List of railway museums in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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This list of railway museums in Germany, Austria and Switzerland shows those locations where a heritage railway
or tramway
is operated or a railway museum
or streetcar museum exists. The name of the operating company is given where known.
Eastphalia
Heritage railway
thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...
or tramway
Heritage streetcar
Heritage streetcars or heritage trams are a development of the heritage railways that are becoming popular across the world. As with modern streetcar systems, the vehicles are referred to as trams or tramcars in the United Kingdom, Australasia and certain other places , but as streetcars or...
is operated or a railway museum
Railway museum
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives , railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.See List of railway museums...
or streetcar museum exists. The name of the operating company is given where known.
Baden-Württemberg
- Sinsheim Auto & Technik MuseumSinsheim Auto & Technik MuseumThe Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim is a technology museum in Sinsheim, Germany. Opened in 1981, it is run by a registered association called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e.V." which also runs the Technik Museum Speyer. , it has more than 3,000 exhibits and an exhibition area of more than 50,000 m²...
, SinsheimSinsheimSinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about 22 kilometers southeast of Heidelberg and about 28 kilometers northwest of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. It consists of a city center and 11 suburbs with a total population of 35,605...
, Baden-Württemberg - South German Railway MuseumSouth German Railway MuseumThe South German Railway Museum is a railway museum at Heilbronn in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. It was founded in 1998.-Aims:...
, HeilbronnHeilbronnHeilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn County and with approximately 123.000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....
, Baden-Württemberg
Baden
- AchernAchernAchern is a city in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 18 km southwest of Baden-Baden and 19 km northeast of Offenburg...
–Ottenhöfen im SchwarzwaldOttenhöfen im SchwarzwaldOttenhöfen im Schwarzwald is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
(Achertalbahn, Achertäler Bahnverein e. V.) - Acher Valley RailwayAcher Valley RailwayThe Acher Valley Railway is a 10.4 km long branch line from Achern to Ottenhöfen im Schwarzwald in the Black Forest in Germany that branches off the Rhine Valley Railway.- External links :* * *... - BlumbergBlumbergBlumberg is a municipality situated in the Schwarzwald-Baar region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 19 kilometres south of Donaueschingen, on the southern edge of the Schwarzwald, The Black Forest and lying directly on the border with Switzerland’s Canton of Schaffhausen.-History:The town of Blumberg...
–WeizenStühlingenStühlingen is a town in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the border with Switzerland, with a border crossing to the village of Oberwiesen in Schleitheim municipality, 15 km northwest of Schaffhausen town....
(Wutachtalbahn) - Wutach Valley Railway - EttlingenEttlingenEttlingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about south of the city of Karlsruhe. Ettlingen is the second largest town in the district of Karlsruhe, after Bruchsal.-Geography:...
–Bad HerrenalbBad HerrenalbBad Herrenalb is a municipality in the district of Calw, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the northern Black Forest, 15 km east of Baden-Baden, and 22 km southwest of Pforzheim....
(Albtalbahn, Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde) - Alb Valley RailwayAlb Valley RailwayThe Alb Valley Railway is a railway line in southern Germany that runs from Karlsruhe via Ettlingen to Bad Herrenalb with a branch to Ittersbach. The line is owned and operated, as part of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe, by the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft .... - DBK Historic RailwayDBK Historic RailwayThe DBK Historic Railway is a preserved railway association in Crailsheim, Germany.Founded as the "Kocher Valley Steam Railway" in 1985 at Sulzbach-Laufen, it moved gradually into the former steam engine locomotive depot at Crailsheim. In May 2006, there were over 100 members...
, CrailsheimCrailsheimCrailsheim is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, 32 km east of Schwäbisch Hall, 40 km southwest of Ansbach in the Schwäbisch Hall district, incorporated in 1338.... - GaildorfGaildorfGaildorf is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Kocher, 13 km south of Schwäbisch Hall.-People:* Stefan Everts* Hermann Frasch...
–Sulzbach-LaufenSulzbach-LaufenSulzbach-Laufen is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
in the KocherKocherThe Kocher is a 168 km long right tributary of the Neckar in the north-eastern part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The name "Kocher" originates from its Celtic name "cochan" and probably means winding, meandering river. The Kocher rises in the eastern foothills of the Swabian Alb from two karst...
Valley (Obere Kochertalbahn, DBK Historic RailwayDBK Historic RailwayThe DBK Historic Railway is a preserved railway association in Crailsheim, Germany.Founded as the "Kocher Valley Steam Railway" in 1985 at Sulzbach-Laufen, it moved gradually into the former steam engine locomotive depot at Crailsheim. In May 2006, there were over 100 members...
) - Upper Kocher Valley Railway - Railway Vehicle Preservation SocietyRailway Vehicle Preservation SocietyThe Railway Vehicle Preservation Society is one of the oldest societies in Germany that runs a museum railway...
, StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, (Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung von Schienenfahrzeugen or GES) - HaltingenWeil am RheinWeil am Rhein is a German town and commune which is a suburb of the city of Basel in Switzerland. It is situated on the east bank of the River Rhine, and close to the point at which the Swiss, French and German borders meet. It is the most southwesterly town in Germany.-Geography:Weil am Rhein is...
–KandernKandernKandern is a town in southwestern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in the Kreis of Lörrach. During the Battle of Schliengen, in which the French Revolutionary army fought the forces of Austria, the battle lines of both armies terminated in Kandern...
(Kandertalbahn) - Kander Valley Railway - WieslochWieslochWiesloch is a city in Germany, in northern Baden-Württemberg. It is situated 13 kilometres south of Heidelberg.After Weinheim, Sinsheim and Leimen it is the fourth largest city of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis and is in the north-central area near Heidelberg with its neighbouring town Walldorf...
(FeldbahnFeldbahnA Feldbahn is the German term for a narrow gauge railway, usually not open to the public, which in its simplest form provides for the transportation of agricultural, forestry and industrial raw materials such as wood, peat, stone, earth and sand...
& Industry Museum) - Stuttgart Straßenbahn Museum Zuffenhausen, StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
Württemberg
- Amstetten–Gerstetten railway (Lokalbahn Amstetten–Gerstetten, Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde)
- AmstettenAmstetten (Württemberg)Amstetten is a municipality in Alb-Donau-Kreis, 20 kilometers north-west of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-External links:*-References:...
–Oppingen (Albbähnle), Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde - Little Alb Railway - Jagsttalbahn MöckmühlMöckmühlMöckmühl is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Jagst, 22 km northeast of Heilbronn....
–DörzbachDörzbachDörzbach is a town in the Jagst river valley in the Hohenlohe district of Baden-Württemberg, in south central Germany. It is also the site of 3 historic castles, the Chapel of St. Wendel , and a stone bridge built in 1808-1810 for King Frederick I of Württemberg...
- Jagst Valley Railway - SchorndorfSchorndorfSchorndorf is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located c. 26 km east of Stuttgart. Its station is a the terminus of line S2 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn....
–RudersbergRudersbergRudersberg is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 10 km southeast of Backnang, and 28 km northeast of Stuttgart.-Sport:...
(Wieslauftalbahn, in short: Wiesel) - Wieslauf Valley Railway - SigmaringenSigmaringenSigmaringen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district....
–HechingenHechingenHechingen is a town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about south of the state capital of Stuttgart and north of Lake Constance and the Swiss border.- City districts :...
/–Münsingen - Zollernbahn Railway SocietyZollernbahn Railway SocietyThe Eisenbahnfreunde Zollernbahn is a German railway society dedicated to the preservation of historic railway vehicles, especially steam locomotives, where possible in working order. The society arranges day and shuttle trips, predominantly in Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany...
, RottweilRottweilRottweil is a town in the south west of Germany and is the oldest town in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb hills, Rottweil has about 25,000 inhabitants...
, (Eisenbahnfreunde Zollernbahn) - NürtingenNürtingenNürtingen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Neckar.-History:The following events occurred, by year:*1046 : First mention of Niuritingin in the document of Speyer...
–NeuffenNeuffenNeuffen is a town in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.-Geography:It is located 14 km northeast of Reutlingen, and 28 km southeast of Stuttgart....
(Tälesbahn) - Täles Railway - WarthausenWarthausenWarthausen is a town in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany and birthplace of Baron F. M. Koenig Warthausen....
–OchsenhausenOchsenhausenOchsenhausen is a city in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located between the city of Biberach and Memmingen. it has a population of 8,916...
(Öchsle) - KorntalKorntal-MünchingenKorntal-Münchingen is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated at the northwestern border of Stuttgart and 8 km of its centre, and 10 km southwest of Ludwigsburg...
–WeissachWeissachWeissach is a municipality in the district of Böblingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.The Weissach axle is named after the town, where the research centre of Porsche is located....
(Strohgäubahn) - Strohgäu Railway - Trossinger Eisenbahn - Trossing Railway
- Härtsfeld Museum Railway, NeresheimNeresheimNeresheim is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated northeast of Heidenheim, and southeast of Aalen....
- Härtsfeld Railway - Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde, UlmUlmUlm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...
