Spoorijzer
Spoorijzer NV , or SIJ for NV Spoorwegmaterieel en IJzerconstructie , was a manufacturer of narrow-gauge railways in Delft , the Netherlands .
history
On November 4th, 1912, JC Goudriaan's Industrie- en Exportmaatschappij was founded.
The company built around 100 rail tractors in the 1950s , which were used in brickworks, among other places, to replace horses. A total of about 160 narrow-gauge locomotives and beyond many were Loren built. The last SIJ buildings were closed in 1977 after several business takeovers.
Web links
Commons : Spoorijzer - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Henk Kolkmann: Spoorijzer. (PDF; 17.5 MB) Part 1, Op de Rails, September 1997. Pages 332–338 (Dutch).
- ↑ Rogier Bennebroek: Spoorijzer (Dutch).
- ↑ Henk Kolkmann: Spoorijzer. (PDF; 15.5 MB) Part 2, Op de Rails, October 1997. Pages 366–371 (Dutch).