The first railway visited was the Rotterdamshe Tramweg Maatschappij (Rotterdam Tramway Museum), near Ouddorp on the Dutch Coast. Here are preserved a number of vehicles from the Rotterdam tram system, on a 1067mm narrow gauge line running along beside the dyke for about 7km.

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Further south is the 11km standard-gauge Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele, which runs between Goes and Hoedekenskerke in Zeeland.

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The Zuid Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij is in the far south of Holland, near Maastricht. It is 16km long, and has a short branch which runs across the border to Vetschau in Germany.

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The Dutch National Railway Museum (Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum) is in Utrecht.

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The Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatscappij owns some large German "Dampfloc" locos, and runs 22km between Apeldoorn and Dieren.

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The STAR railway is in Northern Holland, and is the longest preserved line in the country, running for 26km between Veendam and Musselkanaal.

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These pictures were taken at a couple of museums near the town of Emmen: the Industrieel Smalspoor Museum and Veen Park, a working museum with a number of preserved buildings.

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These pictures were taken on the German Friesland Island of Borkum, where a narrow-gauge line runs for a few kilometres between the harbour and the main town.

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The final set of pictures were taken on Holland's best known railway, the Museumstoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik, which runs for 20km between the two former coastal resorts of the same name.

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