Franconia
- MellrichstadtMellrichstadtMellrichstadt is a town in the district Rhön-Grabfeld, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 17 km southwest of Meiningen, and 13 km northeast of Bad Neustadt. It town includes the following villages: Bahra, Eußenhausen, Frickenhausen, Mühlfeld, Sondheim im Grabfeld und Roßrieth....
–FladungenFladungenFladungen is a town in the district Rhön-Grabfeld, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 20 km west of Meiningen, and 33 km east of Fulda.-Twinnings: Kõo, Estonia Köyliö, Finland Nora, Sweden...
(Rhön-Zügle) - Little Rhön Train - Seligenstadt b. Wü.ProsselsheimProsselsheim is a municipality in the district of Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany....
–VolkachVolkachVolkach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken in Bavaria. The town was founded in 906 AD.Volkach's main tourist attraction is its annual wine festival. Volkach's wine festival is the culminating festival for the entire Franken wine region.-External links:*...
(Mainschleifenbahn) - Mainschleifen Railway - EbermannstadtEbermannstadtEbermannstadt is a town in the district of Forchheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 10 km northeast of Forchheim and 25 km southeast of Bamberg.-Districts:*Breitenbach*Ebermannstadt*Gasseldorf*Niedermirsberg*Rüssenbach*Neuses-Poxstall...
–GößweinsteinGößweinsteinGößweinstein is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.-Districts:-History:The first record of the Goswinesteyn Castle is from 1076. Prior to 1102 the Hochstift Bamberg became the owner of the castle. The prince-bishop of Bamberg Friedrich Carl von Schönborn elevated...
–Behringersmühle (Dampfbahn Fränkische SchweizDampfbahn Fränkische SchweizThe Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz e. V. or DFS is a German museum railway based in Ebermannstadt in Franconian Switzerland, part of northern Bavaria, Germany.- Aims :The society's aims are the:...
) - Franconian Switzerland Steam Railway - DB Museum, NurembergNurembergNuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
- Franconian Museum Railway, NurembergNurembergNuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
(Fränkische Museums-Eisenbahn) - NeuenmarktNeuenmarktNeuenmarkt is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany.-City arrangement:Neuenmarkt is arranged in the following boroughs:...
–WirsbergWirsbergWirsberg is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany.-City arrangement:Wirsberg is arranged in the following boroughs:* Birkenhof* Cottenau* Einöde* Goldene Adlerhütte* Neufang* Osserich* Schlackenmühle* Sessenreuth...
(German Steam Locomotive MuseumGerman Steam Locomotive MuseumThe German Steam Locomotive Museum or DDM is located at the foot of the famous Schiefe Ebene ramp on the Ludwig South-North Railway in Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia. This region is in northern Bavaria, Germany...
) - Nuremberg Transport MuseumNuremberg Transport MuseumThe 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 and Halle...
, Nuremberg - SteinwiesenSteinwiesenSteinwiesen is a municipality in the district of Kronach in Bavaria, Germany about 100 km slightly east of due north of Nuremberg, and about 10 km northeast of Kronach....
–NordhalbenNordhalbenNordhalben is a municipality in the district of Kronach in Bavaria in Germany....
(Rodachtalbahn) - Rodach Valley Railway
Old Bavaria
- Bavarian Localbahn SocietyBavarian Localbahn SocietyThe Bavarian Localbahn Society , with its headquarters in Tegernsee, is a society that is concerned with the history of the railways in Bavaria. Localbahn means 'branch line' and is mainly used in southern Germany and Austria in lieu of the usual term Nebenbahn...
, Bayerisch EisensteinBayerisch EisensteinBayerisch Eisenstein is a village and a municipality in the Regen district, in Bavaria, Germany.-Geography:Bayerisch Eisenstein is part of Bayerischer Wald and borders the first German national park established in 1968. The town is both winter and summer resort. In the summer walking in the... - ViechtachViechtachViechtach is a town in the district of Regen in Bavaria in Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarzer Regen, 31 km northeast of Straubing, and it is known for the quartz mountains nearby....
–GotteszellGotteszellGotteszell is a municipality in the district of Regen in Bavaria in Germany.... - PrienPrien am ChiemseePrien am Chiemsee is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim, in Bavaria, Germany.-Geography:It is situated on the western shore of the Chiemsee lake, 16 km east of Rosenheim.-Famous resident:...
–Prien-Stock (Chiemsee-Bahn) - Chiemsee Railway - Bad EndorfBad EndorfBad Endorf is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany. The relatively small town is located about 15 km outside of Rosenheim and is in close proximity to the Chiemsee lake and its larger shore towns, Prien, Gstadt, and Seebruck....
–ObingObingObing is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany....
(Chiemgauer Lokalbahn) - Chiemsee Branch Line - KiefersfeldenKiefersfeldenKiefersfelden is a municipality with about 7000 inhabitants in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany....
–Wachtl (Tirol) (Wachtl-Express) - Wachtl Express - Eggmühl–LangquaidEggmühl–Langquaid railwayThe Eggmühl–Langquaid railway also known as the Schierling–Langquaid branch line or Laaber Valley Railway , is a standard gauge branch line in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It fruns from Eggmühl to Langquaid and is operated by the Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn .- History :The line was opened...
(Laabertalbahn) - Laaber Valley Railway - Freilassing Locomotive WorldFreilassing Locomotive WorldThe Freilassing Locomotive World is a railway museum in the Berchtesgadener Land, which is operated with the cooperation of the town of Freilassing and the Deutsches Museum. The museum is located on the site of the former Freilassing locomotive shed which belongs to the Deutsche Bahn AG and houses...
, FreilassingFreilassingFreilassing is a municipality of some 16,000 inhabitants situated in the southeastern corner of Bavaria, Germany. It belongs to the "Regierungsbezirk" Oberbayern and the "Landkreis" of Berchtesgadener Land... - Deutsches MuseumDeutsches MuseumThe Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of technology and science, with approximately 1.5 million visitors per year and about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology. The museum was founded on June 28, 1903, at a meeting of the Association...
, MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... - Munich Steam Locomotive CompanyMunich Steam Locomotive CompanyThe Munich Steam Locomotive Company is charitable society based in Munich, Germany, whose aim is to preserve the oil-fired steam locomotive, number 41 018, as an operational locomotive.- Society :...
, Munich
Swabia
- Augsburg Railway ParkAugsburg Railway ParkThe Augsburg Railway Park is a railway museum in Augsburg on part of the former Augsburg locomotive shed owned by the Deutsche Bahn. At present the Railway Park is still under construction and is therefore only open to visitors for certain exhibitions. It will be officially re-opened on 13 April...
, AugsburgAugsburgAugsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a... - Bavarian Railway MuseumBavarian Railway MuseumThe Bavarian Railway Museum is a railway museum based in the old locomotive sheds at Nördlingen station in Bavaria, Germany. It is home to more than 100 original railway vehicles and has been located in the depot at Nördlingen since 1985.- History of the locomotive shed :The shed, itself, has a...
, NördlingenNördlingenNördlingen is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany, with a population of 20,000. It is located in the middle of a complex meteorite crater, called the Nördlinger Ries. The town was also the place of two battles during the Thirty Years' War... - NördlingenNördlingenNördlingen is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany, with a population of 20,000. It is located in the middle of a complex meteorite crater, called the Nördlinger Ries. The town was also the place of two battles during the Thirty Years' War...
–NördlingenDombühlDombühl is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany....
–FeuchtwangenFeuchtwangenFeuchtwangen is a city in Ansbach district in the administrative region of Middle Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.-Geography:Geographically and geologically the land around Feuchtwangen comprises the eastern part of the Swabian-Franconian Escarpment Land , also sometimes called the gypsum-keuper...
(Bavarian Railway MuseumBavarian Railway MuseumThe Bavarian Railway Museum is a railway museum based in the old locomotive sheds at Nördlingen station in Bavaria, Germany. It is home to more than 100 original railway vehicles and has been located in the depot at Nördlingen since 1985.- History of the locomotive shed :The shed, itself, has a...
, Nördlingen) - Nördlingen–GunzenhausenGunzenhausenGunzenhausen is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, 19 km northwest of Weißenburg in Bayern, and 45 km southwest of Nuremberg. Gunzenhausen is a nationally recognized recreation area. The city was mentioned first in the...
(Bavarian Railway Museum, Nördlingen) - (AugsburgAugsburgAugsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
–)GessertshausenGessertshausenGessertshausen is a municipality in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria in Germany....
–LangenneufnachLangenneufnachLangenneufnach is a municipality in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria in Germany....
–Markt WaldMarkt WaldMarkt Wald is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany....
(Staudenbahn) - Stauden Railway
Berlin
- German Museum of Technology (Berlin)German Museum of Technology (Berlin)Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin was founded in 1982 in Berlin, Germany, and exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The museum's main emphasis is on rail transport, but it also features exhibits of various sorts of industrial technology. Recently, it has opened both maritime...
- Berlin-Rosenthal]–BasdorfWandlitzWandlitz is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Berlin, and 15 km east of Oranienburg...
