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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)

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National Railway Museum - The Netherlands Rebuilt Royal Coach HSM 1. Utrecht, 16-08-2013 Digital photo by Marco van Uden