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The Stoomtrein Goes - Borsele (Goes-Borsele Steam Train) is a
stations
webpage. However, on steam operating days, trains call only at the stations in Goes, Kwadendamme, and Hoedekenskerke. On intensive service days the railway operates both steam trains and diesel railcar trains, but with the same rules about stations.
The Stoomtrein Goes - Borsele (Goes-Borsele Steam Train) is a heritage railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) ...
operating from Goes
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through Kwadendamme to the village of Hoedekenskerke
Hoedekenskerke is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 22 km east of Middelburg.
History
The village was first mentioned around 1280 as Hoedekinskerke, and means "(private) ...
, in the province of Zeeland
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, Netherlands
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.
Route
The railway's headquarters are located at Goes. From here trains operate to's-Gravenpolder
s-Gravenpolder is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 21 kilometres east of Middelburg.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1318 as "dat Nuweland van Vortrap", and means ...
, Nisse, Kwadendamme, Hoedekenskerke, and finally Baarland
Baarland is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 21 km east of Middelburg.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1295 as Bae(r)land, and means "barren land". Baarland ...
. When operating the service using vintage diesel railcar
A railcar (not to be confused with the generic term railroad car or railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coa ...
s, trains call at all six stations.See the railway'stations
webpage. However, on steam operating days, trains call only at the stations in Goes, Kwadendamme, and Hoedekenskerke. On intensive service days the railway operates both steam trains and diesel railcar trains, but with the same rules about stations.
Locomotives
The railway operates a fleet of seventeen locomotives - nine diesel engines, six steam engines, and two relatively unusual 1,500 voltAlstom
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electric engines. Additionally, three heritage diesel railcars are in service.
References
Heritage railways in the Netherlands Railway lines in Zeeland Transport in Goes Borsele {{Netherlands-transport-stub