Monument Millions Train Sluiskil

The monument is a reminder of the so-called million train from Sluiskil. At the end of the Second World War, a German freight train stranded in Sluiskil.

The Story of the Million Train:
In 1944 the Germans fled from France to Belgium and Zeeuws-Vlaanderen with a lot of looted material. This looted material was transported in every possible way, including by train, including a train with heavy artillery and several other trains that were filled with looted material behind it. When they arrived at Sluiskil, the Germans could not cross the bridge because there was explosive underneath.

The train with the looted material, the so-called million train with a length of one and a half kilometers, therefore stopped in Sluiskil. Because the Germans at that time had other concerns than to pay attention to the residents of Sluiskil, they went to look at the contents of the train and found livestock, clothing, foodstuffs, radios, motorcycles and all kinds of other items in the train. The residents of Sluiskil did not hesitate and took some of the unattended items from this freight train.

The monument symbolizes two important events for Sluiskil and consists of a piece of rails with an old locomotive that comes from the Coke Factory that was closed in 1999. The monument stands on the site of the old line where the (millions of) train once ran and the old locomotive of Cokes Factory has been used as a reminder of this factory.

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