24Trains.tv has exclusive images from the Dutch newsreels that you can see in this 6-part series. This journey in time begins in the 1930s and ends in the 1980s. Enjoy the beautiful authentic footages that we have obtained for you from the archives and join us on this unique journey through time!
Credits: Beeld &amp; Geluid

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Unique train footages from the Dutch newsreels

From the 1930s to the 1980s

This episode contains the following footages:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>May 1932: Presentation Michelin car / train in Utrecht</li>
<li>October 1934: Opening railway line Gouda - Alphen aan den Rijn</li>
<li>October 1935: Railway Haarlem-Zandvoort electrified</li>
<li>January 1936: Test run of a streamlined locomotive</li>
<li>October 1936: New acquisition for the Dutch Railway Museum</li>
<li>December 1936: Composition of railway timetable</li>
<li>April 1937: What people leave behind in railway compartments</li>
<li>October 1937: Test drive on a newly electrified route</li>
</ul>
Credits: Beeld &amp; Geluid

The 1930s

This episode contains the following footages:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>April 1940: New diesel electric 5 wagon train of the NS</li>
<li>April 1943: Exhibition &ldquo;railway company development&rdquo;</li>
<li>May 1943: What was left in the trains</li>
<li>December 1943: Training of controllers and conductors at the NS</li>
</ul>
Credits: Beeld &amp; Geluid

The 1940s

In this episode the following topics can be seen:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>November 1945: A miniature railway</li>
<li>January 1946: Behind the scenes of the Dutch Railways</li>
<li>July 1946: The train runs again to Dordrecht</li>
<li>December 1946: The Netherlands has its first oil railway</li>
<li>April 1947: North-South railway connection completed</li>
<li>September 1947: What remained of the royal train</li>
<li>September 1949 : Friendship train arrives in our country</li>
</ul>
Credits: Beeld &amp; Geluid

The after war years '40

In this episode the following topics can be seen:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>May 1950: Electrification of central and western Brabant</li>
<li>January 1951: Road users attention&hellip;.Unguarded level crossing</li>
<li>November 1951: Handover of the 1st electric locomotive built in the Netherlands</li>
<li>May 1952: Electrification of the Zwolle-Leeuwarden and Meppel-Groningen railway lines</li>
<li>April 1953: First kitchen train</li>
<li>December 1953: Festive opening of the new railway in Eindhoven</li>
</ul>
Credits: Beeld &amp; Geluid

The 1950s

In this episode the following topics can be seen:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>February 1956: Steam locomotives to the scrapyard</li>
<li>March 1956: New type of sleeping car for international train traffic</li>
<li>June 1956: Last ride of wooden passenger carriages</li>
<li>July 1956 : The railway museum in Utrecht</li>
<li>December 1957: As the &ldquo;Iron Horse&rdquo; nears its end</li>
<li>June 1958: &ldquo;Singing rails&rdquo; silenced</li>
<li>August 1958: Train journey of 140 ton transformer</li>
<li>January 1959: Mechanical washing installation for railway carriages</li>
</ul>
Credits: Beeld en Geluid

The 1950s - Part 2

<ul>
<li>June 1971: Railway history is running again</li>
<li>February 1973: Renewals at the NS</li>
<li>April 1973</li>
<li>April 1974: Old steam locomotive taken out of the depot</li>
<li>August 1977: Steam trains in the Netherlands</li>
<li>November 1977: Europe's largest train shower in use</li>
<li>November 1978: Railways try to get motorists onto the train</li>
<li>January 1985: winter in the Netherlands</li>
</ul>
Credits: Beeld en Geluid

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