On 20 September 1839, together with the Snelheid (Dutch for speed), it hauled the first train between Amsterdam and Haarlem.
On September 20 a train pulled by the locomotives De Arend (and De Snelheid as a backup) left Amsterdam, arriving in a (then) recordbreaking 30 minutes later in Haarlem.
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The history of rail transport in the Netherlands is generally considered to have begun on September 20, 1839 when the first train, drawn by De Arend successfully made the 16 km trip from Amsterdam to Haarlem.
Arend van der Wel (28 March 1933 – 15 September 2013) was a Dutch professional footballer who played for Ajax and SC Enschede; he also worked as a scout and a coach at FC Twente.