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Published: 2015-08-17 18:25:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 481; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 2
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Description Spontin (Belgium), August 16th 2015

Locomotive "Bison" (La Meuse 3292) arrives at the Spontin station to a lot of attention.  The little industrial locomotive, built by La Meuse in Liège (Belgium) in 1928, was on a visit from the Dutch railway preservation society Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele - despite its Belgian roots, the locomotive has been in Dutch ownership ever since it was built. (as an industrial locomotive from 1928 to 1971, and as a museum locomotive since 1972).

"Bison" is one of a large number of "La Meuse" industrial locomotives which have been preserved:

La Meuse 2804 "MF 83" (1916)


La Meuse 3176 "Magda" (1925)


La Meuse 3223 "Bebert" (1926)


La Meuse 4057 "AD 08" (1950)


... to name just a few.
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Comments: 21

WereOwl-In-Wisconsin [2015-08-22 04:25:35 +0000 UTC]

Almost looks like James the Red Engine. I feel so nostalgic right now...

Do bison even exist in Holland or Belgium?

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kanyiko In reply to WereOwl-In-Wisconsin [2015-08-22 16:39:19 +0000 UTC]

They do, but they're not the species you would be familiar with.  The European Bison, or Wisent, was once a critically endangered species, though it has since been downgraded to "vulnerable" status thanks to preservation programmes.  They were reintroduced into the wild in 1951, and while "wild" herds exist in France (ca. 50, reintroduced 2005), Germany (ca. 8, reintroduced 2013) and the Netherlands (ca. 24, reintroduced 2013), there has, at present, not yet been a reintroduction of the species in Belgium.  But they are present in a number of zoos over here.

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Hehe.  A wild Dutch Bison visiting from the Netherlands... :3

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WereOwl-In-Wisconsin In reply to kanyiko [2015-08-25 02:31:36 +0000 UTC]

I've actually read about the wisent before, but I didn't realize that they existed west of Poland. Still, if their temperament is anything like American bison, it probably creates all sorts of interesting traffic problems. Just picture it: two lazy bison stop for a veggie burger in mid-migration, and tie up traffic in Bruxelles or Ypres for an hour.

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kanyiko In reply to WereOwl-In-Wisconsin [2015-08-25 07:33:25 +0000 UTC]

I can imagine that.  After all, after the recent zebras...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_SdjO…

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WereOwl-In-Wisconsin In reply to kanyiko [2015-08-26 21:26:49 +0000 UTC]

How does that even happen???

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kanyiko In reply to WereOwl-In-Wisconsin [2015-08-26 21:33:30 +0000 UTC]

Beats me, they never really explained that... x_x

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WereOwl-In-Wisconsin In reply to kanyiko [2015-08-27 04:47:16 +0000 UTC]

If I didn't know better, I'd suggest that the camera had too much to drink and simply imagined the whole thing. But I'm not sure if electronics actually work like that.

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kanyiko In reply to WereOwl-In-Wisconsin [2015-08-27 09:45:21 +0000 UTC]

lol! XD

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WereOwl-In-Wisconsin In reply to kanyiko [2015-08-27 20:43:33 +0000 UTC]

Belgian beer isn't strong enough to cause mass hallucinations real enough to be caught on film, is it?

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kanyiko In reply to WereOwl-In-Wisconsin [2015-08-27 21:05:59 +0000 UTC]

Depends on which beer it is.  I doubt a De Koninck (5%) could, but a Cuvée Delphine On Steroids (40%) probably could!

I kinda fear to think what a Brewmaster Snake Venom (Scotland, 67,5%) would do, though.  I doubt the camera would survive the experience!

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WereOwl-In-Wisconsin In reply to kanyiko [2015-08-28 06:00:35 +0000 UTC]

Well, I'm a non-drinker, so I honestly wouldn't know the difference either way. Although that would make for a neat experiment - see how long an electronic device has to be soaked in a container of whiskey before it shorts out.

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kanyiko In reply to WereOwl-In-Wisconsin [2015-08-28 07:02:49 +0000 UTC]

I guess it all depends on how well the camera has been built can take its drink...

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County1006 [2015-08-18 08:11:12 +0000 UTC]

That's a pretty little engine!

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kanyiko In reply to County1006 [2015-08-18 10:51:54 +0000 UTC]

She was a very lucky one - she went straight from retirement into preservation, unlike so many other steamers.  Of course, in the Netherlands, steam had already gone out as early as 1958 (!), so the nostalgic movement was much stronger down there than it was up here (the first preservation society only started over here in 1973, one year after "Bizon" had done her first miles in preservation in the Netherlands...)

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County1006 In reply to kanyiko [2015-08-18 11:11:23 +0000 UTC]

I think it's much better if they don't linger in a scrapyard for years! Thanks for your faves Kanyiko!

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kanyiko In reply to County1006 [2015-08-18 11:39:41 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!

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MensjeDeZeemeermin [2015-08-17 20:08:32 +0000 UTC]

A very beautiful survivor of a great family of machines.

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kanyiko In reply to MensjeDeZeemeermin [2015-08-31 21:27:13 +0000 UTC]

She sure is! :3

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JSH50 [2015-08-17 18:31:15 +0000 UTC]

Cutie!

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Rockyrailroad578 [2015-08-17 18:30:03 +0000 UTC]

Striking livery there!

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kanyiko In reply to Rockyrailroad578 [2015-08-31 21:27:37 +0000 UTC]

Sure is! :3

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