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A masquerade at the VSM in Beekbergen on 2 September 2018.

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A masquerade at the VSM in Beekbergen on 2 September 2018. When in 1944 the US Army launched their massive liberation effort of Western Europe, massive orders for steam and diesel locos wree placed by the military to cope with the expected extra traffic and shunting work (the armies needed to be equipped and replenished with fresh troops, materiel, tanks and usables like food, water and munition). Whitcomb Locomotive Company modified a 1943 design for the USATC and sold more than a hundred of these to the military. After the War, France,, Italy and the Netherlands bought the for the USATC surplus locos. NS bought twenty, 18 of which entered service and two for spares, numbering them 2001-2018. In 2018, VSM hit the fraternity headlines when they bought an old American Whitcomb and restored her externally in NS 1950s condition. Sinds she was not of the original NS-batch, the VSM followed preservation customs with giving their newby the first number after the last original, hence planting No.2019 in her fleet.

A masquerade at the VSM in Beekbergen on 2 September 2018. When in 1944 the US Army launched their massive liberation effort of Western Europe, massive orders for steam and diesel locos wree placed by the military to cope with the expected extra traffic and shunting work (the armies needed to be equipped and replenished with fresh troops, materiel, tanks and usables like food, water and munition). Whitcomb Locomotive Company modified a 1943 design for the USATC and sold more than a hundred of these to the military. After the War, France,, Italy and the Netherlands bought the for the USATC surplus locos. NS bought twenty, 18 of which entered service and two for spares, numbering them 2001-2018. In 2018, VSM hit the fraternity headlines when they bought an old American Whitcomb and restored her externally in NS 1950s condition. Sinds she was not of the original NS-batch, the VSM followed preservation customs with giving their newby the first number after the last original, hence planting No.2019 in her fleet.

Leonardus Schrijvers 25.11.2020, 122 views, 0 comments

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Oersik 145 stands in Haaksbergen on 14 October. Out of this Class the bigger Sikken (Goats) of Classes 200 and 300 were developed in the 1930s.
Oersik 145 stands in Haaksbergen on 14 October. Out of this Class the bigger Sikken (Goats) of Classes 200 and 300 were developed in the 1930s.
Leonardus Schrijvers

Railway Bishop: former NS 2530 enjoys the Sun at the VSM headquarters in Beekbergen on 28 July 2023. Due to her unique purple-pinkish colours, 2530 earned the nickname Bishop. In 2019 VSM restored the till then brown Bishop in the purple-pink investiture.
Railway Bishop: former NS 2530 enjoys the Sun at the VSM headquarters in Beekbergen on 28 July 2023. Due to her unique purple-pinkish colours, 2530 earned the nickname Bishop. In 2019 VSM restored the till then brown Bishop in the purple-pink investiture.
Leonardus Schrijvers

Ex-NS 2530 -due to her purlpe-pinkish colours known as bishop- stands in Beekbergen, head quarters of the VSM, on 28 July 2023.
Ex-NS 2530 -due to her purlpe-pinkish colours known as bishop- stands in Beekbergen, head quarters of the VSM, on 28 July 2023.
Leonardus Schrijvers






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