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The Poephaan Tram Route Information Board

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The Poephaan Tram Route Information Board

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  • Location: Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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    February 6, 2023

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    Next to Den Eik and the clog museum is an information board about the path you are on now. That was once a stretch of tramway line. The tram ran between Zichem and Turnhout, but the steam tram was not strong enough to climb the slope in front of the abbey, so it walked through the woods here. Around 1935, an oil tram was taken into use and it was called 'poehaan' because of, according to the sign, 'the characteristic whistle'.
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    March 2, 2024

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    Not aka tuut tuut, but poop poop did the tram that used to go to Turnhout, from Zichem... The tracks disappeared in 1955...
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    May 24, 2025

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    Read in the brochure "Met de Witte door Zichem"
    Ernest Claes was definitely not a fan of the tram to Averbode/Mol. After a night in a hotel near the railway, he gave it the rather uncharming nickname 'poehaan' because it emitted so much steam and noise.
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