20220715-SpM-NSAB7709.jpg (151198 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Coach NS AB 7709 (51 84 18-40 111-4) preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Coach AB 7709 was built in 1950 by the Fa J.J. Beijnes built in Haarlem and belong to the series AB 7701 - 7720. These carriages were financed with a number of peers from the investment plan Plan D. They were painted in the main color turquoise, which was also used for the electric locomotives from that time. Shortly after the war there was still a major material shortage, which is why they were initially used in the domestic express train service, mainly on the Amsterdam - Groningen / Leeuwarden and Amsterdam - Twente routes. Only after the influx of the blue carriages Plan E (see also carriage C 6703 of the Railway Museum) were they used in international traffic throughout Europe. The light, turquoise color turned out to be very contagious. In addition, the color could not withstand the detergents needed to remove rust from brake pad dust from the windows, and there were no train washing machines yet. The shabby appearance led to the decision in 1954 to paint the carriages and electric locomotives dark blue. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-ICR3-28-101.jpg (154017 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Driving trailer coach 50 84 28-70 101-7 (Bs) of the typeICR-3 preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Control car NS 28 101 with 80 seats was delivered in 1986 and then served in the 'Benelux trains' Amsterdam - The Hague - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Antwerp - Brussels v.v. These trains consisted of a Belgian electric locomotive, a carriage 1st class, a carriage combined 1st and 2nd class, two fully 2nd class carriages, a 2nd class carriage with kitchen and luggage compartment and finally a 2nd class control car. The locomotive could be controlled remotely from this carriage, so that the train could also drive 'backwards' at full speed. Incidentally, this was only possible with the Belgian locomotives of the series SNCB 1181 - 1188. From 2008, the locomotives that were now economically obsolete were replaced by new locomotives, which, however, could not be operated remotely from a control car. Because the seating capacity could not be missed, the control cars temporarily remained in service as normal pulled cars. In 2010, after the influx of converted Intercity carriages, they became redundant after all, so that the Railway Museum was able to acquire one. The carriage is in principle serviceable, but cannot be used as a control car due to the lack of an accompanying Belgian locomotive. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-DDM1-108.jpg (149106 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Control Car DDM1-108 of the NS preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-AnnaPaulowna.jpg (137229 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Old 3 axle saloon coach for Anna Paulowna, daughter of the Czar Paul I that married King William II of Netherlands. After the husband died in 1849, she frequently travelled by train from Soestdijk Palace to the Buitenrust country estate in The Hague. She finally got her own sloon coach in 1864, built by HSM in the Haarlem workshop. However, Anna died a year later without ever having travelled on her brand new coach. Her brother-in-law, Prince Frederik, frequently used it. The original was demolished in 1905 and this one in the Museum is a replica built in 2010. Exposed at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-CIWL4249a.jpg (150347 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Restaurant/Dining coach CIWL 4249 in the colors of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagon-Lits. It was built in 1943. This dining car is serviceable, but the heating, lighting and kitchen are all equipped for energy supply from the public 230 Volt network, so they can only be used when stationary. The carriage can therefore only be used in summer and as a seat carriage. There are no plans yet to make the installations work independently. Preserved indoor at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-CIWL4249b.jpg (146402 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Restaurant/Dining coach CIWL 4249 in the colors of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagon-Lits. It was built in 1943. This dining car is serviceable, but the heating, lighting and kitchen are all equipped for energy supply from the public 230 Volt network, so they can only be used when stationary. The carriage can therefore only be used in summer and as a seat carriage. There are no plans yet to make the installations work independently. Preserved indoor at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-HSM29045.jpg (134856 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Open Good wagons HSM 29045 GMW (built in 1911 by HIJSM Centrale Werkplaats, Haarlem for the Hollandsche Spoorweg Maatschappij (HSM), moved in 1924 to NS as NS 17545) and NS Luggage wagon 50 84 92-37 007-9 Df (built in 1955 by Fa J.J. Beijnes, Koninlijke Fabriek van Rijtuigen en Spoorwagens, Haarlem) at the Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-HSMC755.jpg (157444 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Coach HSM C 755 of the type C11 (serie 707-766 III) built in 1907 by Ned. Fabr. v. Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel, Amsterdam for the Hollandsche Spoorweg Maatschappij (HSM). During the 1922 it was then transferred to the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) as C 5055 preserved indoor at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NS515615P.jpg (141164 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Tank Wagon NS 515615 P built in 1919 by Wagonfabrik Uerdingern D and preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. The car was part of a series of tank cars for internal transport of the Staatsmijnen (SM) and originally had the number 10402 there. Later it was admitted to the main network of NS and was given the new number NS 515615 P (P from private person, so no NS property). In 2008, the all-black car was given the inscription Staatsmijnen - Creosote Oil in large letters in the railway museum. Creosote was used, among other things, to impregnate wooden sleepers. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NS59221.jpg (125114 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Open goods wagon NS 59221 GTMK preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Thousands of 20-tonne wooden open wagons of the GTM type have been built, mainly intended for the transport of coal from the mines in Limburg to customers throughout the Netherlands and abroad. They were built between 1912 and 1930. Car 59221 belonged to the subseries 58501 - 59360, of which the 58861 - 59360 were built by Westwaggon in Cologne. From 1938, steel cars came into vogue. For decades, long coal trains were the face of the railroads from the south to the west and north. With the disappearance of coal as domestic fuel, the long freight trains also disappeared and all but one of the wooden wagons were demolished in the 1960s. This car, then downgraded to a service car with the number NS 161190 for internal use, was provided with new woodwork by the fa Jansen in Bergen op Zoom in 1990 and renumbered into NS 59221 with the not entirely correct type designation G.T.M.K. At the beginning of 2016, an overhaul of the woodwork was started, during which the planks were properly secured, the car was repainted and the correct inscriptions were applied, i.e. with the type designation GTMK. G = open wagon T = tipable (hinged headboards made it possible for the contents of the wagon to be dumped into ships by tipping longitudinally) M = load capacity 20 tons or more K = fitted with Kunze-Knorr freight train brake Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NS65248.jpg (159962 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Open goods wagon NS 65248 GTUW preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. This all-steel type was developed in 1938 by Werkspoor in collaboration with NS. Compared to the older wooden wagons, the payload was increased by 8 tons to 28 tons. With 4 doors on each side instead of 2, the unloading time was considerably reduced. Because of the U-shaped frames, the car type was given the name GTU. (G = open, T = tippable). Cars with a Knorr brake system were designated GTUK, those with a Westinghouse brake GTUW, without an automatic brake remained the GTU. More than 5000 cars of this type were made. The 65248 was the last car of this type to enter the Railway Museum in 1989. In early 2020, the car was completely blasted, painted and fitted with a new floor. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NS87583.jpg (132985 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Bolster wagon NS 87583 LWGK preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NS951-3.jpg (126235 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Closed goods wagon NS 951 3 739 Gs, built in 1958 by Werkspoor NV, Utrecht and preserved at the Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. The car serves as a warehouse car for the museum. The car was placed on a short stretch of track with a crane in 2012. The following year the car was painted light gray, with the car number disappearing. The inscription 'Werkterrein Utrecht-Maliebaan Oost' was placed on the side of the station. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NS9807.jpg (135007 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Closed goods wagon NS 9807 CHD preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NSD7521.jpg (157401 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Luggage wagon NS D 7521 preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. It is used as a material wagon and workshop for locomotive 3737. The historical numbers of this car are: Delivered in: 1931 D 7521 Renumbered: 1952 D 7621 1969 51 84 95-40 021 1978 30 84 984 1 971-9 1985 80 84 984 1 971-8 In recent years at the NS she has been used as a warehouse truck at the Leidschendam-Voorburg workshop. The car came into the possession of the Stibans in 1985. In 1995 she transferred to the NSM. It is the only preserved DV steel D. The other steel D's are smaller and of the DIV type. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-Outside01.jpg (156199 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Along the line of the preserved material, the Silo wagon NS 99625 Ubcs is an interesting piece preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. These wagons were used for the transport of fine-grained or powdery (and therefore dusty) substances. Loading and unloading took place using air pressure and in closed systems. The wagons are known as bulb wagons (also known as BB - Brigitte Bardot). The museum car was repainted in 2009. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-SS3517.jpg (121382 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Cattle wagon SS 3517 FO preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. During the construction of wagon 3517, the network of the State Railways was still divided into a Noordernet above the line Arnhem - Zwolle, including this railway, and a Zuidernet below the line Arnhem, Utrecht, Rotterdam, excluding the railway Rotterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem, which was operated by the Nederlandsche Rhijn-Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NRS). The car 3517 FO was built for the Noordernet of the SS. At the merger in 1921 of the then still existing railway companies, the car was already taken out of service and reserved for a future railway museum. In 1953 the Railway Museum was given the former Maliebaan station as its own accommodation, where an outdoor museum was realized at the front of the yard. Here the car found a modest place. The designation FO stands for cattle truck (F) with a floor area of 15 m2 (O). The wagon is the oldest freight wagon that has been preserved in the Netherlands and is partly a masterpiece of the collection. