This building over the tracks is a hotel! That's the really good place for to spend the night

With this aid in the middle it is possible to roll with the wheel chair into the train

SGM unit 2981 leaving Hoek van Holland Haven as train 4145 to Rotterdam. This weekend was the last weekend this railroad line is serviced by the Dutch Railway co. and these train units. After Apr... (more)

Perfect view for the engineer: InterCity in Amsterdam Centraal waiting for departure

NS 363 (Allan 1958) got in may 1993 a special livery for an artfair at the Rai-conventioncenter in Amsterdam. Here it is underway from Den Haag CS to Venlo together with 784.

With a string of German Rail (DB) cars in tow, a Nederlandse Spoorwegen 1600-class locomotive departs Amsterdam’s Central Station.

NS 2973 leaves the modern Halt Halfweg-Zwanenburg in direction Haarlem, the railcar on the right side, same class, waits in the Station to contiue the way to Amsterdam.

NS 7522 leaves the modern Halt Halfweg-Zwanenburg in direction Haarlem, the railcar on the right side, same class, waits in the Station to contiue the way to Amsterdam.

Since 1893 when the railwayline from Schiedam to Hoek van Holland was opened Hoek van Holland is the place where the ships to Harwich set sail. In the middle a lighthouse that in 1974 replaced the... (more)

Two young cows are jumping to the fence as NS 152 passes underway from Mariënberg to Almelo.

NS 7647 passes the soon to be demolished powerstation 'IJsselcentrale' near Harculo.

Just a few weeks left for these EMU's built from 1966-1976. NS 469 + 449 + 444 underway from Nijmegen to 's-Hertogenbosch.

It takes three 6400 locomotives to bring a heavy coal train from Germany to Rotterdam. The weather wasn't very good but the sun manages to come out just in the nick of time..

NS of a different color – A series of business trips to the Middle East in the late 1980’s provided airline layover time in Amsterdam, so I took advantage of the situation and got out to see t... (more)

For nearly 50 years the 246 EMU's of type Plan V (built 1966-1976) were very common in the Netherlands, but by december 2015 it will be over. One of the last (built at Werkspoor) is on his way fro... (more)