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, 142 Calls, 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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Side view on 2530 at Nijmegen on 15 December 2024. The last of a 130-strong Class of Alsthom-build Diesel locomotives, 2530 qwas 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). 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM, Netherlands / Diesel locomotives / 2530

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On a murky 15 December 2024 VSM's Bisshop 2530 hauls a speical train into Nijmegen. That weekend, six museum train service shuttled between Arnhem and Nijmegen, called Christmas-Express. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM, Netherlands / Diesel locomotives / 2530

 123 1200x800 Px, 19.12.2024