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Upper Rhine Railway Company
The Upper Rhine Railway Company (''Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft Mannheim''; OEG, originally also OEG AG, later MVV OEG AG), was a railway infrastructure company and transport company based in Mannheim, Germany. It operated the metre-gauge railways among Mannheim, Heidelberg and Weinheim. The company was merged with MVV Verkehr AG (the Mannheim municipal transport company) on 16 March 2010. Until December 2009, the OEG also operated municipal buses in Weinheim, some bus routes in the southeast of Mannheim and several other bus routes in the vicinity of Schriesheim and Ladenburg. History After the death of Hermann Bachstein in 1908, the Rhenish industrialist Hugo Stinnes took over the majority of SEG in 1909 with the aim of taking control of the electric tramways of the Ruhr and other major cities as part of the RWE (''Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG'') power company so that they could be connected to the electric grid of western G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MVV GmbH
Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. Because their crest is based on the city's coat of arms, an armed angel holding a red shield with a white star, they are nicknamed ''de Sterrendragers'' ("Wearers of Stars") and, in local dialect, ''Us MVV'ke'' ("our little MVV", ). The club's name was formerly Maastrichtse Voetbal Vereniging until 2011, when it was officially changed to include the city name after "MVV." History The early years (1902–1946) In 1902, in an establishment on the famous Vrijthof square, plans were made to found a Maastricht football team. It started with the name MVC (Maastricht Football Club), but they changed its name often during their first years. It was not until 1908 that their current name MVV (Maastrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Mark
The Deutsche Mark (; English: ''German mark''), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" (), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English, it was typically called the "Deutschmark" (). One Deutsche Mark was divided into 100 pfennigs. It was first issued under Allied occupation in 1948 to replace the Reichsmark and served as the Federal Republic of Germany's official currency from its founding the following year. On 31 December 1998, the Council of the European Union fixed the irrevocable exchange rate, effective 1 January 1999, for German mark to euros as DM 1.95583 = €1. In 1999, the Deutsche Mark was replaced by the euro; its coins and banknotes remained in circulation, defined in terms of euros, until the introduction of euro notes and coins on 1 January 2002. The Deutsche Mark ceased to be legal tender immediately upon the introduction of the euro—in contrast to the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tram Engine
A tram engine is a steam locomotive specially built, or modified, to run on a street, or roadside, tramway track. Legal requirements In the steam locomotive era, tram engines had to comply with certain legal requirements, although these varied from country to country: * The engine must be governed to a maximum speed of ( in the UK) * No steam or smoke may be emitted * It must be free from the noise produced by blast or clatter * The machinery must be concealed from view at all points above from rail level *Most of the locomotives must have a cab at each end To avoid smoke, the fuel used was coke, rather than coal. To prevent visible emission of steam, two opposite systems were used: * condensing the exhaust steam and returning the condensate to the water tank * Reheating the exhaust steam to make it invisible Builders United Kingdom ;Great Eastern Railway The Great Eastern Railway built ten Class G15 0-4-0T trams from 1883 to 1897 and twelve Class C53 0-6-0T trams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steam Locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomotive's boiler to the point where it becomes gaseous and its volume increases 1,700 times. Functionally, it is a steam engine on wheels. In most locomotives, the steam is admitted alternately to each end of its cylinders, in which pistons are mechanically connected to the locomotive's main wheels. Fuel and water supplies are usually carried with the locomotive, either on the locomotive itself or in a tender coupled to it. Variations in this general design include electrically-powered boilers, turbines in place of pistons, and using steam generated externally. Steam locomotives were first developed in the United Kingdom during the early 19th century and used for railway transport until the middle of the 20th century. Richard Trevithick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OEG Dampflok 56 In Mannheim 100 7275 , or Upper Rhine Railway Company
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Mannheim-Käfertal–Heddesheim Railway
The Mannheim-Käfertal–Heddesheim railway is a metre-gauge railway between Mannheim-Käfertal and Heddesheim, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was built by the former ''Oberrheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG'' (Upper Rhine Railway Company, OEG), later ''MVV OEG AG'' and is now operated by ''MVV Verkehr GmbH'' (infrastructure owner) and '' RNV'' (operations manager and train operator) according to Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung für Schmalspurbahnen (narrow-gauge railway regulations; ESBO). However, the 6.5 km-long line is still owned by ''MVV Verkehr AG'' (the City of Mannheim's transport utility) as the successor to the OEG. It is operated as a branch line using electronic direct traffic control. History The line was opened on 1 May 1909 by the South German Railway Company (''Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG'', SEG) as a branch of the Mannheim–Weinheim line, which was opened in 1887. However, it was sometimes unpopular among the people of Walls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannheim Kurpfalzbrücke–Edingen–Heidelberg Railway
