Saxon Railway Museum
The Saxon Railway Museum (Sächsisches Eisenbahnmuseum or SEM, today "Schauplatz Eisenbahn") is located in
After the locomotive depot was closed in 1992, the society moved into the buildings which were protected as historical monuments. As a result, the museum has two
The exhibition area describes and portrays the evolution of the railway in Saxony and especially in the area of Chemnitz. In addition to an extensive range of steam, diesel and electric locomotives, the museum also has a large collection of operational, narrow-gauge, Feldbahn engines.
Many of the locomotives on show are loaned from private individuals, from the Dresden Transport Museum or the Nuremberg Transport Museum. As a result, the museum's collection includes the following:
- Ex-Saxon XII H2 steam locomotive, no. 38 205
- DRG Class 43 steam locomotive, no. 43 001
- Ex-Saxon XIV HT steam locomotive, no. 75 515
- DRG Class 86 steam locomotive, no. 86 001
- DR Class V 180 diesel locomotive, no. 180 141
- DR Class 119 diesel locomotive, no. 219 003
- DR Class V 60 diesel locomotive, no. V 60 1001
- DRB Class E 94 electric locomotive, no. 254 059
- DRG Class E 44 electric locomotive, no. E 44 045.
Special vehicles in the museum's fleet include a
There is also a working
The SEM, together with the Museum of Technology Cable Running System, are also known as "Schauplatz Eisenbahn" (both located in Hilbersdorf). This new technical museum area is the largest one historic railway complex in Germany.
References
- ISBN 978-3-928959-50-6, serial 312a
- ^ Dampfbahnmagazin, Spezial 31, 2020
- ^ Denkmale der Industrie und Technik, Bäßler-Verlag, Berlin, 2016
Literature
Egon Kretzschmar: Die Bahnbetriebswerke in Chemnitz/Karl-Marx-Stadt Bildverlag Böttger, Witzschdorf 2003
External links
- Media related to Sächsisches Eisenbahnmuseum at Wikimedia Commons
- Website of the Saxon Railway Museum