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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. Diesel-Electric loco NS 512 built in 1950 by Dick Kerr Woks, Preston UK preserved around the turntable at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. These shunting locomotives belong to an English standard type, some of which came to mainland Europe with the Liberation Army in the service of the English War Department in 1944. The type made such an impression that in 1946 NS bought 10 units from the army dump (series NS 501 - 510). The Railway Museum has acquired the WD 70259 (NS 508) from this series. In 1949 and 1950 another 10 were added (NS 511 - 520). With their maximum speed of 32 km/h they were only suitable for shunting, but they could do a tremendous amount of work, especially on the large shunting yards. In the eighties of the last century, due to reduced freight transport and later a completely different design of the freight service, they gradually became redundant and disappeared from the service. The Railway Museum then received locomotive 512. Locomotive 512 stood on the quay of the Havenmuseum in Rotterdam for several years. It is now standing at the turntable of the Railway Museum, near Oosterstraat. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

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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. Diesel-Electric loco WD 70269 (NS 508) of the type DE-rangeerlocomotief WD 70260 - 70269 (serie NS 501 - 510). It was built in 1944 by London-Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), Derby (UK). Preserved at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. The WD 70269 was ordered in 1944 by the British Ministry of Supply from the workshop of the London-Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). These shunting locomotives belong to an English standard type, some of which came to mainland Europe with the liberation army in 1944. The WD 70260 - 70269 initially served with the SNCF in Calais, with the SNCB in Antwerp South and with the DB in Cleve, Goch, Emmerich and Rees Empel. The WD 70264 and 70269 shunted in Nijmegen at the end of 1945, after which the 70269 came to Utrecht in September. The locomotives made such an impression on NS that in 1946 the 70260, 70261, 70264 to 70269 and a few months later the 70263 and 70262 were bought from an army dump. They were renumbered in that order as NS 501 - 510 and painted in the standard green colour. They were well liked, so that from 1949 first 10 more were added (NS 511 - 520) and from 1953 another 25, just like the previous one with only a locomotive brake (NS 521 - 545) and in addition another 65 with a train brake (NS 601 - 665) . With their maximum speed of 32 km/h they were only suitable for shunting, but they could do a tremendous amount of work, especially on the large shunting yards. From 1971 these oldest locomotives were taken out of service. Locomotive 508 was donated to the NSM in 1975 as a representative of the first 'Bakkies' in the Netherlands. In 1913, the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Utrecht was celebrated. The Railway Museum organized the exhibition 'Sporen naar het Front' on that occasion. In connection with this, locomotive 508 received its original black trim and the number WD 70269 in April 2013. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

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National Railway Museum - The Netherlands Tracks to the Front - Trains in Wartime exhibition British "Tin Turtle" narrow gauge petrol locomotive (Mosely Railway Trust). Utrecht, 16-08-2013 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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National Railway Museum - The Netherlands Historic diesel shunter 673 in "Delft Blue" artist livery. Utrecht, 16-08-2013 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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National Railway Museum - The Netherlands Tracks to the Front - Trains in Wartime exhibition Diesel locomotive WD70033 (War Department), later NS 162, built in 1941. Utrecht, 16-08-2013 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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NSM - The Netherlands The Dutch National Railway Museum (Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum) is located in the former Maliebaan station at Utrecht and can be reached with an hourly train from Utrecht Centraal. Diesel shunter 512 was built for NS in 1950 and came to the museum in the 1980s after withdrawal by NS. Utrecht, 12-08-2017 Digital photo by Marco van Uden