Darmstadt Railway Museum
1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions and hands-on displays
Located in Darmstadt-Kranichstein, the Eisenbahn Museum occupies a railroad depot established in 1898. The museum has been open for over 30 years, and has over 40 locomotives and more than 150 carriages in their collection.
It features working steam and diesel locomotives, a large model train layout, historical vehicles and displays, and frequently-scheduled steam train excursions. Historic working steam engines include a still-operational DRG 23 042, 01 1056, 41 024 and 44 404 steam engines, steam locomotive 4981 “Mainz”, (a Prussian G 8) that was transferred from Turkey, the Austrian locomotive 97 210, a rack railway steam engine from the Erzberg railway, the DB locomotive number 103 101-2 the DRG E 16 08 electric engine, and several DB Class V 36 diesel locomotives
The museum operates steam excursions monthly in conjunction with the Deutsch Bundesbahn.
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Category: Unique Collections
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Edited by: spinkk, Annetta