Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein

Bernd Furch (Deputy Chairman) Sebastian Blind ( Deputy Chairman) Marco Stoever (Treasurer) Axel Burmeister (Secretary)

The German Railway Club eV (DEV ) is an organization based in Bruchhausen- Vilsen, which aims to make operative maintenance of a narrow-gauge railway, with all its facilities as a living open-air museum. Since 2010, the Lower Saxon narrow gauge railway museum Bruchhausen- Vilsen is part of the Route of Industrial Culture in the Northwest.

History

The German Railway Club eV (DEV ) was founded in November 1964 as " German Small Track Club ". On 2 July 1966, the museum railway traffic on the narrow gauge section still Bruchhausen- Vilsen - Heiligenberg of transport companies Hoya County, about 35 km south of Bremen, taken with the steam locomotive " Bruchhausen " and a cart. This was, apart from a few short-lived attempts, the first railway museum in Germany.

Meanwhile, the fact that " Lower Saxon narrow gauge railway museum " developed. For this, the 1899 in operation route with small ground- typical route and superstructure and the preserved buildings ( reception building, shelter, goods shed, engine shed ) belongs. On weekends from May to September and in December the route Bruchhausen- Vilsen - Asendorf is runs regularly - mainly with steam trains - busy. Under the name " Hoyaer Railway " is also a feeder service on the route Eystrup - Hoya - Bruchhausen- Vilsen - Syke operated. In Bruchhausen- Vilsen station, the transition regelspuriger vehicles on the narrow gauge line means dollies or trolleys is possible.

In the museum associated workshop also dying techniques such as riveting boilers of steam ( lok ), and the necessary tools to be preserved. Operation and maintenance of vehicles and projects mainly in volunteer work.

Rolling stock

The collection includes vehicle in 2012, more than 100 vehicles in meter and standard gauge model years 1886 to 1964, most of it operational.

Among the meter gauge vehicles are seven steam locomotives ( including in addition to the 1899 trains running on this route locomotive Hoya, the former DR 99 5633, a bilge type i, a box steam locomotive Plettenberger small train and a Malletlokomotive ), five diesel locomotives ( including a locomotive of the former DB series V 29 and a diesel-electric locomotive of the Borkum light railway ), six railcars ( including a Wismarer railcar, a Wismarer railcar type Frankfurt, a railcar of Franz Burger circular path and a Talbot - railcar type Eifel), 28 passenger cars, six pack or mail car and numerous freight cars and cabooses.

The vehicle collection enables typical features of Franzburger orbits - Görlitz weight with brake - to use in operation and to drive in restored features of the circle Altenaer railway and the small railway Hoya - Syke- Asendorf.

Also, some standard gauge vehicles owned by the club, which run regularly on the standard gauge track of Eystrup - Syke, including a former V 36, a Köf III, a Esslinger railcars with sidecar and a MaK GDT.

Inselbahn Wangerooge DB 699 001

Meiringen- Innertkirchen - track 3

Railcars T 44 with cars 2 in Bruchhausen- Vilsen Station

Lok Bruchhausen, identical to Lok Hoya

Tram locomotive Plettenberg