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<u>Dutch - Nederlandse Spoorwegen - Railway archive image 1948</u><br>If I saw this in a British environment then I would describe it as a steam coaling crane. This was taken at Maastricht.<p><font color=blue size=2><b>NL025</b></font>
Dutch - Nederlandse Spoorwegen - Railway archive image 1948
If I saw this in a British environment then I would describe it as a steam coaling crane. This was taken at Maastricht.

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Pre-1951 archive material from Dutch Railways (Nederlandse Spoorwegen)
Old Pix Brought to the Fore
<u>Dutch - Nederlandse Spoorwegen - Railway archive image 1948</u><br>In the works but where? Maastricht or Heerlen? 8724 was the penultimate loco of this class of 0-6-0T's built by Schwartzkopff (Berlin) in 1922 and their primary function was that of yard goat. Fifteeen more were built in two batches by Werkspoor in Amsterdam. This engine survived until 1954.<p><font color=blue size=2><b>NL024</b></font>Previous | Next<u>Dutch - Nederlandse Spoorwegen - Railway archive image 1948</u><br>Doing what it was designed to do. Austerity 0-6-0ST 8802 shunts the yards at Maastricht. 27 of these locos ended up in NS service and they were highly regarded by their crews.<p><font color=blue size=2><b>NL026</b></font>

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