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Railway Vehicle Preservation Society
The Railway Vehicle Preservation Society (''Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung von Schienenfahrzeugen e.V.'' or GES) is one of the oldest societies in Germany that runs a museum railway. The headquarters of the GES is in Stuttgart. Formation The society was founded on 8 December 1965 by a group of tramway fans within the so-called ''Verkehrsfreunde Stuttgart'' society, that had signed up for the preservation and care of the last remaining railcar, no. 126, from the former '' Filderbahn'' as well as other historically valuable trams. After the Stuttgart Tram Company (''Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen'' or ''SSB'') had shown no interest in building up a museum collection and the ''Filderbahn'' railcar 126 could only be preserved by keeping it at Ludwigsburg, the GES turned at the end of the 1960s to the more promising theme of opening a railway. The engagement of the GES for the preservation and subsequent restoration of the ''Filderbahn'' wagon laid the foundation stone for the present-day coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttgart-Vaihingen Station
Vaihingen station is located on the Gäu Railway (german: Gäu bahn) in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is served by regional services and Stuttgart S-Bahn lines S1, S2 and S3. It is also a hub for public transport to the Filder plain. History The Royal Württemberg State Railways opened the Gäu Railway from Stuttgart to Freudenstadt together with Vaihingen auf den Fildern station on 2 September 1879. This was then about 400 metres southeast of Vaihingen village and consisted of the existing entrance building and a freight terminal building. In 1891, the Filder Railway Company (''Filderbahn-Gesellschaft'') decided to establish a line from Möhringen to Vaihingen station, which was approved by the government on 14 April 1896. The first train ran to Vaihingen on 23 December 1897. The metre gauge tracks were to the east of the State Railways’ standard gauge tracks. In 1898 a Rollbock facility was built at the station to enable standard gauge freight wagons to be tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Museums In Germany
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Württemberg T 3
The Württemberg T 3s were German steam locomotives with the Royal Württemberg State Railways (''Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen'') delivered between 1891 and 1913. These tank locomotives were built for hauling goods trains and had three coupled axles but no carrying axles. All 110 examples went into the Deutsche Reichsbahn fleet where they were incorporated as DRG Class 89.3-4 in the numbering plan. By 1945 almost all of them had been retired or transferred to industry. Three locomotives were rescued from the scrap yard, one of which is being presently restored to operational condition by the Railway Vehicle Preservation Society (''Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung von Schienenfahrzeugen''). The Class T 3 L engines of the Royal Württemberg State Railways were also 0-6-0 tank locomotives and intended for goods train duties. Four examples were built, of which one survived into the Deutsche Reichsbahn fleet and was numbered as 89 411 within Class 89.3-4 of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orenstein & Koppel
Orenstein & Koppel (normally abbreviated to "O&K") was a major Germany, German engineering company specialising in railway vehicles, escalators, and heavy equipment. It was founded on April 1, 1876 in Berlin by Benno Orenstein and Arthur Koppel. Originally a general engineering company, O&K soon started to specialise in the manufacture of railway vehicles. The company also manufactured heavy equipment and escalators. O&K pulled out of the railway business in 1981. Its escalator-manufacturing division was spun off to the company's majority shareholder at the time, Krupp, Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, in 1996, leaving the company to focus primarily on construction machines. The construction-equipment business was sold to New Holland Construction, at the time part of the Fiat Group, in 1999. Founding and railway work The Orenstein & Koppel Company was a mechanical engineering, mechanical-engineering firm that first entered the railway-construction field, building locomotives a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waggonfabrik Rastatt
