Hjerl Hede vintage bog train

A small vintage heritage line is hidden in the North-West corner of Jutland. Inside the open air museum  named Hjerl Hede a small steam train runs up the hill and towards a large lake. The old tracks were laid to transport peat from the bog to the lake to further transport the peat to the small towns of nineteen century Jutland.

The small trip gives you a true feeling of the power of this small steamer and the effort it has to perform to push the load over the hill. The black smoke tarnishes the green leaves on the way. The way back to the peat bog is more a matter of braking the train in a controlled manner.

Local scale zero gathering in Zutphen

Last weekend, the national scale zero gathering was held in Zutphen. I could combine a quick visit directly after opening on Sunday morning with another visit, so I checked the displays quickly.

The NS 3700 serie steam locomotive drove by the beautifully made draw-bridge. The highlight of Dutch-ness.

There was a beautiful small railway station that was built from scratch.

But there were also plenty of German, English, Swiss and Danish trains on the tracks.

And the master of mini-tram-layouts in scale zero presented a new one; The Hague, well kind of.

So it was a peaceful Sunday morning and it would most likely remain that way the complete day.