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Side view on 2530 at Nijmegen on 15 December 2024.

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Side view on 2530 at Nijmegen on 15
(ID 53364)
At the rear of the Christmas-express of 15 December 2024, VSM's 23 076 enters Nijmegen.
On a murky 15 December 2024 VSM's Bisshop 2530 hauls a speical train into Nijmegen.



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).

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).

Leonardus Schrijvers 19.12.2024, 515 Views, 0 Comments

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Ex-DB 23 076 stands at Loenen on 5 September 2026 during the yearly held train bonanza Terug naar Toen (Back to Yonder)-this photo was shot from 'my' steam train from Beekbergen. Three examples of Class 023 have been saved in the Netherlands and are in fully operational condition. Thanks to their maximum speed of 110 km/h they can be used on main line running specials, albeit being rostered in as quasi freights, since passenger trains are much faster, where freights mostly run with speeds up to 120 km/h.
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Leonardus Schrijvers

Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM, Netherlands / Steam locomotives / DB 23

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Netherlands / Steam locomotives / Various, Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM

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Leonardus Schrijvers

Netherlands / Steam locomotives / Various, Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM

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VSM 2412 stands in front of the brand new loco shed at Loenen on 5 September 2025 during the Terug-naar-Toen train bonanza. The loco shed was completed just a month before the TnT opened. The ex-NS 2412 and het Plan D coach show the brief spell of turquise hauled passenger Diesel trains with NS from 1951-1954. In 1954 Diesel locos of the series 2200 and 2400 were repainted brown and hauled stock turned into Prussian blue -reputedly because dirt was less visible on darker colours.
Leonardus Schrijvers

Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM, Netherlands / Diesel locomotives / 2400

14 1200x800 Px, 10.10.2026