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Planning a trip to Amsterdam in April 2023. Any recommend model RR or Train museums, layouts, or locations
that I could visit.
TIA

JeffZCT Wrote:
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> Planning a trip to Amsterdam in April 2023. Any
> recommend model RR or Train museums, layouts, or
> locations  that I could visit.
> TIA

Netherlands Railway Museum is in Utrecht, short ride from Amsterdam. https://www.spoorwegmuseum.nl/en/visit/visitor-information

Amserdam Central is about the best place for pictures / train watching, if you want a different view of the station take a ride on the ferry [back of the station] to NDSM and back [Ithink it is the F4] [the ferry is free].
 As above Utrecht is only 30 minutes away, there is also a shuttle service between Utrecht Central and the museum.
An Amsterdam region travel ticket allows unlimited travel on NS and GVB [tram and bus] services, you can go a fair distance on the NS services. i.e..  A ride out to Haarlem to see the station, well preserved with lots of wood panelling etc.

Steam locomotives and some mainline steam-powered excursions run by:
(Most organizations do not have their 2023 schedules posted yet)

https://www.stoomstichting.nl/
https://stoomtrein.org/dienstregeling
https://www.stoomtram.nl/

and many others. Here is a list from Google:

https://www.google.com/search?q=nederland%20stoomtrein&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS922US922&oq=nederland+sttomtrein&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160l4.6296j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:1&tbm=lcl&sxsrf=ALiCzsZEfNenyyRPCK-CNqael4NBBOFTEg:1668188666182&rflfq=1&num=10&rldimm=10492540688593092513&lqi=ChRuZWRlcmxhbmQgc3Rvb210cmVpbhnfd_wRaiYhLEitwI1KWh4QARgAIhRuZWRlcmxhbmQgc3Rvb210cmVpbjICbmySAQtyYWlsX211c2V1bZoBI0NoWkRTVWhOTUc5blMwVkpRMEZuU1VSbGJITklTbVJCRUFFqgESEAEqDiIKc3Rvb210cmVpbigC4AEA&phdesc=qb43khWhSww&ved=2ahUKEwiBtPaG16b7AhVzoWoFHYTKD6kQvS56BAgtEAE&sa=X&rlst=f#rlfi=hd:;si:7961529049319300474,l,ChRuZWRlcmxhbmQgc3Rvb210cmVpbkipofEBWhwQASIUbmVkZXJsYW5kIHN0b29tdHJlaW4yAm5skgELcmFpbF9tdXNldW2aASNDaFpEU1VoTk1HOW5TMFZKUTBGblNVTXdYM0ZFVUZaUkVBRaoBEhABKg4iCnN0b29tdHJlaW4oAuABAA,y,7CzTVjup_DM;mv:[[52.76456511076166,7.943217321093758],[50.28759644483188,-0.29652877265624156],null,[51.54293054704124,3.8233442742187584],8]

Have a great trip!
- Doug Debs

In Rotterdam, an about 45 minute train trip from Amsterdam, you'll find https://www.miniworldrotterdam.com near the station.
They have some big modell train layouts.

There's a ton of cab-ride videos on YouTube you can look at to scout locations around Amsterdam (generally stations).

Ray