The German Steam Locomotive Museum (''Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum'') or DDM is located at the foot of the famous ''

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'' ramp on the Ludwig South-North Railway in Neuenmarkt,

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. This region is in northern

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. The DDM was founded in 1977.

Facilities

The museum is in the former

locomotive shed The motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is the place where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained when not being used. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine she ...

(''Bahnbetriebswerk'') at Neuenmarkt- Wirsberg station. It comprises a 15-road roundhouse,

water cranes A water crane is a device used for delivering a large volume of water into the tank or tender of a steam locomotive. The device is also called a water column in the United States and Australia. As a steam locomotive consumes large quantities of w ...

, a

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with an off-centre pivot, a coaling facility and a ''Ruge'' coal crane in a newly built 'old fashioned' working coal yard.

History

The locomotive shed was built in 1895 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways and extended in 1923 by the

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. Amongst others, pusher locomotives e. g. DRG Class 95s (ex-

Prussian T 20 The German DRG Class 95 was a ten-coupled tank locomotive with a 2-10-2 Whyte notation, wheel arrangement, which was procured by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (also referred to later as the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft or ''DRG'') in 1922 for haulin ...

s) and Class 96s (ex-

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Mallet locomotives) were stationed there. One example of a Class 95 may be seen in the museum.

Locomotives

Around 30

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may be seen, including a

Bavarian S 3/6 The Class S 3/6 steam locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (later Class 18.4-5 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn) were express train locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific (Whyte notation) or 2'C1' (UIC classification) wheel arrangement. Of al ...

express engine, a

Bavarian PtL 2/2 The Class PtL 2/2 locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königlich Bayerische Staatseisenbahn'') were light and very compact superheated steam locomotives for operation on Bavarian branch lines (known generally as ''Lokalbahnen''). ...

(a tiny tank engine known as the ''Glaskasten'', literally: 'glass box', the only complete surviving member of its class), a

Prussian P 8 The Prussian Class P 8 of the Prussian state railways (DRG Class 38.10-40 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn) was a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built from 1906 to 1923 by the Berliner Maschinenbau (previously Schwartzkopff) and twelve other German factories. Th ...

passenger train engine and a Saxon XIV HT.

locomotives represented include Class 01, 03, 44, 50, 64, and 86 engines and there are

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Class 10 and 23 locomotives, as well as industrial engines. In addition there is a museum-owned narrow-gauge line on the land which is worked by steam and diesel locomotives. An electric express train locomotive, the DB Class 103, may temporarily be seen in the DDM as a museum locomotive.

Photos

Except where stated, all locomotives depicted belong to the DDM. Image:01111_DDM.jpg,

DRG Class 01 The Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft's BR 01 steam locomotives were the first standardised (''Einheitsdampflokomotive'') steam express passenger locomotives built by the unified German railway system. They were of 4-6-2 "Pacific" wheel arrang ...

locomotive 01 111 Image:01118+Wasserkran_DDM.jpg, Number 01 118, a

from the ''Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt'' at the water crane in the coal yard. Image:10001_DDM.jpg, A DB Class 10, number 10 001. Image:031010+01118_DDM.jpg, Visiting the DDM: DRG classes 01 and 03 compared. Image:98307_DDM.jpg, Number 98 307, the DDM's own ''Glaskasten'' (

). Image:BR03_Triebwerk_DDM.jpg, Drive of number 03 131, a

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. Image:Fahrzeughalle_DDM.jpg, View inside the DDM's roundhouse. Image:BR38+BR78_DDM.jpg, Numbers 38 2383, a

, and 78 246, a Prussian T 18. Image:BR86-Fotoanstrich_DDM.jpg, Number 86 283 (

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) at the DDM in historical photo-grey livery Image:BR93-Werkstatt_DDM.jpg, 93 526 ( Prussian T 14.1) in the DDM workshop Image:Schneefraesse_DDM.jpg, Steam-operated snow machine (''Schneefräse'') 979 4100 at the DDM. Image:103 224+TEE_DDM.jpg, DB museum loco 103 224-2, a DB Class 103. Image:Schmalspur_DDM.jpg, Two working narrow-gauge steam locomotives. Image:DR_99_1562_DDM_Wirsberg.jpg,

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steam engine 99 1562-0, a Meyer-type engine ( IV K) Image:80013_DDM.jpg, Shunting tank locomotive 80 013 ( DRG Class 80), Hagans Fabriknummer 1227, 1927 Image:Feldbahn_1757_DDM.jpg, A ''Feldbahn'' locomotive, number 1757, a former German Army engine from the

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Other exhibits

Various steam locomotive parts are also displayed, such as the

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, wheelset and

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block from locomotive number 18 610 ( S 3/6) as well as the sectioned

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from a Prussian G 8. Other exhibits of railway history include a

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, a saloon coach from

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's special train that was used in 1955 by German chancellor,

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, on his historic visit to

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, a

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, a dining car and a historical telegraph station. In addition there is a large

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layout (Theme: the ''Schiefe Ebene''). Also from engine number 18 610 is its tender which is coupled to 18 612.

Railway operations

The museum runs trips over the ''Schiefe Ebene'' during the summer from Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg to Marktschorgast and the ''Mönchshof'' Brewery at Kulmbach.250a A Class 796

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is stabled at the museum for these services and steam locomotives are also employed.

References

External links

* http://www.dampflokmuseum.de DDM home page * http://www.mytrains.at/deutsches_dampflokomotiv_museum.htm Private site about the DDM
Bavarian section of lokomotive-online.com
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