Finally I visited last month the Toasties Truffles Trains (in Dutch Tosti’s, Truffels en Treinen) exhibition at the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht (the Netherlands). A very nice exhibition and for me personally very special as I am part of the exhibition. I worked for the Railtender in the Netherlands and the ‘Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits’ in Brussel (Belgium), you can read more about that here (link). Last year I was contacted by the curator of the Railway Museum and he asked me if I could share things & memories from the time I worked for the catering in the trains. Of course I would cooperate I wrote him back.
So now it was finally time to see the result!
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- Another restaurant car of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.
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- Small overview of the exhibition.
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- In February I already participated in the documentary about this exhibition.
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- The Arend steam locomotive in action.
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- Inside the German restaurant car.
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- German panorma wagon, which was in service in the Rheingold train from the Netherlands to Switzerland.
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- A Dutch restaurant wagon
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- And the Benelux (pilot) car in model.
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- An old Benelux end (pilot) car, the train on which I worked as well.
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- A restaurant wagon of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.
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- The interieur of the car
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- Interior of a disco wagon from the Belgian railways (NMBS)
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- Small overview of the exhibition.
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- Restaurant wagon from the DB (Germany).
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- A 1700 locomotive fromt he Dutch railways. Once I drove this one myself.
And as an extra bonus I got to see te working replica of the “Arend ” steam locomotive, which was the first steam locomotive in the Netherlands and started its service in 1839 between Amsterdam and Haarlem. It was a wonderful day and a beautiful and interesting exhibition, compliments to those who made it possible!
Good news: the exhibition is extended until 10/01/2021.
The documentary “Dineren tussen de rails” from RTV Utrecht (Dutch only): you can see me from 15’09 can be seen on YouTube (link).