The Franconian Museum Railway (German: ''Fränkische Museums Eisenbahn'') is an association whose purpose is to preserve and promote interest in historic railway vehicles. Since 1996 it has been accredited also as a railway company. The association was established in 1985 in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

. In this industrial city it aims to preserve the memory of the steam locomotive era. Until then there was no such institution except the

Nuremberg Transport Museum The Nuremberg Transport Museum (') is based in Nuremberg, Germany, and consists of the Deutsche Bahn's own DB Museum and the Museum of Communications ('). It also has two satellite museums at Koblenz-Lützel (the '' DB Museum Koblenz'') and Hall ...

. The intention was that the association would not only preserve and document steam rail memorabilia, but also maintain historically authentic stock and operate special rail journeys to capture the "atmosphere" of steam rail travel.

Museum railway

The Franconian Museum Railway runs

steam trains A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the Tractive force#Rail vehicles, force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, Fuel oil, oil or, rar ...

from Nuremberg on the so-called ''Gräfenberger Lokalbahn'' (Grafenberg local line) to the town of Gräfenberg, known as the "Gateway to

Franconian Switzerland Franconian Switzerland (german: Fränkische Schweiz) is an upland in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany and a popular tourist retreat. Located between the River Pegnitz in the east and the south, the River Regnitz in the west and the River Main i ...

", 30 kilometres away. It also runs specials in Bavaria.

Railway vehicles

The society owns the following railway vehicles:

Locomotives

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 locomot ...

52 8195 *

Diesel locomotive A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving whee ...

V 60 11011 *

231 399 *Diesel locomotive V 200 001 *Diesel locomotive V 10b *Diesel locomotive MV 6a *

Shunter A switcher, shunter, yard pilot, switch engine, yard goat, or shifter is a small Rail transport, railroad locomotive used for manoeuvring railroad cars inside a rail yard in a process known as Shunt (railway operations), ''switching'' (US) or ...

DB Köf III, no. 332 271 *Shunter

DRG Köf II German ''Kleinlokomotiven'' (literally: small locomotives) like the DRG Kö II (later: Köf II) were developed as locomotives with a low weight and driving power for light shunting duties. There were two classes, based on engine power. The Cla ...

, no. 322 614 *Shunter 323 016 *Shunter 323 733 *Shunter 323 958 *Shunter Kö Typ RL12 *Shunter Kö Typ N4 *Shunter TGK 2 (former USSR)

Wagons

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75 406 Nür *Rebuild coach 75 686 Nür *Rebuild coach 87 650 Nür *Rebuild coach 87 939 Nür *Rebuild coach 88 350 Nür *Rebuild coach 89 203 Nür *Rebuild coach 90 354 Nür *

Donnerbüchse The German term ''Donnerbüchse'' (plural: ''Donnerbüchsen'', formerly ''Donnerwagen'') means "thunderbox" and is the nickname for the four-wheeled, open, passenger coaches, built from 1921 onwards, that served with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. In con ...

83 485 Nür *Donnerbüchse 84 030 Nür *Donnerbüchse - *Donnerbüchse - *

Express train An express train is a type of passenger train that makes a small number of stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, allowing faster service than Local train, local trains that stop at most or all of the s ...

coach 11 544 Nür *

Dining car A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (British English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant. It is distinct from other railroad food service cars that ...

51 50 88-45 030-6 *Makeshift

passenger coach A passenger railroad car or passenger car (United States), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (United Kingdom and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (India) is a railroad car that is designed to carry passen ...

302 313 Nür *Makeshift passenger coach 302 682 Nür *

Luggage van A passenger railroad car or passenger car (United States), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (United Kingdom and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (India) is a railroad car that is designed to carry passeng ...

50 80 92-11 789-6 *Half luggage van 98 133 Nür *Luggage van 20 80 950 6 902-6

References

External links

Official Website
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