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NS 107 in the Dutch Railway Museum at Utrecht Maliebaan, 4 March 2012. Photo by Leon Schrijvers. Leon2711schrijvers@yahoo.co.uk

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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. Steam Locomotive NRS 107 built in 1889 by Sharp, Stewart & Co. Ltd., Atlas Works, Manchester / Glasgow (GB) with works number 3563. Type Sneltreinlocomotief; NRS serie 101 - 109, 'Rhijnboog'; soortmerk P3; 2'Bn2-3T13, preserved indoor at the Het Spoorwegmuseum / Railway Museum in Utecht Maliebaan former Station. July 15th, 2022. The Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (NRS) was the first Dutch railway company to put bogie locomotives into service in 1889, whereby the front (running) axle was replaced by a 2-axle bogie (bogie). At the time, they were among the largest locomotives in Europe. The operation of the NRS ended in 1890, after which the locomotives 101 - 103, 108 and 109 were taken over by the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS) (new numbers 1101-1103, 1108 and 1109) and the 104 - 107 by the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HIJSM), which they put into service with the new numbers such as 350 - 353. When it turned out that the SS could not use the long locomotives because of the turntables that were too short, these locomotives came to the HIJSM: they were given the new numbers 354 - 358. There this small series was a great success, so that 50 more almost identical locomotives were ordered: the series 359 - 408. They mainly served in the express trains on the major routes of the HSM: Amsterdam - Roosendaal, Amsterdam - Den Helder and Amsterdam. - Winterswijk. In 1921 the existing companies were merged into the Nederlandsche Spoorwegen (NS). All locomotives were included in a new number system. The HSM 350 - 408 were then renumbered NS 1601 - 1659. The series decommissioning started in 1935 and ended in 1940. Locomotive NS 1604 ex HSM 353 was the last to be decommissioned in 1940. In anticipation of inclusion in the Railway Museum, it was stored in sheds in Boxtel, Roosendaal and Maastricht. The 1604 and other museum locomotives stored in Maastricht were blown up and severely damaged by a German Sprengkommando in 1944 just before the city was liberated. After restoration, it was exhibited to the public at the opening of the museum in 1953 as NRS 107. Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com)

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NRS 107 Utrecht Spoorwegmuseum 28.05.2007 For more pictures see : www.railfoto.net Photo: Jos Straathof