Neil Webster Memorial Tour 2001
Author: Gary Thornton
A railfan special in the Netherlands which was dedicated to the memory of Neil Webster, a UK railfan who was also deeply involved in the mainland Europe rail scene prior to his untimely death in his early 40's.
Photo Gallery
The tour headboard
An ex-British Rail EM2/Class 77 was the main motive power for this train. Six of the seven locos built were exported to the Netherlands after they were retired from service in the UK.
1501 'Dianna' pauses to pick up passengers at Rotterdam Centraal station
1501 shows its English heritage
Dutch Railways 1202 (now in private hands) leads a line of class 1200's
A number of Dutch Railways 1200's were being run by ACTS, an open access freight operator
Some of the 1200's in the line up were still in Dutch Railways colours
1202 was owned and operated by the Dutch Railway Museum
1202 shows its heritage - this type was built by Werkspoor but licenced by Baldwin
Dutch Railways 1100 class were based on the French Railways BB8100
1208 and 1111 sit, retired, on Tilburg Works
It appears 680 has been retired for some time!
628 sits retired at Tilburg Works
1308, destined never to run again. This class are based on French Railways CC7100 class
Long retired from regular service, 2459 led the train over the privately owned VSM line between Apeldoorn and Dieren
1501 pauses at Arnhem en-route back to Den Haag
1202 & 1501 pose side by side at Arnhem - a real "blast from the past"
Last photo-stop of the day - at Amersfoort
1501 at Amersfoort, nearing the end of a very good day out