Spoorwegmuseum Waterhuizen, Railway museum in Waterhuizen, Netherlands.
The Spoorwegmuseum Waterhuizen is housed in a former signalman's house along State Railway Line B and displays locomotives, wagons, equipment, and historical railway components. The grounds include original railway tracks in the garden and a fully equipped emergency station.
The museum was established in 1971 to preserve Dutch railway equipment and infrastructure. It rescued locomotives and wagons that might otherwise have been scrapped or lost.
The collection features locomotives and wagons that represent how Dutch railways operated and evolved. These machines show visitors what daily railway transport looked like in different periods.
The site sits alongside an active railway line, so visitors should be aware of passing trains and exercise caution. The original tracks and emergency station building are easy to explore and require no special skills or equipment.
Train drivers would greet the museum with a whistle blast as they passed, creating a living connection between active rail service and preserved history. This daily gesture showed how the passing trains acknowledged the collection and its keepers.
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