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)