Antwerp

Antwerp's Trams

A day trip in 2024, particularly to find tramline 7 and its 1960-1975 vintage old trams (though modernised).

Antwerp tram '7075'	Antwerp tram '7075'	Antwerp trams '7075' and '7143'	Antwerp trams '7080' and '7097',
Antwerp tram '7090'	Antwerp tram '7091'	Antwerp tram '7097'	Antwerp tram '7109'
Antwerp tram '7109'	Antwerp tram '7109'	Antwerp tram '7118'	Antwerp tram '7118'
Antwerp tram '7133'	Antwerp tram '7135'	Antwerp tram '7140'	Antwerp tram '7143'
Antwerp tram '7148'	Antwerp tram '7155'	Antwerp tram '7204'	Antwerp tram '7206'
Antwerp tram '7213'	Antwerp tram '7224'	Antwerp tram '7242'	Antwerp tram '7282'
Antwerp tram '7344'	Antwerp tram '7353'	Antwerp tram '7355'	Antwerp tram '7430'
Antwerp tram '7448'

Brussels

The Tramways of Brussels

Tram '3021' at Brussels Midi	Tram '3046' at Brussels Midi	Tram '3071' at Brussels Midi	Tram '3072' at Brussels Midi
Tram '3081' at Brussels Midi	Tram '3089' at Brussels Midi	Tram '30xx' at Brussels Midi	Tram '3130' at Brussels Midi
Tram '3144' at Brussels Midi	Tram '3144' at Brussels Midi	Tram '3171' at Brussels Midi	Tram '3212' at Brussels Midi
Tram '3219' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7077' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7736' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7759' at Brussels Midi
Tram '7768' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7771' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7771' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7771' at Brussels Midi
Tram '7779' at Waluwe	Tram '7814' at Waluwe	Tram '7821' in Upper Town	Tram '7902' at Brussels Midi
Tram '7911' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7912' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7914' at Waluwe	Tram '7921' at Brussels Midi
Tram '7923' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7933' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7947' at Brussels Midi	Tram '7958' at Brussels Midi
Tram '7959' at Brussels Midi

The Brussels Tram Museum, Walowe

The Brussels Tram Museum, Walowe, has a huge range of vintage trams and an eclectic mixture of works cars and support vehicles. Well worth the tram ride to visit it.

Bus '13.58' at Brussels Museum	Trams '59' and '1002'	Tram '102' at Brussels Museum	Tram '415' at Brussels Museum
Tram '509' at Brussels Museum	Tram '604' at Brussels Museum	Tram '830' at Brussels Museum	Trams '984' and '1305'
Trams '1259' and '1348'	Tram '1600' at Brussels Museum	Tram '1609' at Brussels Museum	Tram '1609' at Brussels Museum
Tram '1750' at Brussels Museum	Tram '1763' at Brussels Museum	Tram '1930' at Brussels Museum	Tram '1930' at Brussels Museum
Tram '2004' at Brussels Museum	Tram '2118' at Brussels Museum	Tram '4032' at Brussels Museum	Tram '5001' at Brussels Museum
Tram '5001' at Brussels Museum	Tram '5008' at Brussels Museum	Trams '5016' and '1064'	Tram '5018' at Brussels Museum
Trolleybus '6023' at Brussels Museum	Tram '7018' at Brussels Museum	Tram '7047' at Brussels Museum	Tram '7126' at Brussels Museum
Trams '7171' and '9098'	Bus '8024' at Brussels Museum	Bus '8164' at Brussels Museum	Bus '8403' at Brussels Museum
Tram '9079' at Brussels Museum	Trams '9098' and '16' at Brussels Museum	Tram '10485' at Brussels Museum	Bus '10504' at Brussels Museum
SGCFE Tram '346' at Brussels Museum	SGCFE Tram '428' at Brussels Museum	SGCFE Tram '428' at Brussels Museum	Works trams '2' and '46'
Works tram '2' at Brussels Museum	Works tram '7' at Brussels Museum	Works tram '16' at Brussels Museum	Works tram '33' at Brussels Museum
Works tram '46' at Brussels Museum	Works tram '70' at Brussels Museum	Works tram '95' at Brussels Museum	Works tram '131' at Brussels Museum
Works tram '145' at Brussels Museum	Works tram '261' at Brussels Museum	Works tram '261' at Brussels Museum	Works tram '269' at Brussels Museum
Works tram '272' at Brussels Museum	Works road-railer '424' at Brussels Museum	Works lorry '2' at Brussels Museum