–Schmachtenhagen (Heidekrautbahn) - Heidekraut Railway - AG Märkische KleinbahnAG Märkische KleinbahnThe AG Märkische Kleinbahn or MKB in Berlin is a German railway museum and heritage railway, founded in 1981, with legal status as a society since 1982. It has set itself the task of preserving historical railway vehicles and other items of railway technology The AG Märkische Kleinbahn or MKB in...
in Schönow - Märkisch Railway - Britzer Museumseisenbahn - Britz Museum Railway
Brandenburg
- Mesendorf–Brünkendorf–Vettin/–Lindenberg junction (Pollo)
- Finsterwalde Frankenaer WegFinsterwaldeFinsterwalde is a town in the Elbe-Elster district , in Brandenburg, Germany.-Overview:It is situated on the Schackebach, a tributary of the Kleine Elster, 28 m. W.S.W of Cottbus by rail. Pop. 18,840. The town has a Gothic church , a castle, schools, cloth and cigar factories, iron-foundries,...
-Finsterwalde Ponnsdorfer WegFinsterwaldeFinsterwalde is a town in the Elbe-Elster district , in Brandenburg, Germany.-Overview:It is situated on the Schackebach, a tributary of the Kleine Elster, 28 m. W.S.W of Cottbus by rail. Pop. 18,840. The town has a Gothic church , a castle, schools, cloth and cigar factories, iron-foundries,...
-Möllendorf-Breitenau-Kleinbahren-Crinitz Töpfermarkt-Crinitz station (Niederlausitzer Museumseisenbahn) - Niederlausitz Museum Railway - Buckower Kleinbahn (Electric KleinbahnKleinbahnThe term Kleinbahn was a light railway concept used especially in Prussia for a railway line that "on account of its low importance for general railway transport" had less strict requirements placed on its construction and operation that main lines or secondary lines...
(minor line) on the Buckow (Märkische Schweiz)–WaldsieversdorfWaldsieversdorfWaldsieversdorf is a municipality in the district Maerkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg , Germany. It’s a government-recognized health and holiday resort...
–MünchebergMünchebergMüncheberg is a small town in Märkisch-Oderland, Germany approximately half-way between Berlin and the border with Poland.-Geography:Prior to 2003 the area today covered by Müncheberg was organized as the so-called "Amt Müncheberg"...
/ Mark route) - Buckow Branch Line
Bremen
- 'Das Depot' museum and museum tram lines 15 and 16 (Freunde der Bremer Straßenbahn)
- Bremerhaven-Bad Bederkesa
- Bremen–Thedinghausen Railway
Hamburg
- BergedorfHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
–GeesthachtGeesthachtGeesthacht is the largest city in the District of the Duchy of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, 34 km southeast of Hamburg on the right bank of the river Elbe.-History:*Around 800: A church is documented....
–KrümmelGeesthachtGeesthacht is the largest city in the District of the Duchy of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, 34 km southeast of Hamburg on the right bank of the river Elbe.-History:*Around 800: A church is documented....
, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geesthachter Eisenbahn - Geesthacht Railway Working Group
Hesse
- SchwalmstadtSchwalmstadtSchwalmstadt is the largest town in the Schwalm-Eder district, in northern Hesse, Germany. It was established only in 1970 with the amalgamation of the towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain together with some outlying villages to form the town of Schwalmstadt.-Location:Schwalmstadt lies in the Schwalm...
–HombergHomberg (Efze)Homberg is a small town in northern state of Hesse in central Germany with about 15,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Schwalm-Eder district.-Geography:...
/–OberaulaOberaula-Location:Oberaula lies in the Knüllgebirge, a low mountain range, in the Aula river valley and its neighbouring valleys.The nearest towns are Bad Hersfeld , Schwalmstadt , and Homberg .-Constituent communities:The community consists of the six centres of Hausen, Friedigerode, Ibra, Oberaula...
(Eisenbahnfreunde Schwalm-Knüll) - WiesbadenWiesbadenWiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
–Hohenstein (Aartalbahn or Nassau Tourist Railway) - Bad Schwalbacher Kurbahn - Bad Schwalbach Spa Railway
- Bad NauheimBad NauheimBad Nauheim is a town in the Wetteraukreis district of Hesse state of Germany. , Bad Nauheim has a population of 30,365. The town is located approximately 35 kilometers north of Frankfurt am Main, on the east edge of the Taunus mountain range. It is a world-famous resort, noted for its salt...
–MünzenbergMünzenbergMünzenberg is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hesse, Germany. It is located 13 km north of Friedberg, and 16 km southeast of Gießen. The castle of Münzenberg is in the town....
(formerly Butzbach-Licher Eisenbahn, Eisenbahnfreunde Wetterau) - Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway MuseumDarmstadt-Kranichstein Railway MuseumThe Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum a railway museum in the German city of Darmstadt. It is also the largest railway museum in the state of Hesse....
, DarmstadtDarmstadtDarmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat... - Darmstadt Ost–Bessunger ForstDarmstadt-Kranichstein Railway MuseumThe Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum a railway museum in the German city of Darmstadt. It is also the largest railway museum in the state of Hesse....
- DarmstadtDarmstadtDarmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
–Roßdorf - Darmstadt/Eberstadt–Alsbach
- Darmstadt/Schloss–Griesheim
- Frankfurt City Junction LineFrankfurt City Junction LineThe Frankfurt City Link Line in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, emerged in the 19th century as a link line between Frankfurt's western stations at the Gallustor and the Frankfurt-Hanau railway in the east of the city...
, FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... - Frankfurt port railwayFrankfurt City Junction LineThe Frankfurt City Link Line in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, emerged in the 19th century as a link line between Frankfurt's western stations at the Gallustor and the Frankfurt-Hanau railway in the east of the city...
(Historic Railway, FrankfurtHistoric Railway, FrankfurtThe Historic Railway, Frankfurt or HEF is a German museum railway in Frankfurt am Main. The society was founded in 1978 and its aim is the preservation of historic, valuable railway materiel in working order, especially steam locomotives, as technical and cultural monuments.Since 1979 there has...
) - Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum - Frankfurt Feldbahn Museum
- Feld- und Grubenbahnmuseum Fortuna - Fortuna Feldbahn and Mining Railway Museum
- Historic Railway, FrankfurtHistoric Railway, FrankfurtThe Historic Railway, Frankfurt or HEF is a German museum railway in Frankfurt am Main. The society was founded in 1978 and its aim is the preservation of historic, valuable railway materiel in working order, especially steam locomotives, as technical and cultural monuments.Since 1979 there has...
, Frankfurt - KasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
–Naumburg (Hessencourrier) - Dampfkleinbahn Bad Orb - Bad Orb Branch Line
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
- GrevesmühlenGrevesmühlenGrevesmühlen is a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. It is the capital of the Nordwestmecklenburg district. It is situated 33 km east of Lübeck, and 29 km northwest of Schwerin.-History:...
–KlützKlützKlütz is a town in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated near the Baltic Sea coast, 22 km northwest of Wismar, and 33 km northeast of Lübeck.-External links:... - SchwichtenbergGalenbeckGalenbeck is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
–Uhlenhorst (Mecklenburg-Pommersche Schmalspurbahn) - Mecklenburg-Pomeranian Narrow Gauge Railway - NeubrandenburgNeubrandenburgNeubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee ....
–Friedland
West of the Weser
- Spiekeroog (Museum wagonwayWagonwayWagonways consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam powered railways. The terms "plateway", "tramway" and in someplaces, "dramway" are also found.- Early developments :...
) - Spiekerooge Island Railway - Borkum Reede–BorkumBorkumBorkum is an island and a municipality in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.-Geography:Borkum is bordered to the west by the Westerems strait , to the east by the Osterems strait, to the north by the North Sea, and to the south by the Wadden Sea...
(Borkumer Kleinbahn, Museum open in summer) - Borkum Branch Line - Norden–DornumDornumDornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx...
(Museumseisenbahn Küstenbahn Ostfriesland) - Ostfriesland Coastal Railway - MeppenMeppenMeppen can mean:*Meppen, Germany, a town in Germany*Meppen , a village in Drenthe, Netherlands...
–HaselünneHaselünneHaselünne is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, in the district of Emsland. It is situated on the river Hase, approx. 15 km east of Meppen....
–HerzlakeHerzlakeSamtgemeinde Herzlake is a Samtgemeinde in the district Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany at the Hase river.Following villages are situated in Herzlake:...
–LöningenLöningenLöningen is a town in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase, approx. 25 km southwest of Cloppenburg.-History:Löningen originally appeared in 822 as Loingo...
, Meppen-Haselünner Eisenbahn (Eisenbahnfreunde Hasetal) Meppen-Haselünne Railway - WesterstedeWesterstedeWesterstede is the capital of the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 25 km northwest of Oldenburg.-External links:*...
–Sedelsberg (Museumseisenbahn Ammerland-Saterland) - Ammerland-Saterland Museum Railway - DelmenhorstDelmenhorstDelmenhorst is an urban district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of 74,500 and is located 10 km/6 miles west of downtown Bremen with which it forms a contiguous urban area, whereas the city of Oldenburg is 25 km/15 miles to the northwest. The city has a total area of 62.36 km²...
