VSM - Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschap collection in Beekbergen NL. A quick stop along the way to have a look to the depot on 03/04/2025.
NS 2019 is a Diesel-Electric loco. This locomotive acquired by the VSM was built by Whitcomb in 1944 with factory number 60388. It was the last locomotive of the second series; he entered service under number 8147. The machine was shipped from the US to Naples to enter service for the Military Rail Service under number 1329. The machine has been used in Italy in all kinds of services, from shunting services to coal trains, often multiple switched with other Whitcombs. Finally the machine returned to the US in the summer of 1945 .
Our machine was then sold back to Whitcomb. Whitcomp subsequently rebuilt the locomotive as type 70DE26. The locomotive subsequently served at the Bethlehem steel plant in Lackawanna, near Buffalo. In the 1970s, new engines of the Cummins brand were introduced and the locomotive was made radio-controlled. With the closure of the steel factories, the locomotive became unemployed and available for the VSM, where the locomotive arrived on May 29, 2018. The machine is not roadworthy, in any case a major overhaul is needed, during which the locomotive will be restored in the version as NS 2019, following the original 2000s. For Back to Then 2018, the locomotive was painted in an NS version.

Photo by Guido Allieri (guido@allieri.com) - www.allieri.com