The Stoom Stichting Nederland (SSN) is a railway museum

Railway museum

A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives , railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.See List of railway museums...

 in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, founded in 1976.

Facilities

The SSN owns a motive power depot which includes a locomotive shed, in which even major repairs can be carried out. A turntable, platforms and locomotive facilities also form part of the site. In the museum, the engine shed, a large collection of steam locomotive

Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

s from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and the Netherlands may be viewed. Several times a year special train services run throughout Holland and may sometimes be seen in Germany too.

German steam locomotives

Running number	Built	Manufacturer	Status
DRG Class 01.10 DRG Class 01.10 The locomotives of DRB Class 01.10 were standard locomotives used for express train services by the Deutsche Reichsbahn... 75	1940	Berliner Maschinenbau Berliner Maschinenbau Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives.The factory was founded by Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff on 3 October 1852 as Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff in Berlin ....	working
DB Class 23 DB Class 23 The steam locomotives of Class 23 were German passenger train locomotives developed in the 1950s for the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They had a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement and were equipped with Class 2'2' T 31 tenders...  023	1952	Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik The Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik was a locomotive manufacturer, in particular of Feldbahn locomotives, in Kirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany....	working
DRG Class 41 DRG Class 41 The German Class 41 steam locomotives were standard goods train engines operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and built from 1937 - 1941.- History :...  105	1939	Friedrich Krupp AG
DRG Class 41 241	1939	A. Borsig, Berlin-Tegel	On loan without tender
DRG Class 50 1255	1941	Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik The Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik was a locomotive manufacturer, in particular of Feldbahn locomotives, in Kirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany....
DB Class 65 DB Class 65 The steam locomotives of DB Class 65 were newly designed, German, passenger train tank locomotives, built for the Deutsche Bundesbahn after the Second World War. They were intended for suburban and commuter trains serving German cities, where they were to replace Classes 78 and 93.5...  018	1955	Krauss Maffei	working

Dutch steam locomotives

Running number	Built	Manufacturer	Status
6326	1914	Orenstein & Koppel	working fireless engine
NS 8811	1943	Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:...	three-axled shunter being overhauled

External links

• Official website of the SSN
• All data about Dutch museum locomotives