DM: MBS Haaksbergen, August 27, 2023

We had a Dyxum meeting at the living steam train museum "Museum Buurtspoorweg" in Haaksbergen, the Netherlands.

Let me start the thread off with the group shot, because without a group shot it can't be a Dyxum meeting



fltr: overeema (Arnold), KoBra64 (Peter), A friend of KoBra64 (Erie), addy landzaat (Addy), Harm vb (Harm), Fred_S (Fred) and pegelli (Pieter)

More photos and stories of the day will follow

Edited by pegelli - 27 August 2023 at 22:02

A great start guys

Good start Peter, especially K1 and K3. I'll try to avoid some duplication, but no guarantees. All 7 of stood next to each other on the footbridge for a shot like K2 and I also have an almost identical version of K3.


P1: The Wismar railbus at the main platform



P2: Wismar detail


Btw, this railbus or triebwagen has two 6 cylinder petrol engines, one for each direction of travel. They were used for local transport in Germany and also served lines across the border to the Netherlands. There's only a few left and even less in working order.


P3: Another unique locomotive, built by Cockerill in Liege. It's a small shunter with a vertical steam boiler. Very powerful due to its small wheels, but also not very fast. I think there are only 3 or 4 of these left in the world.



P4: Not everything is restored and/or in working order, here's a German T3 from 1896 awaiting restoration (and a new boiler). In the background the beautifully restored La Meuse #6 "Magda"



P5: The arriving train from the same spot as K2, but the other direction after the engine passed under the footbridge


All except P4: A7ii + Tamron 28-200 Di III RXD, P4: A6000 + Sony E10-18/4

Some fascinating rolling stock on show here. Particularly that railbus - quite an oddity. Makes me wonder why they bothered to make this to run on rails rather than simply a bus of same passenger capacity that ran on roads, that would have been mechanically simpler, lighter and therefore more fuel efficient, and free to travel on various flexible routes.

Jozioau wrote: Some fascinating rolling stock on show here. Particularly that railbus - quite an oddity. Makes me wonder why they bothered to make this to run on rails rather than simply a bus of same passenger capacity that ran on roads, that would have been mechanically simpler, lighter and therefore more fuel efficient, and free to travel on various flexible routes.

I recall seeing some documentary, which showed a rail bus somewhere in South America, which was practically an automobile minibus that ran on tracks. I think the reason was primarily that the tracks existed, but there was no normal road.

Also rail busses don't need a steering installation, can't run a flat tire and are simple to operate. Doesn't mean they're better or worse than road busses, just different with different set of pro's and con's.

While we were waiting for our train ride we had some time to explore the area.
Here some shots of details.

K5

Sony A9 & Minolta 58/1.4

K6

Sony A9 & Biotar 58/2

K7 Water pipe

Sony A9 & sel24-105 f4

K8 Water filling

Sony A9 & sel24-105 f4

K9 Another head light


Edited by KoBra64 - 28 August 2023 at 21:33