–HarpstedtHarpstedtHarpstedt is a municipality in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.Harpstedt is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Harpstedt....
("Jan Harpstedt", Delmenhorst-Harpstedter Eisenbahnfreunde) - FriesoytheFriesoytheFriesoythe, in Saterland Frisian language Ait or Äit, is a town in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Soeste, approximately 25 km northwest of Cloppenburg, and 30 km southwest of Oldenburg....
–GarrelGarrelGarrel is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km north of Cloppenburg, and 25 km southwest of Oldenburg....
–CloppenburgCloppenburgCloppenburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. Cloppenburg is not far from the A1, the major motorway connecting the Ruhr area to Bremen and Hamburg... - Bremen-Thedinghausen Railway (Kleinbahn Leeste) - Leeste Branch Line
- Deutscher Eisenbahn-VereinDeutscher Eisenbahn-VereinThe Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein or DEV was founded in November 1964 as the Deutscher Kleinbahn-Verein . Its purpose was the preservation of a working branch line with all its installations as a living open air museum...
(German Railway Society), Bruchhausen-VilsenBruchhausen-VilsenBruchhausen-Vilsen is a municipality in the Diepholz district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated southeast of Bremen. The nearby communities of Berxen, Bruchhöfen, Bruchmühlen, Dille, Gehlbergen, Heiligenberg, Homfeld, Nenndorf, Riethausen, Stapelshorn, Wöpse, Oerdinghausen, Scholen,...
–Asendorf - SykeSykeSyke is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Bremen....
–Bruchhausen-VilsenBruchhausen-VilsenBruchhausen-Vilsen is a municipality in the Diepholz district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated southeast of Bremen. The nearby communities of Berxen, Bruchhöfen, Bruchmühlen, Dille, Gehlbergen, Heiligenberg, Homfeld, Nenndorf, Riethausen, Stapelshorn, Wöpse, Oerdinghausen, Scholen,...
–HoyaHoyaHoya is a genus of 200-300 species of tropical plants in the family Apocynaceae , fomerly considered to be in the Asclepiadaceae...
–EystrupEystrupEystrup is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, approx. 15 km north of Nienburg, and 15 km south of Verden. Eystrup was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde Eystrup....
(first and oldest museum railway in Germany: German Railway SocietyGerman Railway SocietyThe German Railway Society or GRS is a UK-based society which was founded in 1981 by Stephen Rabone and has a membership of over 600 .- Aim :...
, 1964), Kaffkieker - Osnabrück-Piesberg Mine station (Osnabrücker Dampflokfreunde)
- Preußisch-Oldendorf–BohmteBohmteBohmte is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hunte, approx. 20 km northeast of Osnabrück...
(Wittlager Kreisbahn, Minden Museum RailwayMinden Museum RailwayThe Minden Museum Railway or MEM was founded in 1977 as a society. Its aim was to preserve historic railway vehicles and operate them on the Minden District Railway . It was not long before the first museum train worked the line...
) - Wittlage District Railway
East of the Weser
- Moorbahn Burgsittensen - Burgsittensen Moor RailwayBurgsittensen Moor RailwayThe Burgsittensen Moor Railway is a narrow gauge, light railway or Feldbahn, which is based on an old peat line near Tiste on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany....
- DeinsteDeinsteDeinste is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In...
–Lütjenkamp (b. StadeStadeStade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . It is the seat of the district named after it...
) - TostedtTostedtTostedt is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 35 km southwest of Hamburg, and 12 km southwest of Buchholz in der Nordheide....
–ZevenZevenZeven is a town in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of around 14,000. The nearest large towns are Bremerhaven, Bremen and Hamburg. It is situated approximately 22 km northwest of Rotenburg, and 40 km northeast of Bremen...
–WilstedtWilstedtWilstedt is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.Wilstedt belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown -... - Bad Bederkesa–BremerhavenBremerhavenBremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...
- BremervördeBremervördeBremervörde is a town in the north of the district Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the Oste river near the mid of the triangle, which is formed of the rivers Weser and Elbe respectively the cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Cuxhaven....
–GnarrenburgGnarrenburgGnarrenburg is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Bremervörde, and 40 km northeast of Bremen.Gnarrenburg belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen...
–WorpswedeWorpswedeWorpswede is a municipality in the district of Osterholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teufelsmoor, northeast of Bremen. The small town itself is located near the Weyerberg hill. It has been the home to a lively artistic community since the end of the 19th century, with over 130...
–Osterholz-ScharmbeckOsterholz-ScharmbeckOsterholz-Scharmbeck is a town and the capital of the district of Osterholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Osterholz-Scharmbeck is situated in between the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.-Neighbouring places:* Bremen * Delmenhorst...
(MoorexpressMoorexpressThe Moor Express or Moorexpress is a heritage railway in the northern part of Lower Saxony in Germany. It runs between Stade and Osterholz-Scharmbeck passing through Bremervörde, Gnarrenburg and Worpswede.- Services :...
) - Moor Express - BuxtehudeBuxtehudeBuxtehude is a town on the Este River in Northern Germany in the district of Stade and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . Buxtehude is a steadily growing medium-sized town and the second largest in the district of Stade. It lies on the southern borders of the Altes Land within easy reach of...
–HarsefeldHarsefeldHarsefeld is a municipality situated south-west of Hamburg... - Verden (Aller)–Kirchlinteln-StemmenKirchlintelnKirchlinteln is a municipality in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its central village is situated approximately 6 km east of Verden, and 40 km southeast of Bremen. It is surrounded by the Linteln Geest which is dominated by woods, hills, heath and small villages...
: Verdener Eisenbahnfreunde Kleinbahn Verden-Walsrode - Verden-Walsrode RailwayVerden-Walsrode RailwayThe Verden-Walsrode Railway or VWE is a transport company with its headquarters in Verden on the River Aller in North Germany.- History :The Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn was founded as the Kleinbahn Verden-Walsrode with its base in Verden... - SoltauSoltau- Middle Ages :The region of the Lüneburg Heath had already been settled by the start of the New Stone Age about 4,000 years ago. The Soltau area was initially occupied by a few individual farms. The parish of Soltau was probably founded around 830 and the first wooden church Sante Johannis...
–BispingenBispingenBispingen is a municipality in the Heidekreis district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the River Luhe and is approximately northeast of Soltau, or south of Hamburg.-Subdivisions:*Bispingen*Hützel*Steinbeck an der Luhe...
–Winsen (Luhe)Winsen (Luhe)Winsen is the capital of the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Luhe, near its confluence with the Elbe, approx. 25 km southeast of Hamburg, and 20 km northwest of Lüneburg....
/–LüneburgLüneburgLüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
–BleckedeBleckedeBleckede is a town in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated mostly on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 20 km east of Lüneburg.Bleckede is located on the German Framework Road.-History:...
(Heide ExpressHeide ExpressThe Heide Express is the name used by the Lüneburg Transport Society or AVL to market special railway trips with their historic trains on the East Hanoverian Railways railway network in northern Germany.- Activities :In addition to running special trains, the society organises presentations, model...
) - SoltauSoltau- Middle Ages :The region of the Lüneburg Heath had already been settled by the start of the New Stone Age about 4,000 years ago. The Soltau area was initially occupied by a few individual farms. The parish of Soltau was probably founded around 830 and the first wooden church Sante Johannis...
–Bergen–CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
/–Munster (including Heide Express) - CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
–WittingenWittingenWittingen is a town in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 30 km northeast of Gifhorn, and 30 km southeast of Uelzen.- Division of the town :Wittingen consists of 27 districts:- Demographic data :...
(including Heide Express)
EastphaliaEastphaliaEastphalia is a historical region in northern Germany, encompassing the eastern part of the historic Duchy of Saxony, between the Elbe, Leine, Saale and Unstrut rivers. Today, it covers the southeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony and the western part of Saxony-Anhalt.-Etymology:The name...
(Southeast Lower Saxony)
- SehndeSehndeSehnde is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located approx. 15 kilometres southeast of Hanover.-History:Sehnde was formed in 1974 by combining fifteen autonomous villages which belonged to three different districts: Bilm, Bolzum, Dolgen, Evern, Gretenberg, Haimar, Hoever, Ilten, Klein Lobke,...
, HanoverHanoverHanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
, (Hannoversches Straßenbahn-MuseumHannoversches Straßenbahn-MuseumThe Hannoversches Strassenbahn-Museum or Hanover Tramway Museum comprises a collection of tramcars from all over Germany, and is located on the site of a former potash mine in Sehnde, southeast of the city of Hanover.- External links :**...
) - Hanover Tramway Museum - UchteUchteUchte is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km southwest of Nienburg, and 25 km north of Minden.Uchte is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Uchte....
–RahdenRahdenRahden is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Rahden is situated approx. 15 km north of Lübbecke and 25 km north-west of Minden... - StadthagenStadthagenStadthagen is the capital of the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km east of Minden and 40 km west of Hanover. The city consists of the districts Brandenburg, Enzen-Hobbensen, Hörkamp-Langenbruch, Krebshagen, Obernwöhren, Probsthagen, Reinsen...
