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Landkreis Kulmbach
Neuenmarkt

🚂 German Steam Locomotive Museum

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🚂 German Steam Locomotive Museum

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  • Location: Neuenmarkt, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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    May 24, 2015

    Hiking

    The museum is housed in the former depot at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg station.
    It includes a 15-hour roundhouse, a segment turntable, water cranes, a coaling plant and a Ruge coaling crane in the newly designed old, functional coal yard.

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    March 3, 2016

    Hiking

    The museum is located in the railway village Neuenmarkt. Located at the foot of the first steep section in Europe, the Schiefen Ebene, it is probably the largest museum in Germany of its kind. The museum dates back to the foundation of a private initiative in 1984.
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    Opening hours:
    Summer months (16.03.-01.11.)
    Tuesday-Sunday 10: 00-17: 00
    Winter months (02.11.-15.03.)
    Tuesday-Sunday 10: 00-15: 00
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    September 13, 2025

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    In October 1977, the German Federal Railway (DB) sidinged the last steam locomotive – and a new history began: The German Steam Locomotive Museum was built in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg at the …
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    Distance 872 m

    Uphill 20 m

    Downhill 20 m

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    Location: Neuenmarkt, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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