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Schaarbeek/Schaerbeek station - TrainWorld, October 2nd 2015
The oldest preserved locomotive in continental Europe - I present to you: the Pays de Waes!
The Pays de Waes, built in 1844, entered service in 1845 as one of 9 locomotives designed by Gustave de Ridder for the private railway Antwerpen - Sint Niklaas - Lokeren - Gent. She is not a standard-gauge machine, instead she has a 1.145 m gauge, which was the gauge of the private railway line. When the company was absorbed by the State Railways and adapted standard gauge in 1896, these locomotives were retired from service - and of the 9 engines of the company, the Pays de Waes was preserved. She occasionally had her outings - for instance the World Exhibition at Gent in 1913, or the centenary of the Darlington Railway in 1925 - but for the most part she stood in the Railway Museum in the Brussels-North station (in the old station until 1958, after which she moved to the new one in 1958), which closed around 2008 because of a lack of staff. After a complicated move in March of 2014, the 180-year old locomotive finally found its spot in the new TrainWorld museum.
The oldest preserved locomotive in continental Europe - I present to you: the Pays de Waes!
The Pays de Waes, built in 1844, entered service in 1845 as one of 9 locomotives designed by Gustave de Ridder for the private railway Antwerpen - Sint Niklaas - Lokeren - Gent. She is not a standard-gauge machine, instead she has a 1.145 m gauge, which was the gauge of the private railway line. When the company was absorbed by the State Railways and adapted standard gauge in 1896, these locomotives were retired from service - and of the 9 engines of the company, the Pays de Waes was preserved. She occasionally had her outings - for instance the World Exhibition at Gent in 1913, or the centenary of the Darlington Railway in 1925 - but for the most part she stood in the Railway Museum in the Brussels-North station (in the old station until 1958, after which she moved to the new one in 1958), which closed around 2008 because of a lack of staff. After a complicated move in March of 2014, the 180-year old locomotive finally found its spot in the new TrainWorld museum.
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4000x3000px 2.34 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot G15
Shutter Speed
1/4 second
Aperture
F/1.8
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
500
Date Taken
Oct 2, 2015, 11:33:46 AM
Sensor Size
7mm
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cool how strong was she?