South German Railway Museum
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The South German Railway Museum (Süddeutsches Eisenbahnmuseum Heilbronn or SEH) is a
It was founded in 1998.Aims
The museum has the following aims:
1. To preserve the site of the former Heilbronn
2. To preserve historical railway vehicles and their associated infrastructure and to display them to the general public.
The members of the board of trustees work for the museum as volunteers.
Site and Description of the Museums
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The museum is located in the former
Members of the museum restore locomotives and wagons from the period 1895 to the 1950s. In addition, the roundhouse opened in 1893 is being refurbished. This is the only remaining roundhouse from the time of the Royal Württemberg State Railways that can still be seen in its original state.
Museum Vehicles
Here is a brief overview of the locomotives and wagons owned by the museum. A detailed description of these exhibits may be found on the museum website.
Steam Locomotives
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The steam locomotives which can be seen include the following:
- Steam locomotive Prussian P 8
- Steam locomotive DRG Class 01.10
- Steam locomotive DB Class 23
- Steam locomotive DRG Class 44
- Steam locomotive DRB Class 50
- Steam locomotive DR Class 52.80
- Steam locomotive DRG Class 64 "Bubikopf"
- Steam locomotive DRG Class 80
- Steam locomotive DRG Class 86
- Express locomotive (French) SNCF Class 231 K
- Several industrial locomotives.
The star of the show is undoubtedly the Prussian P 8 steam locomotive, number 38 3199, bought back from Romania and restored to working condition. In addition, numbers 86 457 and 23 105, which were victims of the great fire at Nuremberg-Gostenhof on 17 October 2005, are housed here.
Only the carcasses remain on many of the other valuable steam locomotives, but they are being gradually rebuilt into visual exhibits.
As well as the SEH museum's own locomotives, express train steam engines belonging to the
Diesel Locomotives
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Amongst the diesel locomotives on display are the
Electric Locomotives
The SEH also has a DB Class E 50 and a DRG Class E 63 locomotive in its care and protection.
Wagons
There is a collection of valuable
In the wagon shed a historical saloon coach belonging to the
- Railway vehicles in the state they were delivered to the SEH
Model Railway
An I-gauge
Opening Times and Annual Events
The museum is open to visitors on weekends and public holidays between March and October. Larger events include the steam days in May and the steam engine festival in September that is also combined with a meeting of I-gauge model railway enthusiasts. At the latter, many working layouts and modules are displayed or presented and there are also I-gauge items for sale.
References
- ISBN 978-3-928959-50-6, serial 225
External links
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