Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum

The Railway Museum Darmstadt- Kranichstein is the largest railway museum in Hesse.

For former railway depot ( Bw ) include a roundhouse including turntable, coaling and other treatment systems for locomotives. Attached is a repair shop, in which major repairs can be performed.

The depot is located on the Rhine -Main Railway Darmstadt- Aschaffenburg. It was inaugurated in 1898 by the United Prussian and Hessian State Railways and opened by the German Federal Railway to lease the premises to the carrier club museum railway eV as a railway museum on 29 May 1976.

In the museum is a large collection of vehicles to see, for example, the operational locomotives 23 042, 141228-7, DME 184, type ELNA 6, various Koes and Wismar railcar. Not ready for operation: 01 1056, 41 024, 44 404, which resulted from Turkey steam locomotive 4981 " Mainz " ( a Prussian G 8), the gear steam locomotive 97 210 of Erzbergbahn 103 101-2 E 16 08, several diesel locomotives DB Class V 36 but also other railway vehicles. For example, road roller of SEAG Type: LR- 40.0, 70.1 LS, LS- 160.1, . WMD Type: LR 40.5 and a R40 after Culemeyer design with intermediate bridge.

The large car park can be visited there but. On display are also exhibits on the technical understanding: The cut of the boiler 50 1397 and the cab of the 50 in 1745; and a signal-based collection of historical signals and interlocking devices. In addition, the development of the tickets of the manually created copies of the start time is shown up to today's computer printouts together with associated equipment. The museum also has its own ticket printing. A H0 model railway shows the Darmstadt train station of the Main- Neckar line at the time of the opening track.

Multi- year run special trains with vehicles of the museum between Darmstadt East and Bessunger Forst House ( former route to Great - rooms). Some vehicles, such as the 23 042 and the G8 4981 " Mainz " stringing special trains throughout Germany. The vehicles are from the German Museum, Railroad, Inc. (DME ) was used as an operating company. Once a year, the steam engine festival, including trips to the depot.

For demonstration and educational purposes stands for rail events nationwide since 1985, the " MoBaTrain " (Mobile -Bahn train ) is available. The core of the train consists of a packing and a post-chaise, in which a H0 model railway system is installed for demonstration and educational purposes. The train continues to lead with an LGB track and a garden railway track IIs.