–Bad EilsenBad EilsenBad Eilsen is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 11 km southwest of Stadthagen, and 13 km southeast of Minden.Bad Eilsen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Eilsen....
–RintelnRintelnRinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. Population: 28,500.It is accessed by the A2 autobahn .-History:...
(Dampfeisenbahn Weserbergland) - Weserbergland Steam Railway - RintelnRintelnRinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. Population: 28,500.It is accessed by the A2 autobahn .-History:...
–BarntrupBarntrupBarntrup is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 59.46 km² and 9.431 inhabitants , and has 433 people who are out of work.... - HelmstedtHelmstedtHelmstedt is a city located at the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. Helmstedt has 26,000 inhabitants . In former times the city was also called Helmstädt....
–WeferlingenWeferlingenWeferlingen is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Oebisfelde-Weferlingen....
(Ostfalenkurier) - DuingenDuingenDuingen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 25 km southwest of Hildesheim, and 40 km south of Hanover....
–Bad SalzdetfurthBad Salzdetfurthis a town on the banks of the river Lamme in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller Red Storm Rising.-Geography:...
–BodenburgBodenburgBodenburg is a village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located about 20km south of Hildesheim, and about 5km from Bad Salzdetfurth. The community has a population of 2,000.-Overview:... - SalzgitterSalzgitterSalzgitter is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven Oberzentren of Lower Saxony...
–BörßumBörßumBörßum is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Geography:Börßum lies only a few kilometers north of the Harz Mountains, north of Schladen, on the east bank of the Oker, 11 km south of Wolfenbüttel. It is not far southeast of the Oderwald.... - EmmerthalEmmerthalEmmerthal is a municipality in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Weser, approximatively 6 km south of Hamelin. Its seat is in the village Kirchohsen....
–BodenwerderBodenwerderBodenwerder is a municipality in Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies on the river Weser, upstream from Hamelin, at a point where the river has carved a gap in the hills...
–Vorwohle - KreiensenKreiensenKreiensen is a municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Geography:Kreiensen is situated on the river Leine, approx. 20 km north of Northeim, and 35 km south of Hildesheim....
–KalefeldKalefeldKalefeld is a municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km north of Northeim. It comprises the villages of Dögerode, Eboldshausen, Echte, Kalefeld, Oldenrode, Oldershausen, Sebexen,... - Wunstorf–Bokeloh–Mesmerode (Steinhuder Meer-Bahn) - Steinhude Lake Railway
- AlmstedtAlmstedtAlmstedt is a town in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. Almstedt consists of the village of Almstedt and the smaller village of Segeste. Each of the villages has a sightworthy old church and well-preserved half-timbered houses. The church in Segeste was built in 1770.-References:...
–Segeste (Arbeitsgemeinschaft historische Eisenbahn) - Historic Railway Working Group
Westphalia
- OsnabrückOsnabrückOsnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest...
–MettingenMettingenMettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Mettingen is situated approx. 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück.-Neighbouring places:...
-RheineRheineRheine is a city in the district of Steinfurt in Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city in the district and the location of Rheine Air Base.-Geography:Rheine is located on the river Ems, approx. north of Münster, approx...
(Tecklenburger Nordbahn, Osnadampf) - Tecklenburg Northern Railway - BocholtBocholtThere are two towns called Bocholt:* Bocholt, Germany* Bocholt, Belgium...
–MussumMussumAntônio Carlos Bernardes Gomes , known artistically as Mussum was a famous Brazilian actor and musician, notable for being a member of the comedic group Os Trapalhões...
(Euregio Eisenbahn Ahaus-Alstätte) - Bochum Dahlhausen Railway MuseumBochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum150px|right|thumb|[[The Industrial Heritage Trail|Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail]]The Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen is a railway museum situated south of the city of Bochum in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany...
, BochumBochumBochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:... - Bochum-Dahlhausen–Hagen HauptbahnhofHagen Hauptbahnhofis the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Hagen in western Germany. It is an important rail hub for the southeastern Ruhr area, offering regional and long distance connections....
–EnnepetalEnnepetalEnnepetal is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.The town was featured in the headlines when on April 12, 2005, a hostage taker snatched several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking.- Division of the...
-Altenvoerde (Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum, Ruhrtal-Bahn) - Ruhr Valley Railway - WittenWittenWitten is a university city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home of the Witten/Herdecke University, the first private university in Germany.-Bordering municipalities:* Bochum* Dortmund* Herdecke* Wetter * Sprockhoevel* Hattingen...
(Gruben- und Feldbahnmuseum Theresia) - Theresia Feldbahn and Mining Railway Museum]] - HammHammHamm is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of December 2003 its population was 180,849. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway...
–Lippborg (Museumseisenbahn Hamm) - Hamm Museum Railway - Rheda-WiedenbrückRheda-WiedenbrückRheda-Wiedenbrück is a town in the district of Gütersloh, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Rheda-Wiedenbrück is located on the river Ems, approx. 10 km south-west of Gütersloh.-Neighbouring municipalities:* Oelde* Herzebrock-Clarholz...
–Langenberg (Operations planned) (Westfälische Localbahn) - Westphalian Branchl Line - HövelhofHövelhofHövelhof is a municipality in the district Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Hövelhof is located in the Senne area, the eastern part of the Westfälische Bucht, approx...
–GüterslohGüterslohGütersloh is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 96,320 people.- Geography :...
Nord–IbbenbürenIbbenbürenIbbenbüren or Ibbenbueren is a medium-sized town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on position 185 of the largest cities in Germany and the largest city in Tecklenburger Land.-Geography:... - GüterslohGüterslohGütersloh is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 96,320 people.- Geography :...
, Dampf-Kleinbahn Mühlenstroth - Halle (Westfalen)-BielefeldBielefeldBielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
("Haller Willem") - HilleHilleHille is a community in the Kreis Minden-Lübbecke in the north of East Westphalia, Germany, with approximately 16,000 inhabitants. It was created in 1973 in the framework of the community restructuring of North Rhine-Westphalia through the combining of nine communities of the Minden countryside. ...
–MindenMindenMinden is a town of about 83,000 inhabitants in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town extends along both sides of the river Weser. It is the capital of the Kreis of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detmold. Minden is the historic political centre of the...
–Kleinenbremen (Mindener Museumseisenbahn) - RahdenRahdenRahden is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Rahden is situated approx. 15 km north of Lübbecke and 25 km north-west of Minden...
–UchteUchteUchte is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km southwest of Nienburg, and 25 km north of Minden.Uchte is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Uchte....
(Mindener Museumseisenbahn) - BarntrupBarntrupBarntrup is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 59.46 km² and 9.431 inhabitants , and has 433 people who are out of work....
–RintelnRintelnRinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. Population: 28,500.It is accessed by the A2 autobahn .-History:...
Süd (Lippische Landeseisenbahn) - Lippe State Railway - Büren (Westfalen)–BrilonBrilonBrilon is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that belongs to the Hochsauerlandkreis.- Geography :Brilon is situated on the Brilon Heights at an altitude of about 450 m on the upper reaches of the river Möhne...
(Waldbahn Almetal) - HerscheidHerscheidHerscheid is a municipality in the southern Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Herscheid is located in the Ebbegebirge , a part of the Sauerland mountains. Altitudes in the municipality extend from 250m above sea level in the valley of the Schwarze Ahe up to the highest...
-Hüinghausen–PlettenbergPlettenbergPlettenberg is a town in the Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Plettenberg is located in the east of the Sauerland hills. The highest elevation of the city area is in the Ebbegebirge with 593 m above sea level, the lowest elevation with 194 m near Teindeln...
-Köbbinghauser Hammer (Sauerländer Kleinbahn) - Sauerland Branch Line - CoesfeldCoesfeldCoesfeld is the capital of the district of Coesfeld in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:Coesfeld received its city rights in 1197, but was first recorded earlier than that in the biography of St. Ludger, patron and first bishop of the diocese of Munster who was born north of...
-Lette (Technisches Eisenbahnmuseum Alter Bahnhof Lette (Kr Coesfeld)) - ErkrathErkrathErkrath is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany-Geography:Erkrath is situated on the Düssel river, directly east of Düsseldorf and west of Wuppertal, close to the famous Neandertal....
(Eisenbahnmuseum Lokschuppen Hochdahl) - Lokschuppen Hochdahl Railway Museum - MetelenMetelenMetelen is a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Vechte in the district of Steinfurt.-History:The town history dates back to 889, when it was first mentioned in an official document...
(Eisenbahnmuseum Metelen Land) - Metelen State Railway Museum - Münster (Westfälisches Eisenbahnmuseum Münster) - Westphalian Railway Museum, Münster
Rhineland
- Dieringhausen Railway MuseumDieringhausen Railway MuseumThe Dieringhausen Railway Museum is a railway history museum in Dieringhausen in the district of Oberbergischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....
, Dieringhausen, GummersbachGummersbachGummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street...
(Eisenbahnmuseum Dieringhausen) - GeilenkirchenGeilenkirchenGeilenkirchen is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 15 km north-east of Heerlen and 20 km north of Aachen....
