Forgotten pioneer of DMU trains, Automotor Malaxa

[The Lawspeaker]

I will need to look that up for you. Gimme a sec:

Mat '34 "Dieseldrie" and the Mat '40 "Dieselvijf"







And a Mat '34 1934 pattern second class interior shot:

And I nearly forgot the obscure omBC which dates back to 1937. Only 8 were ever produced and five were lost during the war. The other three were removed by the 1950s and early 1960s.

[ixulescu]

In fact.. after the war.. we had those streamliners with us for a long, long time (and they evolved from diesel to electric): from the Mat '46 (the first electric streamliners were the Mat '35 and Mat '36) to the Plan X (Blauwe Engel) and Kameel to the famous Mat '54. Later models like the Mat '64, DE3 and DE4 retained many of their characteristics but are no longer designated as streamliners but technically speaking the Mat '54 was our first high speed train as a test in 1958 led to one train reaching 160 km/h. The last of these Mat '64's retired in 2016 so I have very vivid memories.

nice, I like this Dutch EMU



reminds me of the famous GM EMD diesel locomotives of that era, but less butch




I agree that streamlined art deco is so cool

[The Lawspeaker]

nice, I like this Dutch EMU



reminds me of the famous GM EMD diesel locomotives of that era, but less butch




I agree that streamlined art deco is so cool

The Mat '54. The trains of my early childhood.