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1960 February, J. N. Faulkner, “The Belgian Railways today”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:
Inevitably the present extent and variety of the Belgian railways will diminish, and within the space of the ten-year plan we can expect to see a modern system concentrated on the main traffic routes like its neighbour in the Netherlands, and with its last steam locomotives and wooden coaches honourably retired to the museum.
