM to support the Dutch national soccer team.

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Offline pab  
#18 Posted : 06 October 2008 12:36:23(UTC)
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Hi Kimball and René
Made a picture of the orange 44 at Beekbergen when I was there.
She is parked behind the turn table with a lot of other steamers

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This weekend (11 and 12 October 2008) the steamtraindays (visiting days) of the SSN (Rotterdam).
See http://www.stoomstichting.nl/Public/HTML/index_GB.html
With kind regards
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