–Gillrath–Schierwaldenrath–GangeltGangeltGangelt is a municipality in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km east of Sittard and 10 km south-west of Heinsberg. Gangelt was the town in which Gerard Kremer, better known as Gerardus Mercator,...
(Interessengemeinschaft Historischer Schienenverkehr, Selfkantbahn) - Selfkant Railway - MoersMoersMoers is a German city on the left bank of the Rhine. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel...
–Neukirchen-VluynNeukirchen-VluynNeukirchen-Vluyn is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approx. 5 km west of Moers, and 15 km north of Krefeld.-International relations:Neukirchen-Vluyn is twinned with: Ustroń, Poland...
–RheurdtRheurdtRheurdt is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approx. 10 km west of Moers....
(Closed 2001, from 2007 occasional excursions in the Moers–Neukirchen-Vluyn area by the Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe) - Moers-Orsoy]-RheinbergRheinbergRheinberg is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. north of Moers and south of Wesel....
(Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe) - TönisvorstTönisvorstTönisvorst is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approx. 5 km west of Krefeld.-Historical monuments:*Das alte Rathaus, St. Tönis*Der Mertenshof, St. Tönis*Schluff , St. Tönis...
–KrefeldKrefeldKrefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...
–Hülser Berg (SchluffSchluffSchluff is Krefeld's historic steam locomotive and one of the oldest private railways in Germany....
, Stadtwerke Krefeld) - Essen-Kupferdreh–Essen-WerdenEssen-WerdenWerden is a borough of the city of Essen in Germany. It belongs to the city district IX Werden/Kettwig/Bredeney and has 9,998 inhabitants as of June 30, 2006. The borough occupies a space of 4.04 km² and is situated at a median height of 58 metres above sea level.- History :The history of Werden...
(Hespertalbahn) - Hespe Valley Railway - WuppertalWuppertalWuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...
–Bergisches Straßenbahnmuseum (Bergische Museumsbahn) - Bergisch Museum Railway - Köln-Dellbrück (Straßenbahnmuseum Köln-Thielenbruch) - Cologne-Thielenbruch Tramway Museum
- Köln-Nippes (Rheinisches Industriebahn-Museum (RIM)) - Rhine Industrial Museum
- WesselingWesselingWesseling is an industrial German city on the Rhine bordering Cologne city on the south. Wesseling originates from the Latin „Wasliacum“ which means "Villlage of Waslica" The story that Wesselig originates from "changing of the rope"...
(Eisenbahn-Museum der Köln-Bonner Eisenbahn-Freunde) - Railway Museum of the Cologne-Bonn Railway Society - SiegenSiegenSiegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region...
(Südwestfälisches Eisenbahnmuseum Siegen) - South Westphalian Railway Museum - KallKallVodafone Faroe Islands is a Faroese telecommunications company, which started in October 2000. On May 29 2008 the company being previously known as Kall was rebranded to Vodafone....
–SchleidenSchleidenSchleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 13,957 inhabitants...
(Oleftalbahn) - Olef Valley Railway
Rhineland-Palatinate
- BetzdorfBetzdorfBetzdorf may refer to:*Betzdorf, Luxembourg, a village and municipality in Luxembourg*Betzdorf, Germany, a town, municipality and Verbandsgemeinde in Germany*Betzdorf...
–Steinebach/SiegSteinebach/SiegSteinebach/Sieg is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.... - HermeskeilHermeskeilHermeskeil is a town in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsrück, approx. 25 km southeast of Trier...
–NonnweilerNonnweilerNonnweiler is a municipality in the district of Sankt Wendel, in Saarland, Germany.-Overview:It is situated approx. 20 km northwest of Sankt Wendel, and 30 km southeast of Trier.... - Bahnbetriebswerk HermeskeilBahnbetriebswerk HermeskeilBahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil is a small, Prussian locomotive depot at Hermeskeil, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany that dates from 1888...
, HermeskeilHermeskeilHermeskeil is a town in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsrück, approx. 25 km southeast of Trier... - Neustadt/Weinstraße Railway MuseumNeustadt/Weinstraße Railway MuseumThe Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum is one of the two railway museums run by the German Railway History Company, or DGEG. It is located in the station at Neustadt an der Weinstraße...
, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse - Neustadt an der WeinstraßeNeustadt an der WeinstraßeNeustadt an der Weinstraße is a town located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With 53,892 inhabitants as of 2002, it is the largest town called Neustadt.-Etymology:...
–ElmsteinElmsteinElmstein is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :Elmstein lies in the Palatinate Forest...
(Kuckucksbähnel) - Little Cuckoo Railway - GerolsteinGerolsteinGerolstein is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde. Gerolstein is headquarters to a large mineral water firm, Gerolsteiner Brunnen...
–KaiserseschKaiserseschKaisersesch is a town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, to which it also belongs.- Location :...
(Eifelquerbahn) - Pan-Eifel Railway - Kasbachtalbahn (Linz/Rhein−Kalenborn) - Kasbach Valley Railway
- Brohltalbahn - Brohl Valley Railway
- Technik Museum SpeyerTechnik Museum SpeyerThe Technik Museum Speyer is a technology museum in Speyer , Germany.- History :The museum was opened in 1991 as a daughter of the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum and is run by a registered alliance called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e.V.". , it has more than 2,000 exhibits and an exhibition...
, SpeyerSpeyerSpeyer is a city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located beside the river Rhine, Speyer is 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities...
Saarland
- MerzigMerzigMerzig is the capital of the district Merzig-Wadern, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 35 km south of Trier, and 35 km northwest of Saarbrücken.-Municipalities:...
–Nunkirchen–LosheimLosheim am SeeLosheim am See is a municipality in the district Merzig-Wadern, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the southern edge of the Hunsrück, approximately 10 kilometers northeast of Merzig, and 35 kilometers northwest of Saarbrücken. In 1974 a reservoir was created to the north of Losheim which has...
(Merzig-Büschfelder Eisenbahn operated by Museums-Eisenbahnclub-Losheim) - Merzig-Büschfeld Railway - OttweilerOttweilerOttweiler is a municipality, former seat of the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 7 km north of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken.The town is notable for the Ottweiler porcelain....
–SchwarzerdenSchwarzerdenSchwarzerden is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....
bei FreisenFreisenFreisen is a municipality in the district of Sankt Wendel , in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approx. 12 km northeast of Sankt Wendel, and 20 km southwest of Idar-Oberstein. The greater Freisen/Oberkirchen area is noted for its Turkish Cuisine, particularly the Donner Kebab...
(Ostertalbahn) - Oster Valley Railway
Saxony
- Dresden Transport MuseumDresden Transport MuseumThe Dresden Transport Museum displaysvehicles of all modes of transport, such as railway, shipping, road and air traffic, under one roof.The museum is housed in the Johanneum at the Neumarkt in Dresden, Germany...
, DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area.... - Weißwasser–Bad MuskauBad MuskauBad Muskau is a spa town in the historic Upper Lusatia region in Germany at the border with Poland. It is part of the Görlitz district in the State of Saxony....
(Waldeisenbahn Muskau) 600 mm gauge - Muskau Forest Railway - FreitalFreitalFreital is the biggest town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Weißeritz, 8 km southwest of Dresden.- Geography :...
–Kurort Kipsdorf (Weißeritztalbahn) 750 mm gauge - Weisseritz Valley Railway - ZittauZittauZittau is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, close to the border tripoint of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. , there are 28,638 people in the city. It is part of the Görlitz district....
–OybinOybinOybin is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany, located very close to the border of the Czech Republic. Following the defeat of the Protestant armies by the Habsburgs in the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, many Protestant Czechs found refuge across the border in the...
/JonsdorfJonsdorfThe community of Jonsdorf is located in the south of the Kreis Görlitz in the southeast of the German federal state of Saxony. It is embedded into a valley of the Zittau Mountains, part of the Lusatian Mountains.-History:...
(Zittauer Schmalspurbahnen) 750 mm gauge - Zittau Narrow Gauge Railways - Cranzahl–OberwiesenthalOberwiesenthalOberwiesenthal is a town and a ski resort in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. It is situated in the Erzgebirge mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic, 19 km south of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 23 km northeast of Karlovy Vary. At , it is the highest town in Germany...
(FichtelbergbahnFichtelbergbahnThe Fichtelberg Railway is a gauge narrow gauge railway that leads from the standard gauge international line at Cranzahl to the ski resort of Oberwiesenthal in the Erzgebirge mountains in eastern Germany...
]) 750 mm gauge - Fichtelberg Railway - Steinbach–JöhstadtJöhstadtJöhstadt is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic, 10 km southeast of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 35 km northeast of Karlovy Vary....
(Preßnitztalbahn) 750 mm gauge - Pressnitz Valley RailwayPressnitz Valley RailwayThe Pressnitz Valley Railway was a narrow gauge railway line in Saxony, Germany. It used to climb from Wolkenstein on the standard gauge Flöha - Vejprty line through the valley of river Pressnitz to Jöhstadt on the border with Bohemia... - OschatzOschatzOschatz is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 60 km east of Leipzig and 60 km west of Dresden.- Site and Climate :...