( en, Rastatt Coach Factory) is a German public-limited company based in Rastatt in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. Its chief products are tramway vehicles and railway coaches and wagons. The firm was founded in and built, for example, tramways for the Upper Rhine Railway Company (''Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'' or ''OEG''), Karlsruhe Transport Company (''Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH'') and Stuttgart Tramways (''Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG''). In its early days it also built rolling stock for the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways The Grand Duchy of Baden was an independent state in what is now southwestern Germany until the creation of the German Empire in 1871. It had its own state-owned railway company, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways (''Großherzoglich Badische .... After the acquisition of the majority of shares by Bauknecht the coach factory in 1971 was converted into a limited liability company ('' GmbH'') and its pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreis Oldenburger Eisenbahn
Kreis is the German word for circle. Kreis may also refer to: Places * , or circles, various subdivisions roughly equivalent to counties, districts or municipalities ** Districts of Germany (including and ) ** Former districts of Prussia, also known as ** ''Kreise'' of the former Electorate of Saxony *, or Imperial Circles, ceremonial associations of several regional monarchies () and/or imperial cities () in the Holy Roman Empire People * Harold Kreis (born 1959), Canadian-German ice hockey coach * Jason Kreis (born 1972), American soccer player * Melanie Kreis (born 1971), German businesswoman * Wilhelm Kreis (1873–1955), German architect Music and culture *'' Der Kreis'', a Swiss gay magazine * ''Kreise'' (album), a 2017 album by Johannes Oerding See also * Krai, an administrative division in Russia * Kraj, an administrative division in Czechia and Slovakia * Okręg, an administrative division in Poland * Okres Okres (Czech and Slovak term meaning "district" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (ME), was a German engineering firm that manufactured locomotives, tramways, railway wagons, roll-blocks, technical equipment for the railways, (turntables and traversers), bridges, steel structures, pumps and boilers. Founding It was founded by Emil Kessler on 11 March 1846 in Stuttgart, as a result of an initiative of the Kingdom of Württemberg to create a railway industry that was not dependent on foreign manufacturers. Emil Kessler brought vital experience from his time with the engineering works in Karlsruhe, where he had been a member of the board since 1837 and the sole director since 1842. The foundation stone of the new factory was laid at Esslingen am Neckar on 4 May 1846. One year later, in October 1847, the first locomotive ordered by the Royal Württemberg State Railways (''Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen'') or ''K.W.St. E.'' was delivered. History After the death of Emil Kessler in 1867 his 26-year-old son, Emil Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a total area of nearly , it is the third-largest German state by both area (behind Bavaria and Lower Saxony) and population (behind North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria). As a federated state, Baden-Württemberg is a partly-sovereign parliamentary republic. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Other major cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Ulm. What is now Baden-Württemberg was formerly the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg became a state of West Germany in April 1952 by the merger of Württemberg-Baden, South Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lok 16
Lok or LOK may refer to: Places * Lok, Serbia, a village * Lok, Levice District, Slovakia, a village * Lok, Pakistan, a village * Loka (pronounced Lok): a plane of existence in Dharma People Surname Lok (English origin) * Anne Locke, Lock or Lok (1530–after 1590), English poet, translator and Calvinist * William Lok (1480–1550), usher to Henry VIII * Henry Lok (1553?-1608?), English poet, grandson of William Lok * John Lok, English sea captain, son of William Lok * Michael Lok, (c.1532–c.1621), English traveller, son of William Lok * Rose Lok (1526–1613), English writer, daughter of William Lok Surname Lok (Chinese origin 駱) * Anna Suk-Fong Lok, gastroenterologist at the University of Michigan * Felix Lok (b. 1953), Hong Kong actor * Rose Lok (pilot) (b. 1912) * Lok Kwan Hoi, Hong Kong rower Surname Lok (Other origins) * Cees Lok (born 1966), Dutch former footballer Fictional characters * Lok, the protagonist of William Golding's novel '' The Inheritors'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuhausen Auf Den Fildern
Neuhausen auf den Fildern is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located 13 km southeast of Stuttgart. It is the birthplace of the Fortepiano builder Anton Walter Gabriel Anton Walter (5 February 1752 – 11 April 1826) was a builder of pianos. The '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' describes him as "the most famous Viennese piano maker of his time".Latcham (2009) Life Walter was born in Neuha .... References Esslingen (district) Württemberg {{Esslingen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
