From Guy in Belgium
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With 100% certainty, the above picture was taken at the large Antwerp railyard called “Antwerpen-Dam” in Belgium.
The partial gantry in the top right corner was part of a hugh coaling crane. This was demolished late sixties when there where no steamtrains located there anymore. The engineshed is still standing but the 2 large chimneys have gone. The hugh building behind is also standing. This whole area has been turned into a leisure park a few years back with fountains and summer bars and the like. Just off picture on the right, behind the coaling installation, an old engine shed has been turned into a posh restaurant. The area had such rich railway history but nothing is left visible. An offer by the railcompany to display a locomotive has been turned down by the city architects.
Google earth image today...
716th Railway Operating Battalion Antwerp Railyard then and now...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 | Labels: 716th Railway Operating Battalion | 0 Comments
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