Nederlandsche Spoorwegen : 50 jaar elektrische spoorwegen in Nederland ; NS, Utrecht, 1958
The front cover of the booklet issued by the Netherlands Railways in 1958 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the operation of electrified railways in the country - the first section, that of the line between Rotterdam and Den Haag (The Hague) came into service on the 1 October 1908. The booklet looks at the extension and development of electrification in terms of both trains and infrastructure, including rolling stock, power supply and signalling. The cover shows one of the more iconic Dutch train designs this being one of the "Benelux" cross-frontier EMUs of a style that was to be associated with Dutch rolling stock for many decades!
The design is credited to N.V. Kunstdrukkerij Mercurius, Wormerveer.
Nederlandsche Spoorwegen : 50 jaar elektrische spoorwegen in Nederland ; NS, Utrecht, 1958
The front cover of the booklet issued by the Netherlands Railways in 1958 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the operation of electrified railways in the country - the first section, that of the line between Rotterdam and Den Haag (The Hague) came into service on the 1 October 1908. The booklet looks at the extension and development of electrification in terms of both trains and infrastructure, including rolling stock, power supply and signalling. The cover shows one of the more iconic Dutch train designs this being one of the "Benelux" cross-frontier EMUs of a style that was to be associated with Dutch rolling stock for many decades!
The design is credited to N.V. Kunstdrukkerij Mercurius, Wormerveer.