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- 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 ...
- 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
Who would or can helped my on informations / books about Railway Breaks Down Cranes
Thanking you in advance
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 .
The photo/artikel under the head ; new steamlocomotives of the maintenquen java railways / dutch Railway museum .
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...