Canal du Centre

The Original Strépy-Thieu boat lifts

Boat lift No 3, Canal du Centre	Boat lift No 3 engine house	Swingbridge near lift '4'	Swingbridge near lift '4'
Tramway bridge near lift '4'	Tramway bridge near lift '4'
Boat lift No 4	Boat lift No 4	Boat lift No 4	Boat lift No 4
Boat lift No 4	Boat lift No 4	Boat lift No 4	Boat lift No 4
Boat lift No 4	Boat lift No 4	Boat lift No 4
Boat lift No 4 lock	Boat lift No 4 lock	Boat lift No 4 lock	Boat lift No 4 lock

The New Strépy-Thieu boat lift

The new boat lift, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, Canal du Centre
The new boat lift, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, Canal du Centre
The new boat lift, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, Canal du Centre
The new boat lift machinery, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift cable tester, Canal du Centre	The new boat lift, view from the top

Charleroi

Charleroi's 'Metro' Tramway

Preserved tram trailer '12' at Charleroi	Preserved tram '310' at Charleroi	Preserved trams '310' and '12'	Preserved trams '310' and '12'
Tram '7403' at Charleroi	Tram '7403' at Charleroi	Tram '7403' at Charleroi	Tram '7403' at Charleroi
Tram '7403' at Charleroi	Tram '7403' at Charleroi	Tram '7408' at Charleroi	Tram '7410' at Charleroi
Tram '7410' at Charleroi	Tram '7411' at Charleroi	Tram '7418' at Charleroi	Tram '7421' at Charleroi
Tram '7421' at Charleroi	Tram '7427' at Charleroi	Tram '7433' at Charleroi	Tram '7436' at Charleroi
Tram '7437' at Charleroi	Tram '7438' at Charleroi	Tram '7440' at Charleroi	Tram '7440' at Charleroi
Tram '7440' at Charleroi	Tram '7440' at Charleroi	Tram '7440' at Charleroi	Tram '7441' at Charleroi
Tram '7441' at Charleroi	Tram '7441' at Charleroi	Tram '7441' at Charleroi	Tram '7444' at Charleroi
Tram '7445' at Charleroi	Tram '7445' at Charleroi	Tram '7450' at Charleroi	Tram '7450' at Charleroi
Tram '7450' at Charleroi	Tram '7884' at Charleroi	Tram '7884' at Charleroi	Intricate pointwork at Charleroi

Industries around Charleroi

Limekilns at Berzee	Limekilns at Berzee	Limekilns at Berzee
Mine dram at Charleroi Station	Mine dram at Charleroi Station	Mine dram at Charleroi Station
Disused coke ovens at Charleroi	Steelworks at Charleroi	Steelworks at Charleroi	Steelworks at Charleroi

The Coastal Tramway - Kusttram

With over 65 stops, it connects the entire coastline, from Knokke-Heist in the north to De Panne in the south.

Kusttram '6023'		Kusttram '6102'	Kusttram '6114'
Kusttram '6115'	Kusttram '6115'	Kusttram '6123'	Kusttram '6125'
Kusttram '6134'	Kusttram '6134'	Kusttram '6134'	Kusttram '6136'
Kusttram '6141'	Kusttram '6143'	Kusttram '7236'	Kusttram track near De Panne
De Haan Station on the Kusttram	De Haan Station on the Kusttram	Sand on the Kusttram track	Sand on the Kusttram track

