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Track maintenance
A job for the permanent way crew: at the Van Nijenrodeweg a tree had fallen onto the overhead line. Using the cherry picker, chainsaw and crane, our p-way crew cleared the obstruction so tram services could continue as normal. It immediately illustrates why tram and...
NBM 23
This charming little vehicle of the Nederlandse Buurtspoorweg Maatschappij has been undergoing a major refurbishment for some time. The floor sections of one platform — in fact the entire floor — have been removed due to their very poor condition. The upside is that...
HTM 58 (continued)
After car 58 had been lifted off its bogies the day before using the lifting jacks, the bogies were removed from under the vehicle and dismantled on 30 June. All components were stored in crates, and the axles were wrapped for shipment to have their wheel tyres...
HTM 58
This so‑called “Interurban" of the HTM was delivered last week from the HTM Lijsterbesstraat depot to Aalsmeer, where we have begun lifting the car body off its bogies. The reason: the wheels require new wheeltires and must therefore be removed.
Mack 75
Mack heavy recovery crane: Over the past week, extensive work has been done to repaint the Mack crane truck in its original GVB livery — the way it looked after it was taken over from the Canadian liberation forces. The crane left GVB service in an orange‑yellow...
Construction plan for the new depot
Talks about the the construction plan for our new tramdepot to be built near Haarlemmermeerstation will resume after Summer holidays. We also have to wait for the permits to be issued. Meanwhile we operate our Museumtramline from the beautiful, but temporary...