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Rond 1900 speelde het onderwerp “arbeidsomstandigheden” een belangrijke rol in de toenmalige politiek. Dat had vooral te maken met de opkomst van sociaaldemocratische partijen in West-Europa, die vaak gelieerd waren aan allerlei vakbonden, vaak georganiseerd per sector. De grote spoorwegstaking van 1903 leidde tot aandacht voor de arbeidsomstandigheden bij het spoor. Dit leidde tot de […]
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Zondag 6 september 1914 was een aangenaam warme dag. Volgens historische gegevens van KNMI was het tussen de 15 en 18,5 graden in Den Helder. Er stond niet veel wind, dus een bezoek aan het strand van Huisduinen was zeker een optie zo aan het einde van het badseizoen.
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Tussen 1896 en 1917 reed van Den Helder naar Huisduinen de tram. De tram werd gedurende twee perioden geëxploiteerd door twee verschillende trammaatschappijen. Het eerste trambedrijf, van Jan Pot, bestond van 1896 tot 1907, het tweede bedrijf, een samenwerking van inwoners van Den Helder, van 1910 tot 1917. Gedurende de twee decennia dat de tram […]
Continue ReadingSometimes something just needs to be shown once found. When I recently went through all the available maps at the NVBS cartography library I found this jewel of a map. It shows the full railway system of Denmark in May 1968. The nice thing about such a map is that it shows a lot of […]
Continue ReadingIf you are a fan of railways and cartography, the field of railway cartography must be the best thing there is. And so for many people collecting such maps is a thoroughly addicting hobby! The NVBS Library must therefore be a major Walhalla for anyone who has this hobby, including me. The NVBS Library has […]
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A lot of railways disappeared before 1940, but some disappeared much earlier than that and most of the time without leaving a trace. Looking at recent topographical maps one can see lots of stretches of former railways, but that’s most of the time a recent, standard gauge line through relatively flat country, where the railway […]
Continue ReadingA few years ago I discovered pretty much by accident that NASA World Wind was showing an older series of topographical maps by the USGS through its map server. All of a sudden I discovered abandoned railways all over the US on these maps. One of those railways was the Seward Peninsula Railroad, a line […]
Continue ReadingIf being a railfan is somewhat more eccentric today than it was yesterday, narrow gauge railfanning must be even more eccentric. And like any eccentric hobby, this specific form of railfanning has a diehard following, with people spending a lot of time, energy and money on it. If you’re into this hobby you will know […]
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