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by Jacob Ossebaar
15 Feb 2019, 20:30
Forum: Railway Operations - ask a question about how railways work..
Topic: Flags
Replies: 9
Views: 9170

Re: Flags

On the Dutch Railway on the Signalbook are spoken for flagsignals . 1= Yelow flag on a vehicle = donot ride or other things with the vehicle ,there are people on the vehicle . 2= red flag on vehicle =Special vehicle- or train . 3= Sweeping the yelow flag obove yuor had - slowing your speed . 4 ...
by Jacob Ossebaar
11 Feb 2019, 20:44
Forum: Book/Magazine News
Topic: Railway Break Down Cranes
Replies: 0
Views: 5298

Railway Break Down Cranes

As an retired Employee of the Dutch Railway company , I was an rollingstock engineer and a member of the Rerailment crew at Amsterdam Central Station .
Who would or can helped my on informations / books about Railway Breaks Down Cranes
Thanking you in advance
by Jacob Ossebaar
10 Feb 2019, 22:41
Forum: Railway Research
Topic: Steam loco drivers cap
Replies: 3
Views: 7021

Re: Steam loco drivers cap

I am an collector of Raiway caps .I have an lether drivers cap from the Deutsche Bahn . Ihave also an driverscap with an Plastic top of Great Britain .Belgian had an smal drivers cap . On the Canadian / Unitet Sates the used an special soft cap . The dutch Railway had an strong cap to protect your ...
by Jacob Ossebaar
02 Dec 2017, 21:41
Forum: Railway Operations - ask a question about how railways work..
Topic: 3kV DC/25kV AC Transition
Replies: 9
Views: 10377

Re: 3kV DC/25kV AC Transition

As a employee of the Dutch Railway ,i would explane some things . THE NMBS have a locomotive for the TEE Amsterdam- parijs , for the electric systeem 1500 volt / 3000 volt DC or 25 kV AC . Between Rosendaal ( NS 1500 V DC ) and Essen ( NMBS 3000 V dc ) are the whire about 50 meters manco . On the ...
by Jacob Ossebaar
01 Feb 2017, 11:35
Forum: Asia and Middle East - Other Railway Topics
Topic: Indonesian railway signals ( kereta-api )
Replies: 3
Views: 1855

Re: Indonesian railway signals ( kereta-api )

The Dutch site named ; www.langsderails.nl , web master sir nigo split .
The photo/artikel under the head ; new steamlocomotives of the maintenquen java railways / dutch Railway museum .
by Jacob Ossebaar
28 Jan 2017, 10:55
Forum: Asia and Middle East - Other Railway Topics
Topic: Indonesian railway signals ( kereta-api )
Replies: 3
Views: 1855

Indonesian railway signals ( kereta-api )

Dear Sirs / Madames ,members of the FOTR . I am searching to mean of the front signal lamps/collers of the loco's of the Kereta-Api . You can see on the website . the loco clas CC206 . On the roof 2x white spotlights ,in the center , On the side of the loco nose 2 x 1 small white licht , On the ...
by Jacob Ossebaar
19 Nov 2012, 10:44
Forum: Europe - Other Railway Topics
Topic: Scotland: Engineering possession irregularity
Replies: 5
Views: 2605

Re: Scotland: Engineering possession irregularity

In the Netherlands are a independent investication buraeu of the goverment . The charmain are for etlease MR Pvan Vollenhoven ,the husband of the Roal Hinnes Prinses Margriet of the Netherlands . The investicate al kinds of accidents and milleu when peaple are killed,hearth,etc . The results of the ...
by Jacob Ossebaar
27 Oct 2012, 20:28
Forum: Rest of Africa - Other Railway Topics
Topic: railway-emblems of Tanzania
Replies: 0
Views: 1011

railway-emblems of Tanzania

Dear Forummers , For some years I have been collecting Caps and Emblems of Railway-Uniforms . As an employee of the Dutch Railway Company I possess nearly every emblem of this Company . I am also very interested in the Railway-Emblems of other Countries/Company's. I should be very much obliged if ...
by Jacob Ossebaar
01 Oct 2012, 10:08
Forum: Europe - Modern Motive Power
Topic: Are UK trains getting smaller?
Replies: 1
Views: 1765

Re: Are UK trains getting smaller?

Your notice are wright . On the mainland of Europ we have difrent messerment on the railway . I give you a tabel with the head messurments and the railway codes . railway-profile-1; NS,DB,DSB,ÖBB,MAV,BDZ,CFR,PKP,JZ,CSD,TCDD,CFL,CH(griech),CFS(Syrië),IRR(iraq). ;Max width 3150mm -til height 3500 mm ...
by Jacob Ossebaar
01 Sep 2012, 09:44
Forum: Railway Operations - ask a question about how railways work..
Topic: railway-uniforms
Replies: 1
Views: 5322

railway-uniforms

Dear Friends of the Rail Forumers . I am a retaired Dutch railway employee . My profesion on the Railway was an technician on rollingstocks and also a member of the derailment crew . My working place was Amsterdam Central station . The last job of the railway(4 years ) was to controle the fire ...
by Jacob Ossebaar
26 Aug 2012, 17:33
Forum: Railway Operations - ask a question about how railways work..
Topic: Why a generator
Replies: 8
Views: 8726

Re: Why a generator

I would to explane ,the energie delivery on the Europe Railway system to the cariages . Old systeem , heating by steam or electric by the engine from the pantograaf 1000 v-1500 v or 25 kV ; ventilation or lightning via alternator or battery . New systeem , heating , charching battery delivery ...
by Jacob Ossebaar
26 Aug 2012, 15:45
Forum: Railway Operations - ask a question about how railways work..
Topic: Couplings during derailment
Replies: 4
Views: 6674

Re: Couplings during derailment

I am a new member and I saw this question . I am a retaired Dutch Railway employee and also I was a member of the Derailmentcrew on Amsterdam Central Station .I try to explane the derailment question with automatic couplings by a derailment . On the Dutch railway are the construction betwwen the ...

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