The Dendermonde–Puurs Steam Railway (''Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs'') is a

heritage railway A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) ...

situated in the Belgian provinces of

East Flanders East Flanders ( ; ; ; ) is a Provinces of Belgium, province of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands, Dutch province of Zeeland and the Belgian provinces of Antwerp (province), Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut (provinc ...

(''Oost-Vlaanderen'') and

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(''Antwerpen''). It runs from the town of

Dendermonde Dendermonde (; , ) is a city in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders in Belgium. The Municipalities of Belgium, municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, M ...

to the town of

Puurs Puurs () is a former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. It is located in the Flanders, Flemish Region. The municipality comprised the towns of Breendonk, Liezele, , Ruis ...

over about of (

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the ...

) track. The railway is maintained by SDP, a non-profit historical railway society. SDP, which stands for '' Stoomtrein Dendermonde Puurs'', or ''Steam train Dendermonde Puurs '', has a depot at the railway station in Baasrode-Noord. The trains are pulled by both

steam Steam is water vapor, often mixed with air or an aerosol of liquid water droplets. This may occur due to evaporation or due to boiling, where heat is applied until water reaches the enthalpy of vaporization. Saturated or superheated steam is inv ...

and

diesel Diesel may refer to: * Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression * Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines * Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine ...

locomotive A locomotive is a rail transport, rail vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, Push–pull train, push–pull operation has become common, and in the pursuit for ...

s. The railway has been used occasionally by various

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and

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production companies to shoot movie scenes that are too elaborate to be filmed on the Belgian national railway network because of the potential disruption to traffic. The best known example of a movie that includes several scenes shot on the railway is ''

Toto le Héros ''Toto the Hero'' () is a 1991 Belgian film (co-produced with France and Germany) by Belgian film director and screenwriter Jaco Van Dormael. It won the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991, and the César Award for Best Foreign ...

''.

Motive Power

Steam locomotives

Diesel locomotives

Railcars

External links

Official site
(in Dutch)
Official site
(English version) Railway lines in Flanders Heritage railways in Belgium Tourist attractions in East Flanders Tourist attractions in Antwerp Province Dendermonde Puurs-Sint-Amands {{Belgium-transport-stub

Motive Power

Steam locomotives

Diesel locomotives

Railcars

See also

External links