geblindeerde treinen (English: “Armored trains”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Used to test newly laid sections of the Atjeh-tram through hostile territory.
Translation
Armored trains
Description
Used to test newly laid sections of the Atjeh-tram through hostile territory.
Significance
The term geblindeerde treinen is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 292.