Germans Had the Right Idea for Their Tram System

Summary


DURING our journey on the 'Holland-Skandinavia' express on August 31, 1957, we had been hauled by electric locomotives through Holland, but by steam though northern West Germany.

The Dutch were the first to eliminate steam completely, and despite it being only 12 years after the end of the war, had virtually completed this task by the end of 1957.

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Germans Had the Right Idea for Their Tram System

On this journey across part of Holland, we saw only one steam engine in action, and this was one of our familiar WD 2-8-0 'Aust...

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