Arend

Arend

Arend (eagle) was one of the two first steam locomotives in the Netherlands. It was a 2-2-2 Patentee type built in England by R. B. Longridge and Company of Bedlington, Northumberland to run on the then standard Dutch track gauge of 1945 mm. On 20 September 1839, together with the Snelheid (Dutch for speed), it hauled the first train between Amsterdam and Haarlem. It was withdrawn in 1857.

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