European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                High ii is photos by go s Schui the steam engines on display at the Netherlands Railroad museum have been restored to mint condition. The museum also houses a Model layout of the dutch All electric train system. Steel wheels of yesteryear. Stories by Brad it Keek Suff writer he Hiss of escaping steam is missing. The fir boxes have Long been chilled. Steel wheels no longer Click Click Click along the tracks. But what railroaders Call High Iron and other equipment and paraphernalia associated with the Era when steam was King is on display at the Netherlands Railroad museum in utrecht Holland. Hie Spoore museum located in the unused train station Zwolle contains displays and models inside while the steam engines and the cars they pulled rest on sidings in the museum s  Hie 12 steam locomotives on display have Long shed their soot from the bituminous which was show eled into their hungry Mouths consumed by fire and turned into steam driving the wheels along scheduled european routes. The dust they collected on their runs has been re moved their paint and brass restored into mint condition making them look As they did when they first rolled out of european Iron works machine shop Sand foundries As they sit motionless but Splendore in retirement. Models and cutaways of famous european locomotives Are located in the main foyer of the old station where a huge cutaway Model of a steam engine is on display so youngsters can learn the principles of the propulsion system that unleashed the Iron steeds. One Wing contains a working Model layout of an electric train line Complete with signals and sound effects. The present Day rail system in hol land is All electric which dutch tour guides who Are retired Railroad men Call one of the most efficient in  you la find other Model Railroad tines Bridges depots signals and a full size cab of a modern elec tric train Complete with its gadgetry and sophisticated equipment on display spanning rail travel from steam to diesel and electric. Other rooms contain everything you can possibly imagine pertaining to railroading tickets to uni forms timetables silverware China furniture etchings paintings tools and other equipment. Posters calendars photos and Litho of railroading scenes from the Days when steam pounded engines along mackely tracks Are on Sale in the main lobby for the Buff or hobbyist. Locomotives on the two sidings outside the station include the de Arend dating Back to 1839 up to the Longmoor Bull some steam to rope an cities i the Germai England and on the Trad sleepers and t perfect Condo awaiting the d along the rails. Thespo orc  closes at 4  visit ing h on sunday tuesday throw Page the stars and stripes Twe saturday