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The Blue Angel (in Dutch: Blauwe Engel) was the name given to the Plan X class DE-1 and DE-2 diesel railcars formerly used by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. There have been rumours that the name has a connection to the German movie Der blaue Engel , but this has never been confirmed.
Arend: (Dutch for "eagle") was the first locomotive in the Netherlands and pulled the first train between Amsterdam and Haarlem in 1839. Series 600: Formerly SS (Staats Spoorwegen) 255-260. Built 1866 by Beyer, Peacock & Company in Manchester. Originally built as 2-4-2 engines, but rebuilt as 0-4-2s to allow them to do shunting.
The Swiss and Dutch railways cooperated on a joint development for a new 4-car diesel-electric trainset. The design comprised: A power car with compartments for luggage, customs and the train conductor. A nine-compartment trailer car (54 seats) A kitchen-restaurant trailer car with a 32-seat dining section, and an 18-seat first-class open saloon
The Netherlands is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC), and its country code is 84. Most Dutch trains are equipped with Wi-Fi. They offer no onboard catering, except for a limited service on some international trains, due to the short distances involved.
The train needed three minutes to accelerate to a speed of a 120 km/h. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 1 ] A variant is the NS Mat '57 for Benelux -service which was equipped to ride with the difference in electric current used on the Dutch and Belgian railways so it could connect Amsterdam , The Hague and Rotterdam with Antwerp and Brussels .
Railway network in the Netherlands, 2017. There are currently 401 railway stations in the Netherlands [1] including four which are used only during special events and one which serves the National Railway Museum only. NS Stations is the body which manages and owns all railway stations in the Netherlands. [2]
4001 at Venlo in April 1977 on a trial run 4005 abandoned in Utrecht in March 2009. The Intercity Materieel or ICM (lit. transl. Intercity Material – transl. Intercity Rolling Stock) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen in the Netherlands.
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