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.

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Tm 565 stands in Beekbergen, head quarters of the VSM, on 28 July 2023.

On a grey and murky 27 July 2023, RFO 1830 hauls a cereals train through 's-Hertogenbosch toward Bad Bentheim.

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 28.07.2023, 471 Views, 0 Comments

Quasi former NS 2019 stands in Beekbergen, head quarters of the VSM, on 28 July 2023.

The very InterRegio classic for at least west-Germany: 103 115 (the first Class 103 to lose the TEE colours in exchange for this Himberrot) hauls IR 'AGRICOLA' into Hamm Pbf on 17 July 1998.

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Since 2019 back to purple-pink, hence the nickname "Bisschop" for VSM 2530, seen here at Hilversum with an extra train on 8 June 2024. 
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Netherlands / Stations / Noord-Holland, Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM, Netherlands / Diesel locomotives / 2530

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On 6 September 2015 then brown 2530 just waits for the chance to get to the VSM depot during Terug-naar-Toen 2015. 
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On a grey 2 September 2012 the then still brown one-off 2530 hauls a photo freight through Beekbergen. 
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Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM, Netherlands / Diesel locomotives / 2530

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Side view on 2530 at Nijmegen on 15 December 2024. The last of a 130-strong Class of Alsthom-build Diesel locomotives, 2530 was equipped with a raised cab (and lower bonnets) to improve the driver's view. Due to the strong emphasis on electrification of the Dutch railways (that commenced from 1934 on and was only interrupted by WW-2) the 2530 remained a one-off. After service with the Netherlands State Railways NS she was sold to VSM that returned this loco into her pruple/lila colours, earning her the nickname Bisshop (at requests from the three Dutch southern provinces Gelderland, Noord-Brabant and Limburg, these being staunchly Roman Catholic in the 1950s and 1960s). 
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Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM, Netherlands / Diesel locomotives / 2530

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