–MügelnMügelnMügeln is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 9 km southwest of Oschatz and 14 km northwest of Döbeln. The town has a population of approximately 4700 people.- Geography :...
–Kemmlitz ("Wild Robert" DöllnitzbahnDöllnitzbahnThe Döllnitzbahn GmbH is a private railway company in Saxony in eastern Germany. It is the operator of the Oschatz–Mügeln–Kemmlitz/Glossen narrow gauge line in central Saxony.-History:...
) 750 mm gauge - Döllnitz Railway - RadebeulRadebeulRadebeul is a town in the Elbe valley in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, a suburb of Dresden. It is well-known for its viticulture, a museum dedicated to writer Karl May and a narrow gauge railway connecting Radebeul with the castle of Moritzburg and the town of Radeburg...
–MoritzburgMoritzburgMoritzburg is a municipality in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, between Meißen as early centre of Saxony and the today's capital Dresden. It is most famous for its Baroque castle, Schloss Moritzburg....
–RadeburgRadeburgRadeburg is a town in the district of Meißen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 19 km east of Meißen, and 18 km north of Dresden. The main tourist attraction is the narrow-gauge Radebeul-Radeburg railway line that connects Radeburg and Radebeul via Moritzburg. The...
(Lößnitzgrundbahn) 750 mm gauge Lössnitz Valley Railway - FreitalFreitalFreital is the biggest town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Weißeritz, 8 km southwest of Dresden.- Geography :...
(:de:Windbergbahn) 1,435 mm gauge (standard gaugeStandard gaugeThe standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
) - Windberg Railway - Schönheide–Stützengrün (Museumsbahn Schönheide) 750 mm gauge - Schönheide Museum Railway
- Saxon Railway MuseumSaxon Railway MuseumThe Saxon Railway Museum is located in Chemnitz, in the state of Saxony, eastern Germany. It is situated on the site of the former locomotive depot for goods train locomotives in the district Hilbersdorf.After the locomotive depot was closed in 1992, the society moved into the buildings which...
, ChemnitzChemnitzChemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
Saxony-Anhalt
- MöckernMöckernMöckern is a town in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated east of Magdeburg. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Möckern-Loburg-Fläming. The Battle of Möckern took place south of the town in 1813.-History:Möckern was originally called "Mokrianici" by the...
–Altengrabow - WernigerodeWernigerodeWernigerode is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. Its population was 35,500 in 1999....
–Drei-Annen-Hohne–NordhausenNordhausenNordhausen is a town at the southern edge of the Harz Mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Nordhausen...
/–BrockenBrocken stationBrocken station is the terminus on the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz in central Germany. It lies in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and is the end point of the Brocken Railway operated by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways.- Location :...
(HarzquerbahnHarzquerbahnThe Harz Railway was formerly the main line of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways and runs from Wernigerode to Nordhausen. But the tourist potential of the Brocken is so great that the Brocken Railway is effectively the main line today...
/BrockenbahnBrockenbahnThe Brocken Railway is one of three tourist metre gauge railways which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany....
) - Pan-Harz Railway and Brocken Railway - QuedlinburgQuedlinburgQuedlinburg is a town located north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994 the medieval court and the old town was set on the UNESCO world heritage list....
-GernrodeGernrodeGernrode is a town and a former municipality in Germany, in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt. The town was first mentioned in 961 and became a city in 1539. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Quedlinburg...
–AlexisbadAlexisbadAlexisbad is a small spa town of Germany, in the municipality of Harzgerode, and the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, lying in the outskirts of the Harz Mountains, 1000 ft. above sea level. It has its own station on the narrow-gauge steam railway from Gernrode to Harzgerode...
–Stiege–HasselfeldeHasselfeldeHasselfelde is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Harz, approximately 17 km south of Wernigerode. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Oberharz am Brocken...
/–Eisfelder Talmühle und AlexisbadAlexisbadAlexisbad is a small spa town of Germany, in the municipality of Harzgerode, and the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, lying in the outskirts of the Harz Mountains, 1000 ft. above sea level. It has its own station on the narrow-gauge steam railway from Gernrode to Harzgerode...
–HarzgerodeHarzgerodeHarzgerode is a town in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.-Geography:Its localities include:*Harzgerode*Alexisbad*Dankerode*Güntersberge*Königerode*Mägdesprung*Neudorf*Schielo*Silberhütte*Siptenfelde*Straßberg...
(SelketalbahnSelketalbahnThe Selke Valley Railway is the name of the railway in the lower Harz mountains that originally belonged to the Gernrode-Harzgeroder-Eisenbahn AG . The Selke Valley Railway line passes through:...
) - Selke Valley Railway - HettstedtHettstedtHettstedt is a town in Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, on the Wipper.As of 1911, Hettstedt engaged in the manufacture of machinery, pianofortes, and artificial manure, and the surrounding district and villages were occupied with smelting due to the nearby mines of argentiferous...
–KlostermansfeldKlostermansfeldKlostermansfeld is a municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
(Mansfelder Bergwerksbahn) - Mansfeld Mining Railway - DessauDessauDessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...
–WörlitzWörlitz' is a town and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Oranienbaum-Wörlitz. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, east of Dessau...
(Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn) - Dessau-Wörlitz Railway - Traditionsbetriebswerk Staßfurt, Stassfurt
Schleswig-Holstein
- KappelnKappelnKappeln is a town in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the north bank of the Schlei, approx. northeast of Schleswig, and southeast of Flensburg....
–SüderbrarupSüderbrarupSüderbrarup is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the north side of the Schlei, approx. 20 km northeast of Schleswig, and 30 km southeast of Flensburg...
(Angeln-Bahn) - Angeln Railway - KielKielKiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
–Schönberg (Holstein)Schönberg (Holstein)Schönberg is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, approx. 17 km northeast of the state capital Kiel, and 26 km north of Plön...
(Verein Verkehrsamateure und Museumsbahn) - Kiel–Schönberg Railway - Schönberg (Holstein)Schönberg (Holstein)Schönberg is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, approx. 17 km northeast of the state capital Kiel, and 26 km north of Plön...
–Schönberger Strand (Verein Verkehrsamateure und Museumsbahn) - BergedorfHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
–GeesthachtGeesthachtGeesthacht is the largest city in the District of the Duchy of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, 34 km southeast of Hamburg on the right bank of the river Elbe.-History:*Around 800: A church is documented....
–KrümmelGeesthachtGeesthacht is the largest city in the District of the Duchy of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, 34 km southeast of Hamburg on the right bank of the river Elbe.-History:*Around 800: A church is documented.... - Malente-Gremsmühlen–Lütjenburg railwayMalente-Gremsmühlen–Lütjenburg railwayThe Malente–Lütjenburg railway was a standard gauge, branch line in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It was built by the businessman, Janus, who ran the Holsteinische Schweiz hotel, that gave its name to the local station on the line...
Thuringia
- IlmenauIlmenauIlmenau is a town located in the district of Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.Ilmenau is situated in the valley of the Ilm river, at an altitude of 431 metres above sea level, and is the biggest town in Ilm-Kreis district, with 6,200 students studying at the Technische Universität Ilmenau. The...
–SchleusingenSchleusingenSchleusingen is a town in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Hildburghausen, and 12 km southeast of Suhl....
