In this episode, lasting almost 12 minutes, 24Trains.tv has assembled images about the railways from the Dutch 'Polygoon' newsreels from '50ies until the '70ies.
The following topics are covered:
<ul>
<li>May 23, 1957: Test run of the TEE train. September</li>
<li>1958: Speed tests of the Dutch Railways. August</li>
<li>1959: Automatic half barriers and level crossing guards in the Netherlands.</li>
<li>September 16, 1964: From steam to electricity - 125 years of railways in the Netherlands.</li>
<li>May 1978: The modernization of the Dutch railways.</li>
</ul>
Dutch spoken, English subtitles available.
Credits: Beeld &amp; Geluid

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From the Dutch 'Polygoon' news - from '50ies until the '70ies

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