Ghent Tramways

A day trip in November 1993

Ghent tram, Belgium

Tram No '46', Ghent station

Trams Nos '31' and '18', Ghent station

And a re-visit in June 2024

Ghent tram '6311'	Ghent tram '6311'	Ghent tram '6312'	Ghent tram '6314'
Ghent tram '6324'	Ghent tram '6326'	Ghent tram '6326'	Ghent tram '6327'
Ghent tram '6327'	Ghent tram '6327'	Ghent tram '6332'	Ghent tram '6337'
Ghent tram '6337'	Ghent tram '6357'	Ghent tram '6360' and '6337'	Ghent tram '6362'
Ghent tram '6362'	Ghent tram '6366'	Ghent tram '6368'	Ghent tram '6370'
Ghent tram '6374' and '6375'	Ghent trackwork

Maldegem Railway

Maldegem - the 600mm narrow-gauge line

The 600mm line was built on the old Standard-gauge line with a ride behind '4 Yvonne'

Diema diesel '1'	Diema diesel '1'	Moes green diesel	Moes red diesel
Moes diesel 'Nele'	MR diesel '8829'	'Marie' OK '4854' of 1911
'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem	'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem	'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem	'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem
'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem	'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem	'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem	'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem
'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem	'4 Yvonne' at Maldegem

Maldegem - the standard-gauge line

The standard-gauge line runs from Maldegem to Eeklo where it connects with the SNCB branch. We travelled behind '22 Tom' built by Krupp '2410' in 1949.

'Bebert' by La Meuse	'RS16 Fred', AE '1908' from Buxton	'RS16 Fred', AE '1908' from Buxton	Cockerill loco
Cockerill loco	Cockerill '3145' of 1926	Deutz '55712' at Maldegem	Deutz '55712' at Maldegem
'Wagons Lits' Dining car	Deutz 'Kolenspoor' at Maldegem	'Liliput built by Tubize	Stationary engine
A rusty loco at Maldegem	SNCB '41 195' of 1910	SNCB '4403' at Maldegem	SNCB '4403' and 'AD 08'
SNCB '4403' and 'AD 08'	SNCB '4405' at Maldegem	SNCB '4603' at Maldegem	SNCB '4603' at Maldegem
SNCB '4620' at Maldegem	SNCB '4620' at Maldegem	SNCB '4620' at Maldegem	SNCB '7408' at Maldegem
SNCB '7408' at Maldegem	SNCB '8040' at Maldegem	SNCB '8040' at Maldegem	SNCB '9131' at Maldegem
Tkk '5387' at Maldegem	WD '75196' at Maldegem	WD '75196' at Maldegem	'Yvonne', at Maldegem
'Yvonne', at Maldegem	Maldegem Station	Maldegem Yard	Tom 22' at Maldegem
Tom 22' at Maldegem	Tom 22' at Maldegem	Tom 22' at Eeklo	Defensice position near Eeklo

Ostend Fortifications

Part of the Atlantic Wall

Ostend fortifications

Ostend fortifications

Trois Vallees Railway

Or, to be preicise, Le Chemin de Fer a Vapeur des Trois Vallees.

Narrow Gauge Locos

Appear to be 600mm gauge stock.

