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Roede (or roe) was both an area measurement as well as a linear measurement. The exact size of a roede depended on the length of the local roede, which varied from place to place. The most common roede used in the Netherlands was the Rijnland rod. one Rijnland rod (Rijnlandse roede) was 14.19 m 2; one Amsterdam rod (Amsterdamse roede) was 13.52 m 2
The remaining three locomotives were withdrawn in 2009-10 by ACTS and all except parts donor 1253 were sold to Euro-Express-Treincharter BV (EETC). As of January 2011 engines 1251 and 1252 had been returned to working order by EETC whilst engine 1254 was being overhauled.
In the Middle Ages, bars were used as standards of length when surveying land. [22] These bars often used a unit of measure called a rod, of length equal to 5.5 yards, 5.0292 metres, 16.5 feet, or 1 ⁄ 320 of a statute mile. [23] A rod is the same length as a perch or a pole. [24] In Old English, the term lug is also used.
The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.
Track gauge 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge The NS Mat '64 or Materieel '64 were electric multiple units (EMU) built by Werkspoor and later by Duewag and Waggonfabrik Talbot between 1961 and 1976.
Track gauge 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge NS DDZ (Full name: DubbelDekkerZonering ) were built by Waggonfabrik Talbot (momentarily a part of Bombardier), De Dietrich Ferroviaire (now Alstom DDF ) and Adtranz between 1992 and 1998 and are operated in the Netherlands by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).
De Arend (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈʔaːrənt]; the eagle) was one of the two first steam locomotives in the Netherlands.It was a 2-2-2 Patentee type built in England by R. B. Longridge and Company of Bedlington, Northumberland to run on the then standard Dutch track gauge of 1,945 mm (6 ft 4 + 9 ⁄ 16 in).
The dominant gauge for industrial lines was 700 mm (2 ft 3 + 9 ⁄ 16 in), contrary to the 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge used in neighbouring countries. Nowadays, much of this industrial rail heritage is preserved in museums or in theme parks , such as the Efteling Steam Train Company .