Railway accident near Halfweg (1972)

At the Railway accident near Halfweg on 22 November 1972, the locomotive of a work train derailed near Halfweg in North Holland.

2279 (class 2201-2350), which hauled a work train near Halfweg.

After the derailment it came in the mud beside the embankment to a standstill.

[1] Although the locomotive had just been refurbished in the Tilburg workshops, it could not be salvaged from the accident site, which was very muddy being a combination of peat and swamp.

The longer the locomotive was left there, the more it sank into the muddy soil.