German Steam Locomotive Museum

German Steam Locomotive Museum

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German Steam Locomotive Museum

The German Steam Locomotive Museum (Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum) or DDM is located at the foot of the famous Schiefe Ebene ramp on the Ludwig South-North Railway in Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia. This region is in northern Bavaria, Germany. The DDM was founded in 1977.

Facilities

The museum is in the former

History

The locomotive shed was built in 1895 by the

Locomotives

Around 30

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  DRG Class 01 locomotive 01 111
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  Number 01 118, a DRG Class 01 from the Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt at the water crane in the coal yard.
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  A DB Class 10, number 10 001.
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  Visiting the DDM: DRG classes 01 and 03 compared.
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  Number 98 307, the DDM's own Glaskasten (Bavarian PtL 2/2).
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  Drive of number 03 131, a DRG Class 03.
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  View inside the DDM's roundhouse.
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  Numbers 38 2383, a Prussian P 8, and 78 246, a Prussian T 18.
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  Number 86 283 (DRG Class 86) at the DDM in historical photo-grey livery
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  93 526 (Prussian T 14.1) in the DDM workshop
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  Steam-operated snow machine (Schneefräse) 979 4100 at the DDM.
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  DB museum loco 103 224-2, a DB Class 103.
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  Two working narrow-gauge steam locomotives.
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  Narrow-gauge steam engine 99 1562-0, a Meyer-type engine (IV K

  )
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  Shunting tank locomotive 80 013 (DRG Class 80), Hagans Fabriknummer 1227, 1927^[2]
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  A Feldbahn locomotive, number 1757, a former German Army engine from the

  First World War

Other exhibits

Various steam locomotive parts are also displayed, such as the

The museum runs trips over the Schiefe Ebene during the summer from Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg to Marktschorgast and the Mönchshof Brewery at Kulmbach.^[3] A Class 796 Uerdingen railbus is stabled at the museum for these services and steam locomotives are also employed.

See also

• History of rail transport in Germany
• Royal Bavarian State Railways
• Deutsche Reichsbahn
• Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Schiefe Ebene

References