On 6 September 2015 then brown 2530 just waits for the chance to get to the VSM depot during Terug-naar-Toen 2015.

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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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.

On a grey 2 September 2012 the then still brown one-off 2530 hauls a photo freight through Beekbergen.

On 6 September 2015 then brown 2530 just waits for the chance to get to the VSM depot during Terug-naar-Toen 2015.

Leonardus Schrijvers 20.01.2026, 5 Calls, 0 Comments

Restored to het original condition (but for the inward folding pantographs instead of the original ouward folding ones) 350 001/ES 499 0001 stands at Benesov u Prahy on 27 September 2025.

During a down poor VSN 2459 hauls a photo freight from Eerbeek into Beekbergen depot during the Terug-naar-Toen 2015.

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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. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Netherlands / Stations / Noord-Holland, Netherlands / Heritage Railways and Museums / Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij VSM, Netherlands / Diesel locomotives / 2530

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On a grey 2 September 2012 the then still brown one-off 2530 hauls a photo freight through Beekbergen. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

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). 
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

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