600mm 4wD, Trois Vallees

OK '25479' of 1952, Trois Vallees

600mm '7' 0-4-0D, Trois Vallees

Mine dram, Trois Vallees

Standard Gauge Locos

4wBE, Trois Vallees	4wD, Trois Vallees	'GV69' 4wD, Trois Vallees	'Total' 4wD, Trois Vallees
0-4-0D, Cockerill '3573', Trois Vallees	0-4-0D, Hunslet from 'Total', Trois Vallees	'AD 05' from Andre Dumont Mines	'AD 05' from Andre Dumont Mines
CFL '201', Trois Vallees	CFL '211', Trois Vallees	CFL '914', Trois Vallees	Coaling skips, Trois Vallees
Cockerill '2851' of 1913, Trois Vallees	Cockerill '2851' of 1913, Trois Vallees	DB '50 3696', Trois Vallees	DB '795 662', Trois Vallees
DR '52 467' (501), Trois Vallees	DR '64 250', Trois Vallees	'MF32' from Monceau-Fontaine mine	'MF62' from Monceau-Fontaine mine
'MF62' from Monceau-Fontaine mine	'MF73' from Monceau-Fontaine mine	'MF73' from Monceau-Fontaine mine	'NE61' from Neuenkirche Hütte mine
'NE61' from Neuenkirche Hütte mine	'MF62' from Monceau-Fontaine mine	'MF73' from Monceau-Fontaine mine	'SA01' from SAFEA
The Trois Vallees party coach	SNCB '101 012', Trois Vallees	SNCB '550 09', Trois Vallees	SNCB '551 34' and '5120', Trois Vallees
SNCB '554 10', Trois Vallees	SNCB '554 11', Trois Vallees	SNCB '554 11', Trois Vallees	SNCB '608 05', Trois Vallees
SNCB '654 02', Trois Vallees	SNCB '1002', Trois Vallees	SNCB '1605', Trois Vallees	SNCB '1807', Trois Vallees
SNCB '2005', Trois Vallees	SNCB '4407', Trois Vallees	SNCB '4608', Trois Vallees	SNCB '4608', Trois Vallees
SNCB '5120' and '551 34'	SNCB '5538', Trois Vallees	SNCB '5620', Trois Vallees	SNCB '6086', Trois Vallees
SNCB '7039'	SNCB '7039'	SNCB '7304', Trois Vallees	SNCB '8319', Trois Vallees
SNCB '9008'	SNCB '9008'	SNCB '9011', Trois Vallees	SNCB '8319', Trois Vallees
SNCB '16042', Trois Vallees	SNCB '16042', Trois Vallees	SNCB 'ES403', ex-'4328'	SNCB 'ES403', ex-'4328'
Inspection car '13', Trois Vallees	Inspection car '13', Trois Vallees	SNCF '12120', Trois Vallees	SNCF '12120', Trois Vallees
SNCF '63149', Trois Vallees	SNCF 'XBD3998', Trois Vallees	SNCF 'Y5130', Trois Vallees	'TKt 48', Trois Vallees
Tram '1421', Trois Vallees	Tram loco '808', Trois Vallees	Tubize '2002' of 1926, Trois Vallees	Trois Vallees workshops
Trois Vallees workshops 'ABR'	Treignes yard, Trois Vallees	Treignes yard, Trois Vallees	Treignes yard, Trois Vallees
Along the line, Trois Vallees

SNCB - Belgian Railways

SNCB - Belgian Railways

SNCB '254' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '345' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '375' at Knokke	SNCB '385' at Brussels Midi
SNCB '388' at Knokke	SNCB '433' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '433' at De Panne	SNCB '439' at Brussels Midi
SNCB '470' at Charleroi	SNCB '473' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '480' at Charleroi	SNCB '502' at Brussels Midi
SNCB '507' at Charleroi	SNCB '520' at Mons	SNCB '563' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '624' at Aachen, Germany
SNCB '657' at Aachen, Germany	SNCB '814' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '824' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '841' at Mons
SNCB '963' at Mons	SNCB '967' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '1188' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '1305' at Luxembourg
SNCB '1312' at Charleroi	SNCB '1843' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '1848' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '1854' at Brussels Midi
SNCB '1871' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '1923' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '2004' at Luxembourg	SNCB '2102' at Brussels Nord
SNCB '2122' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '2123' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '2229' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '2701' at Brussels Midi
SNCB '2745' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '2806' at Brussels Midi	SNCB '4102' at Mariembourg	SNCB '4104', '4187' at Charleroi
SNCB '4114' at Mariembourg	SNCB '4139' at Charleroi	SNCB '4155' at Eeklo	SNCB '5501' at Brussels
SNCB '5505' and '5535' at Brussels	SNCB '5515' at Brussels	SNCB '6244' + '5537' at Brussels	SNCB '6295' at Brussels
SNCB '62xx' at Brussels	SNCB '7820' at Charleroi	SNCB '08202' at Charleroi	SNCB '08527' at Charleroi
SNCB '08553' at Brussels Midi

Brussels Midi - Non-Belgian trains

Dutch locos working the Brussels - Amsterdam service and a Thalys service to Paris

NS '186 003' at Brussels Midi Station	NS '186 009' at Brussels Midi Station	NS '186 010' at Brussels Midi Station
DB 'ICE' at Brussels Midi Station	Thalys '4306' at Brussels Midi Station