Industrieel Smalspoor Museum

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Industrieel Smalspoormuseum
Industrieel Smalspoormuseum Erica, entree 2.JPG
Stretch of the Industrieel Smalspoor Museum
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Gauge : 900 mm ( narrow gauge )

The Industrieel Smalspoormuseum (ISM) is a narrow gauge - works railway - Museum in the district Amsterdamscheveld the village Emmen Erica in the Dutch province of Drenthe . It is near the village of Emmen-Weiteveen .

The museum, founded in 1984, is located on a 6 hectare site on the Dommerskanaal . In this area was until 1983 peat processed by the Griendtsveen Turfstrooisel Maatschappij to peat. The museum has a collection of light rail locomotives, wagons, tools, photographs and other exhibits.

Round trips are carried out on the narrow-gauge railway tracks with a gauge of 900 mm.

The only remaining peat litter factory in the Netherlands is in its original condition with the associated unloading system. There is also a four-track, narrow-gauge railroad engine shed from 1910 that served as a workshop for the museum for years. Both the peat litter factory and the depot are national monuments.

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Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ 41 ″  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 1.7 ″  E