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)