Literally my last package from the Netherlands before the tariffs in the USA started, and the world stopped shipments to the USA. Previously I purchased two DB-AG coaches to add to my NS Vectron locomotive. This to create a train for my layout that runs between Amsterdam-Berlin vv. Now my model train will consist of the NS Vectron locomotive with …
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In the summer of 2023 two of my daughters and I were on vacation in the Netherlands to visit my mom. Of course, we went to Amersfoort to do some general souvenir (vacation memories) shopping, and I could not resist to stop by “ModeltreinCentrum Amersfoort” and to walk out with one locomotive and two passenger cars. The one locomotive I …
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In the first two weeks of January 2025, I was in the Netherlands to finish taking care of my mom’s belongings and legal paperwork’s, related to her passing away and funeral earlier in December 2024. Although it was not a vacation as usual, there were emotional days, I did set aside a few days to relax and take my mind …
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Before my vacation to the Netherlands, in the first two weeks of January 2025, I learned that Piko made a model train of the Connexxion GTW (GelenkTriebwagen) which is an electric multiple unit from Stadler Rail. This is one of the trains that run on the line between Amersfoort-Barneveld-Ede vv. Since I am modeling a diorama based on the trains …
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