(Rennsteigbahn) - Rennsteig Railway - Oberweißbacher Bergbahn - Oberweissbach Mountain Railway
Austria
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| Märchenbahn | Grosspetersdorf - Rechnitz Rechnitz Rechnitz is a municipality in Burgenland in the Oberwart district in Austria with a population of 3,133.- Geography :The municipality is located in southern Burgenland, on the border with Hungary, near Bozsok and Szombathely... |
1435 | 1 | 14,8 | steam | ||||
| Carinthia | |||||||||
| Ferlacher Bahn | Weizelsdorf - Ferlach Ferlach Ferlach is the southernmost town in Austria, about 17 km south of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt. It is situated in the Rosental/Rož Valley of the Drava River, at the northern slope of the Karawanken mountain range... |
1435 | 1 | 5,7 | steam | Nostalgiebahnen in Kärnten (NBiK) | |||
| Gurktalbahn | Treibach-Althofen Althofen Althofen is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia in Austria.-References:... - Pöckstein |
760 | 1 | 3,3 | steam | Kärntner Museumsbahnen (KMB) | |||
| Lavanttalbahn | St. Paul Sankt Paul im Lavanttal Sankt Paul im Lavanttal is a municipality of the Wolfsberg discrict, Carinthia, Austria.-External links:*http://www.sanktpaul.at... - Lavamünd Lavamünd Lavamünd is a town in the district of Wolfsberg in Carinthia in Austria.... |
1435 | 1 | 12,6 | diesel | Nostalgiebahnen in Kärnten (NBiK) | |||
| Lendcanalstraßenbahn | Klagenfurt Klagenfurt -Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters... , Wörthersee Wörthersee The Wörthersee is an alpine lake in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia.-General facts:The lake is elongated, about 20 km long and 1–2 km wide. It stretches from the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt in the east to Velden in the west... |
1000 | 1 | 1,0 | Nostalgiebahnen in Kärnten (NBiK) | ||||
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| Waldbahn Nasswald | Nasswald | 600 | 1 | 0,6 | diesel, battery | currently closed | |||
| Höllentalbahn | Payerbach Payerbach Payerbach is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.-References:... -Reichenau Reichenau an der Rax Reichenau an der Rax is a market town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, situated at the foot of the Rax mountain range on the Schwarza river, a headstream of the Leitha.-History:Reichenau castle was first mentioned in a 1256 deed... - Hirschwang |
760 | 1 | 6,1 | 550 V DC | ÖGLB | |||
| Reblaus-Express | Retz Retz Retz is a town with a population of 4,168 in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, Austria.- Geography :Retz is located in the north western Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The municipality's area covers 45,01 km². 11.83 percent of this area is forested... - Drosendorf Drosendorf-Zissersdorf Drosendorf-Zissersdorf is a town in the district of Horn in Lower Austria, Austria.... |
1435 | 1 | 39,8 | diesel | ÖBB Erlebnisbahn | |||
| Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen | Gmünd NÖ - Groß Gerungs Groß Gerungs Groß Gerungs is a municipality in the district of Zwettl, in Lower Austria, Austria.... |
760 | 1 | 43,1 | diesel / steam | ÖBB-Erlebnisbahn | |||
| Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen | Gmünd NÖ - Alt Nagelberg Nagelberg Nagelberg is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname, originating in the area around Brand-Nagelberg in Austria. Famous Nagelbergs include:* Alexander Nagelberg, member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS... - Litschau Litschau Litschau is a town in the district of Gmünd in Lower Austria, Austria.... |
760 | 1 | 25,3 | diesel / steam | ÖBB-Erlebnisbahn | |||
| Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnen | Alt Nagelberg Nagelberg Nagelberg is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname, originating in the area around Brand-Nagelberg in Austria. Famous Nagelbergs include:* Alexander Nagelberg, member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS... - Heidenreichstein Heidenreichstein Heidenreichstein is a town in the district of Gmünd in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.... |
760 | 1 | 13,2 | diesel / steam | Waldviertler Schmalspurbahnverein (WSV) | |||
| Ybbstalbahn-Bergstrecke | Lunz am See Lunz am See Lunz am See is a municipality in the district of Scheibbs, Lower Austria, Austria.Since May 2007 Lunz am See is the home of the "Wasser Cluster Lunz".... - Kienberg-Gaming |
760 | 1 | 17,1 | steam | NÖLB | |||
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| Ampflwanger Bahn | Timelkam Timelkam Timelkam is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.... -Ampflwang |
1435 | 1 | 10,4 | diesel / steam | ÖGEG | |||
| Schmalspurbahn Ampflwang | Ampflwang | 760 | 1 | ||||||
| Florianerbahn Florianerbahn The Florianerbahn is a museum tramway in Upper Austria that is not currently operational due to construction work. It was originally built as a railway - a licensed narrow gauge Lokalbahn or branch line - between the formerly independent commununity of Ebelsberg and Sankt Florian. It was owned by... |
Linz Linz Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about... Pichling - St. Florian Sankt Florian Sankt Florian is a town in Upper Austria, Austria. It is 10 miles from Linz, with a population of 5,500 and an elevation of 296 meters above sea level.-St. Florian's Priory and basilica:... |
900 | 1 | 6,1 | 600 V DC | Club Florianerbahn (CFB) | currently closed | ||
| Steyrtalbahn Steyrtalbahn The Steyrtalbahn was a narrow gauge railway in Upper Austria, which ran from Garsten through Steyr, Grünburg and Molln to Klaus, with a branchline to Sierning and Bad Hall. A section of the line has been retained as a museum railway.- History :... |
Steyr Steyr Steyr is a town, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Steyr and Enns. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and simultaneously the 3rd largest town in Upper Austria.... Lokalbahn – Grünburg Grünburg Grünburg is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in Upper Austria, Austria.-References:... |
760 | 1 | 16,5 | steam | ÖGEG | |||
| Salzburg | |||||||||
| Taurachbahn Taurachbahn The Taurachbahn is a narrow-gauge museum railway in the Austrian state of Salzburg.-History:The Taurachbahn uses the section of the Murtalbahn from Tamsweg to Mauterndorf, which was closed for economic reasons in 1981 after heavy damage to a bridge. The section was revived as a museum railway by... |
Tamsweg Tamsweg Tamsweg is a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg near the border with Styria. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous district and the largest town of the Lungau region... - Mauterndorf Mauterndorf Mauterndorf is a market town in the Tamsweg district in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The municipality also comprises the Katastralgemeinden Faningberg, Neuseß and Steindorf.-History:... |
760 | 1 | 10,4 | steam | Taurachbahn (TB) / Club 760 | |||
| Styria | |||||||||
| Erzbergbahn | Vordernberg Vordernberg Vordernberg is a municipality in the district of Leoben in Styria, Austria.... Markt - Eisenerz Eisenerz Eisenerz is a market place and old mining town in Styria, Austria, . N.W. of Graz by rail. Pop. 6,400. It is situated in the deep Erzbach Valley, dominated on the east by the Pfaffenstein , on the west by the Kaiserschild , and on the south by the Erzberg... |
1435 | 1 | 19,7 | diesel | Verein Erzbergbahn | |||
| Feistritztalbahn | Weiz Weiz Weiz is a small town of 9,445 inhabitants in the eastern part of Styria, Austria.Its partner city is Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland... - Birkfeld Birkfeld Birkfeld is a market town with 1650 inhabitants in Styria, Austria. Birkfeld belongs to the Weiz political district. It lies in the valley of the Feistritz river.... |
760 | 1 | 23,9 | diesel / steam | FTB / Club U 44 | |||
| Museumsstraßenbahn Mariazell-Erlaufsee | Mariazell Mariazell Mariazell is a small city in Austria, in Styria, well known for winter sports, 143 km N. of Graz. It is picturesquely situated in the valley of the Salza, amid the north Styrian Alps.... - Erlaufsee |
1435 | 1 | 2,5 | steam, 600 V DC |
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| Stainzerbahn | Preding Preding Preding is a municipality in the district of Deutschlandsberg in Styria, Austria.-References:... -Wieselsdorf - Stainz Stainz Stainz is a municipality in the district of Deutschlandsberg in Styria, Austria.-References:... |
760 | 1 | 11,3 | steam | Marktgemeinde Stainz | |||
| Tyrol | |||||||||
| Wachtl-Express | Kiefersfelden Kiefersfelden Kiefersfelden is a municipality with about 7000 inhabitants in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany.... - Wachtl |
900 | 1 | ~4,8 | 1200 V DC | MEGW | |||
| Vorarlberg | |||||||||
| Bahn des Museums Rheinschauen | Bodensee - Lustenau Lustenau Lustenau is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, in the Dornbirn district. It lies on the Rhine River, which forms the border with Switzerland. Lustenau is Vorarlberg's fourth largest town in terms of inhabitants .... - Steinbruch Kadelberg |
750 | 1 | steam, diesel, 750 V DC |
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| Bregenzerwaldbahn | Schwarzenberg Vorarlberg Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein... -Bezau Bezau Bezau is a town in the Bregenzerwald, Vorarlberg, Austria, part of the district Bregenz. As of 2002 it has a population of 1,926. Bezau is a popular tourist destination around the year, due to its vicinity to ski resorts and hiking trails. Its pittoresque church was built in 1906 and is devoted to... |
760 | 1 | 5,0 | diesel / steam | Verein Bregenzerwald-Museumsbahn | |||
Switzerland
- Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland (DVZO)
- Blonay-Chamby Museum Railway (BC)
- Furka Cogwheel Steam RailwayFurka Cogwheel Steam RailwayThe Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway is a company which operates a railway line between Realp and Oberwald...
(Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke or DFB) - Bahn der internationalen Rheinregulierung (IRR)
- Schinznacher Baumschulbahn (SchBB) (www.schbb.ch)(English)
- Swiss Transport MuseumSwiss Transport MuseumThe Swiss Transport Museum or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, in Lucerne, is a museum, opened in July 1959 and exhibiting all forms of transport as well as communications...
, LucerneLucerneLucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
See also
- List of railway museums
- Narrow gauge railway
- FeldbahnFeldbahnA Feldbahn is the German term for a narrow gauge railway, usually not open to the public, which in its simplest form provides for the transportation of agricultural, forestry and industrial raw materials such as wood, peat, stone, earth and sand...
- History of rail transport in GermanyHistory of rail transport in GermanyGerman Railway history began with the opening of the steam-hauled Bavarian Ludwig Railway between Nuremberg and Fürth on 7 December 1835. This had been preceded by the opening of the horse-hauled Prince William Railway on 20 September 1831...
External links
- www.eisenbahnnostalgie.de - List of German museum and heritage railways
- Links to numerous Austrian museum and heritage railways
- Guide to museum railways in Baden (Museumsbahnen-Fahrplan Baden)
- Railway museums in Bavaria (Museumsbahnen-Fahrplan Bayern)
- German Museum and Heritage Railway Union
- Union of Historic Railways in Switzerland