Steam train museum from Goes to Borsele
History chuffs into life on the
Goes-Borsele steam train, a real rolling museum. As the awesome loc hisses, its steam whistle shrieks its presence, the sooty stoker grins and winks and the conductor – we call them ‘clippie’ – clips a hole in your ticket. This is the real thing. As your old-time carriages gather speed, you wriggle or you poise, posed, up to you, on your wooden bench in Third class, or your velvety abode in First and Second and you chug past the gardens, level crossings and farms of Zuid-Beveland. At Hoedekenskerke, the kids tumble out onto the playground, take a ride on the miniature train and pop into the old discount store, crammed with trinkets and stuff. That’s a normal day, but they sometimes have special events too.