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{{Short description|Heritage railway in Belgium}}
The '''Dendermonde–Puurs Steam Railway''' (''Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs'') is a [[heritage railway]] situated in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] provinces of [[East Flanders]] (''Oost-Vlaanderen'') and [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]] (''Antwerpen'').

It runs from the town of [[Dendermonde]] to the town of [[Puurs]] over about 14&nbsp;km of {{RailGauge|sg}} ([[standard gauge]]) 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 engine|steam]] and [[Diesel engine|diesel]] [[locomotive]]s.

The railway has been used occasionally by various [[film]] and [[television]] production companies to shoot movie scenes that are too elaborate to be filmed on the [[NMBS/SNCB|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]]''.

==Motive Power==
===Steam locomotives===
{| class="wikitable vatop" style="font-size:85%;"
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee"
! Number
! Builder
! Year of construction
! Speed
! Weight
! class="unsortable" | Remark 
! class="unsortable" | Picture 
|-
| 1 Cockerill
| [[John Cockerill (company, 1825–1955)|Cockerill]]
| 1907
| 30&nbsp;km/h
| 17,7 tons 
| Was built in 1907 by [[John Cockerill (company, 1825–1955)|Cockerill]] with the factory number 2643. Delivered at the Meuneries et Brasseries of [[Marchienne-Au-Pont]] and ran till 1971 at ABR in Petit-Enghien. In 1981 began the restoration after which the locomotive went to the Dendermonde–Puurs Steam Railway in 1986. Between 1991 and 1998 number 1 was out of service, after which she was restored. The locomotive has been waiting for an overhaul since 2017. 
| [[Image:Dendermonde-Puurs Railway - 2006-08-20.jpg|125px]]
|-
| 2 Duvel
| [[Henschel & Son|Henschel]]
| 1946
| 40&nbsp;km/h
| 65,9 tons
| Was built in 1946 for the Hersfelder Kreisbahn by [[Henschel & Son|Henschel]] with the factory number 29884. 1953: Hüttenwerke Ilsede Peine.  1960: Castrop-Rauxel. 1970: Eschweiler Bergwerksverein in Alsdorf under the name Anna 2. In 1990 to SDP. Under restoration till 1993 and began its new service life on the railway in 1993/1994. In 1997 after a problem with the firebox was discovered, she was taken out of service.
| [[File:Stoomtrein Dendermonde Puurs Lok 2 Henschel 29884 Duvel.JPG|125px]]
|-
| 3 Wase Kleiputter
| [[Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre|FUF HSP]]
| 1922
| 30&nbsp;km/h
| 19 tons 
| Was built in 1922 by [[Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre|FUF HSP]] with the factory number 1378. Delivered at Scheerders-Kerchove in [[Sint-Niklaas]]. By the late 1960s she went out of service because of leaks in the boiler. In the mid-1980s she arrived in Baasrode. In 2007 her restoration began. The tenders and the cab were adjusted so she could run the entire line. After 3 years the locomotive was in service.  
|[[File:Hsp_aan_het_brugje_van_de_vliet_sis_2015_-_kleur.jpg|125px]] 
|-
| 4 Helena
| [[Société Anonyme Les Ateliers Métallurgiques|Tubize]]
| 1927
| 50&nbsp;km/h
| 40 tons
| Build by the [[Société Anonyme Les Ateliers Métallurgiques de Tubize]] in 1927 at [[Tubize]] with the factory number 2069. Ran for Métallurgie Hoboken till the 1970s. In the 1980s she was donated to SDP. Was restored in 2007. Out of service since 2014, she was back on the rails since 2020.
| [[File: Tubize2069-202106.jpg|125px]] 
|-
| 5 Jojo
| [[John Cockerill (company, 1825–1955)|Cockerill]]
| 1875
| 
| 13,8 tons 
| Build by [[John Cockerill (company, 1825–1955)|Cockerill]] in 1875 with the factory number 975 for the coalmines of Glain near [[Liège]]. In 1970 the locomotive went out of service. Afterwards she went to Kinkepois and Toeristische Trein Zolder. A fellow cockerill loco went to Raeren station, three others were scrapped. In 1990 TTZ moved to As station, where they became known as the Limburgse Stoomvereniging, later Kolenspoor. In 2008 Jojo went to Baasrode. Since 2020 she is under restoration.
| [[File:Cockerill 1878.jpg|125px]]
|-
| 6 Alice
| [[Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre|FUF HSP]]
| 1899
| 
| 
| Build by [[Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre|FUF HSP]] in 1899. 
| [[File:BVSstoomloco2-1.JPG|125px]]
|-
| 7 Taty
| [[Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre|FUF HSP]]
| 1906
| 
| 
| Build by [[Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre|FUF HSP]] in 1906.
| 
|-
| 8 2334
| [[Société Anonyme Les Ateliers Métallurgiques|Tubize]]
| 1948
| 50&nbsp;km/h
| 40 tons
| Build by [[Société Anonyme Les Ateliers Métallurgiques|Les Ateliers Métallurgiques de Tubize]] in 1948 with the factory number 2334. Shares a heavy resemble with number 4 'Helena'. Was active at Charbonnage du Levant in Tertre under the number 16 till the 1970s. The loco was put in the shed and rediscovered in 2000. Initially she went to [[Stoomcentrum Maldegem]]. Later she arrived in Baasrode, where the locomotive is waiting for a possible restoration.
| [[File:Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs Loc 8 2334.JPG|125px]]
|-
| 9 Petit Château
| [[John Cockerill (company, 1825–1955)|Cockerill]]
| 1859
|
| 
| Build by [[John Cockerill (company, 1825–1955)|Cockerill]] in 1859 with the factory number 509. She was initially built for the [[Compagnie du Nord – Belge]] under the number 965, but was later renumbered to 615. In 1934 the loco was sold to Charbonnage de Monceau Fontaine and was taken out of service there in 1965. She ended up in the hands of the [[National Railway Company of Belgium|NMBS]] and was given to SDP in 2013. 
| [[File:PETIT CHÂTEAU.jpg|125px]]
|-
| 10 3083
| [[John Cockerill (company, 1825–1955)|Cockerill]]
| 1924
|
|
| Type IVR with vertical boiler. The loco was built for [[Usine Gustave Boël]], located in [[La Louvière]], and later ended up working at Focquet in [[Vilvoorde]]. After going out of service she was preserved at a heritage railway in England. They never restored 3083 and in 2019 Tubize 2069 vzw bought the loco and brought her to Baasrode. 
|
|-
| 11 2333
| [[Société Anonyme Les Ateliers Métallurgiques|Tubize]]
| 1948
|
|
| 2333 is the almost identical to loco 4 Helena, except she's 80&nbsp;cm shorter and has two axles. The loco was built for the [[Forges de Clabecq]]. She only ran there for a short time and ended up in a shed. When the site was demolished [[Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées|CFV3V]] preserved the loco. In 2021 2333 was bought by Tubize 2069 vzw and in 2022 she was transported from [[Treignes]] to [[Willebroek]].
|
|}