The Mannheim Kurpfalzbrücke–Heidelberg railway is a metre-gauge railway between central Mannheim and Heidelberg-Bergheim. It was built by the former ''Oberrheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG'' (Upper Rhine Railway Company, OEG), later ''MVV OEG AG'' and is now operated by ''MVV Verkehr GmbH'' (infrastructure owner) and '' RNV'' (operations manager and train operator) according to Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung für Schmalspurbahnen (narrow-gauge railway regulations; ESBO). The route connects the Mannheim tram network with the Heidelberg tram network. However, the line is still owned by ''MVV Verkehr AG'' (the City of Mannheim's transport utility) as the successor to the OEG. It is operated as a branch line using electronic direct traffic control. History The first years of operations Although Mannheim and Heidelberg were already connected by the Rhine Valley Railway since 1840, there were efforts in the 1880s to build a narrow-gauge railway between these cities in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weinheim–Heidelberg Railway
The Weinheim–Heidelberg railway is a metre-gauge railway between Weinheim and Heidelberg in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was built by the former ''Oberrheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG'' (Upper Rhine Railway Company, OEG), later ''MVV OEG AG'' and is now operated by ''MVV Verkehr GmbH'' (infrastructure owner) and '' RNV'' (operations manager and train operator) according to Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung für Schmalspurbahnen (narrow-gauge railway regulations; ESBO). A short dual gauge section between Heidelberg and Schriesheim was formerly operated to carry standard gauge freight. It is operated as a branch line using electronic direct traffic control. History Construction and opening Although Weinheim and Heidelberg were already connected by the Main-Neckar Railway since 1846, there were efforts in the 1880s to build a narrow-gauge railway between these cities in order to connect the smaller towns along the Bergstraße (mountain road) with a railway. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannheim–Weinheim Railway
The Mannheim–Weinheim railway is a metre-gauge railway between Mannheim-Neckarstadt-Ost/Wohlgelegen and Weinheim, mainly in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was built by the former ''Oberrheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG'' (Upper Rhine Railway Company, OEG), later ''MVV OEG AG'' and is now operated by ''MVV Verkehr GmbH'' (infrastructure owner) and '' RNV'' (operations manager and train operator) according to Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung für Schmalspurbahnen (narrow-gauge railway regulations; ESBO). However, the line is still owned by ''MVV Verkehr AG'' (the City of Mannheim's transport utility) as the successor to the OEG. It is operated as a branch line using electronic direct traffic control. History The first years of operations In 1886, the ''Centralverwaltung für Secundärbahnen Herrmann Bachstein'' (Hermann Bachstein Branch Line Central Organisation) was awarded the concession for the line from Mannheim to Käfertal and Viernheim to Weinheim, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr
Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (RNV; English: Rhine-Neckar Transport) is a company operating public transport in the Rhine-Neckar region of Germany, including the cities of Heidelberg, Mannheim and Ludwigshafen am Rhein. History RNV was established on 1 October 2004 as a joint subsidiary of the five public transport operators that had previously operated in the region: the Heidelberg Tramway (''Heidelberger Straßen- und Bergbahn'', HSB), MVV Transport (''MVV Verkehr'', the operator of trams and buses in Mannheim), the Upper Rhine Railway Company (''Oberrheinische Eisenbahn'', later called ''MVV OEG''), the operator of the Rhine-Haardt Railway (''Rhein-Haardt Bahn'', RHB) and ''Verkehrsbetriebe Ludwigshafen'' (the operator of municipal public transport in Ludwigshafen, VBL). Since 1 March 2005, RNV provides transport services on behalf of its parent companies within the area administered by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) is a transport associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
The Rhein-Neckar-Kreis is a district in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The administrative headquarters are based in the city Heidelberg, which is a district-free city. As of 2019, the district is the most populous in Baden-Württemberg. History The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts of Heidelberg, Mannheim and Sinsheim. Geography The district is named after the two main rivers which flow through the district, the Rhine and Neckar. The highest elevation is 580 m near the 584 m tall peak of the Odenwald mountain Stiefelhöhe, located near Heiligkreuzsteinach. The lowest elevation with 92 m is in Ilvesheim, located in the Neckar valley. Sights Government The district is governed by a district assembly (''Kreistag'') and a district executive (''Landrat''). The eligible voters of the district elect the Kreistag every 5 years. This body in turn elects the Landrat every 8 years. The Landrat is the legal representative of the district as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