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-SSC723.jpg (147842 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Coach SS C 723, built in 1910 by Ned. Fabr. v. Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel, Amsterdam for the at the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS) company. In 1992 the coach was absorbed into NS as C 4623. Preserved at the Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. The carriage has eight compartments for 66 passengers and - for the first time in the 3rd class - a retreat. Water flushing in the toilet was not common on railways at that time. Side paths had been kept free to reach the retirade, at the expense of the length of the wooden benches. The carriages were very modern for them, and very luxurious for the 3rd class, despite the wooden benches. On the outside they were finished with wooden laths. However, the accompanying 2nd and 1st class carriages were covered with sheet metal. The coaches only served for a short time in the express trains on the main lines of the SS, because already in 1905 four-axle coaches were built, which gradually took over the tasks of the three-axle cars on the main lines. The three-axle vehicles were relegated to the local train services. The 110 carriages of the SS series C 651-760 were included in the NS numbering scheme in 1921 and renumbered C 4551 - 4660. The drainage started before the war, but some lasted until the 1950s. The C 4623 was taken out of service as a carriage after the war, but was used for several years as an auxiliary baggage car in freight trains. In 1973, after an exemplary restoration in the original version, she was added to the collection of the Railway Museum as SS C 723. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NSP7920.jpg (155982 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Postal coach NS P 7920 (50 84 00-37 020-3) preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. This wagon was built in 1952 by NV Allan & Co´s Koninklijke Nederlandsche Fabrieken van Meubelen en Spoorwegmaterieel, Rotterdam. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NSP8502.jpg (133148 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Postal Unit NS P 8502 of the type Pec, serie P 8501 - 8506, built in 1938 by Werkspoor, Zulien, at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Obviously this is not a train set, but in order to be able to accommodate the postal carriage in the group 'Treinstellen' - where it belongs - it is referred to in this overview as 'train set'. In 1938 the so-called Middennet was electrified. In order to be able to transport mail in the streamlined trains, six matching streamlined postal carriages, series P 8501 - 8506, were put into service. They were all equipped with automatic Scharfenberg couplings to be able to run with the electric trains of the Central Network. In addition, the couplings were equipped with a folding attachment to also be able to drive between or behind the diesel-electric trains, which were equipped with automatic Unirop couplings. A 'bite' was taken from the nose to make room for the folded attachment. Between 1940 and 1950, the series was expanded with 30 streamlined postal carriages with only Scharfenberg couplings, because the diesel-electric trains had also received these in the meantime. In 1950 all coaches were grouped into one series: 901 - 936. P 8502 became 902 (without 'P'). In 1972 a number collision threatened with the new Plan V10 trainsets (889 - 920), which caused the numbers of the postal coaches to be increased by 1000. The 902 then became 1902. The STIBANS ensured that the 1902 was preserved after its decommissioning in 1979, and that it ended up in the Railway Museum after a facelift. In 2007 the carriage received an extensive paint job, during which it was returned to its 1938 condition, with the original number P 8502. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NS618489-30001.jpg (126934 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Carriage 61 84 89-30 001-1 (Sr 9) for Royal service of the Koningin Juliana preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. Tipi di traduzione Traduzione del testo Testo di origine 1.528 / 5.000 Risultati della traduzione As a replacement for the old saloon carriage Sr 7 (ex Wagon Lits) AB 7544 (ex NS AB 7546) from 1933 was converted in 1956 by Allan in Rotterdam on behalf of the Dutch Government into saloon carriage Sr 8 for Queen Juliana. Both the Queen and the princesses Beatrix, Irene, Margriet and Christina used this carriage. The carriage has a reception room, sitting room and bedroom, 2 bedrooms for accompanying ladies in waiting, a bathroom, a kitchen and a compartment for the train conductor. The carriage was specially adapted for the visually impaired princess Marijke (now Princess Christina). The SR 8, like the other carriages of the Royal train, was provided with a European admission. It was usually transported in the Netherlands as an extra train, together with the Sr 9 saloon car of Prins Bernhard and the baggage energy car D6, after which they were usually coupled to a D train abroad. In the latter days, the carriage was also used individually. In 1967 the new number 61 84 89-40 001-1 was assigned according to the Uniform Coding. Still in 1993, the year of decommissioning, this number was changed to 61 84 89-30 001-7. In 1993 the carriage was replaced by the current royal carriage, which was redesigned on the basis of an ICR carriage. They served together once. The carriage has been on display in the renovated Railway Museum since 1994. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NS618489-9a.jpg (149033 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Carriage 61 84 89-30 002-9 (Sr 8) for Royal Service of Prins Bernhard preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. The old Royal Train from 1903, consisting of five wooden carriages, was transported to Germany during the 2nd World War and completely looted, while one carriage was destroyed. Given the age of over 50 years, recovery was no longer an option. In 1948, two steel vehicles with limited resources were fitted out as the new Royal Train. It concerned a former German baggage car, which was fitted out as an Sr 6 escort car. It was equipped with a steam heating system, a diesel engine with generator for the energy supply, a baggage compartment and several sleeping places for accompanying personnel. The second vehicle was the Sr 7, which had been converted more or less provisionally in 1948 from a saloon carriage of the Compagnie International des Wagons Lits (CIWL). In 1953 the SR 8 was added to the train, the salon carriage for Prince Bernhard. In 1956 the Sr 7 was replaced by the Sr 9, the second salon carriage for Queen Juliana. The Sr 8 and Sr 9 have been in the Railway Museum since 1994. Both carriages originated from 1st/2nd class carriages of the series AB 7521 - 7555 from 1932/'33. They were fitted with a side walkway, end balconies and bellows-folded overpasses. They belonged to the 3rd class coaches C 6401 - 6485, which were previously designed and ordered and consisted of compartment coaches without ramps and bellows. AB 7522 from 1932 was withdrawn from service in 1952 to be converted into a salon carriage for Prince Bernard by order of the government. In 1953 it was completed as a Sr 8 saloon carriage. The Sr 8 has an office, companions' quarters for the princesses, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. At the time, the carriage was also specially adapted for the visually impaired princess Marijke (now Princess Christina). The carriage, like the other carriages of the Royal train, was provided with a European admission. They were used as a special train in the Netherlands, but abroad the carriages were coupled to the regular D-trains. In 1967 the carriage received a new number according to the Uniform Code: 61 84 89-40 002-7. In 1993, the year it was taken out of service, the number was changed to 61 84 89-30 002-9 after the steam heating installation had been removed. In 1994 the carriage was included in the collection of the Railway Museum. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

20220715-SpM-NS618489-9b.jpg (123279 bytes)

The Railway Museum (Dutch: Het Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch National Railway Museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the former Maliebaan station. The museum currently owns a large and varied collection of rolling stock. Carriage 61 84 89-30 002-9 (Sr 8) for Royal Service of Prins Bernhard preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. The old Royal Train from 1903, consisting of five wooden carriages, was transported to Germany during the 2nd World War and completely looted, while one carriage was destroyed. Given the age of over 50 years, recovery was no longer an option. In 1948, two steel vehicles with limited resources were fitted out as the new Royal Train. It concerned a former German baggage car, which was fitted out as an Sr 6 escort car. It was equipped with a steam heating system, a diesel engine with generator for the energy supply, a baggage compartment and several sleeping places for accompanying personnel. The second vehicle was the Sr 7, which had been converted more or less provisionally in 1948 from a saloon carriage of the Compagnie International des Wagons Lits (CIWL). In 1953 the SR 8 was added to the train, the salon carriage for Prince Bernhard. In 1956 the Sr 7 was replaced by the Sr 9, the second salon carriage for Queen Juliana. The Sr 8 and Sr 9 have been in the Railway Museum since 1994. Both carriages originated from 1st/2nd class carriages of the series AB 7521 - 7555 from 1932/'33. They were fitted with a side walkway, end balconies and bellows-folded overpasses. They belonged to the 3rd class coaches C 6401 - 6485, which were previously designed and ordered and consisted of compartment coaches without ramps and bellows. AB 7522 from 1932 was withdrawn from service in 1952 to be converted into a salon carriage for Prince Bernard by order of the government. In 1953 it was completed as a Sr 8 saloon carriage. The Sr 8 has an office, companions' quarters for the princesses, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. At the time, the carriage was also specially adapted for the visually impaired princess Marijke (now Princess Christina). The carriage, like the other carriages of the Royal train, was provided with a European admission. They were used as a special train in the Netherlands, but abroad the carriages were coupled to the regular D-trains. In 1967 the carriage received a new number according to the Uniform Code: 61 84 89-40 002-7. In 1993, the year it was taken out of service, the number was changed to 61 84 89-30 002-9 after the steam heating installation had been removed. In 1994 the carriage was included in the collection of the Railway Museum. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)