===Diesel locomotives===
{| class="wikitable vatop" style="font-size:85%;"
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee"
! Number
! Class
! Year of construction
! Speed
! Weight
! class="unsortable" | Remark
! class="unsortable" | Picture
|-
| 5922
| [[Belgian Railways Class 59|HLD 59]]
| 1955
|
| 
| Build by [[Cockerill]].
|[[File:HLD 5922 in Sint Amands.jpg|125px]]
|-
| 6219
| [[Belgian Railways Class 62|HLD 62]]
| 1961
|
|
| Build by [[La Brugeoise et Nivelles]]
|[[File:HLD 6219 Baasrode-Noord.jpg|125px]]
|-
| 8463
| HLR 84
| 1954
|
| 
| Build by [[Baume & Marpent]].
| [[File:Dendermonde Puurs 8463.JPG|125px]]
|-
| 8467
| HLR 84
| 1954
|
| 
| Build by [[Baume & Marpent]].
| [[File:Dendermonde Puurs 8467.JPG|125px]]
|-
| 8509
Chicago
| HLR 85
| 1954
| 50
| 57,3
| Build by [[Baume & Marpent]].
| [[File:NMBS 8509.jpg|125px]]
|-
| 9105
| HLR 91
| 1978
|
| 
| Build by [[John Cockerill (company, 1825–1955)|Cockerill]].
|[[File:Cockerill9105.jpg|125px]]
|-
| 8228
Domino
| [[HLR 82|Reeks 82]]
| 1965
| 60
|57
| Build by [[Ateliers Belges Réunies]] in 1965.
|[[File:HLR 8282 in Sint-Gillis-Bij-Dendermonde.jpg|125px]]
|}

===Railcars===
{| class="wikitable vatop" style="font-size:85%;"
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee"
! Number
! Class
! Year of construction
! Speed
! Weight
! class="unsortable" | Remark
! class="unsortable" | Picture
|-
| 4302 
| MW43
| 
| 90&nbsp;km/h
| 52,7 tons
| Was in service from 1954 to the end of December 1986. 
| [[File:Dendermonde Puurs 4302 Baasrode.JPG|125px]]
|-
| 4602
| MW46
| 
| 
| 
| Now in the hands of [[Patrimoine Ferroviaire et Tourisme|TSP]]
| [[File:NMBS 4602-III.JPG|125px]]
|-
| 4614
| MW46
|
|80&nbsp;km/h
|
|Was put into service in 1952 with the number 55414. After her career with the NMBS she was used by the [[Toeristische Trein Zolder]]. Afterwards she was put up as a monument at Maredsous station. Since 2016 the railcar is the property of SDP. 
| [[File:Class 46 DMU plinthed at Maredsous station (292903288).jpg|125px]]
|}

==See also==
{{commons category|Dendermonde-Puurs steam railway}}
*[[Tubize 2069]]
*[[Heritage railway]]
*[[List of heritage railways]]

==External links==
*[http://www.stoomtrein.be Official site] (in Dutch)
*[http://www.stoomtrein.be/en Official site] (English version)

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