Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum

Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum, North Rhine-Westphalia

The Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen is a railway museum situated south of the city of Bochum in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.^[1] It was founded by DGEG, the German Railway History Company in 1977 and is based in a locomotive depot that was built between 1916 and 1918 and ceased operation in 1969. Then DGEG took over the whole area of 46,000 square metres and built up the biggest railway museum in Germany. In the middle of the museum, there is an engine shed with fourteen tracks. A preserved turntable, coaling, watering, and sanding facilities are still in operation. This museum is integrated into The Industrial Heritage Trail (Route der Industriekultur) a route of monuments from the history of the industry.

Exhibits

The origins of the vehicle collection go back to 1967. A variety of steam locomotives and other technically interesting railway vehicles from different epochs are displayed. There are over 200 exhibits in total. The stars of the exhibition are the heavy locomotives.

Examples include:

DRG Class 01
DRG Class 44
DRG Class 50
DRG Class 80 (in grey photo livery)
Bavarian S 3/6 (cut-away model; currently exhibit at Deutsches Museum, Munich)
Prussian P 8
Prussian T 9.1 (currently exhibit at Starlight Express musical hall, Bochum)
Prussian T 20
Württemberg Hz
DB Class 66
DRG Class E 32
DRB Class E 94
Wehrmacht locomotive WR 360 C 14
DB Class 212
DB Class V 65
Wismar Railbus
DB Class ETA 150

Amongst the exhibits there is even a collection of signals with a functioning Prussian signal box, that stood in Cologne-Mülheim until 1982. The exhibits are looked after by 130 mainly voluntary employees, who are also involved in the museum railway services where they wear historical uniforms.

At present the museum is busy refurbishing locomotive number 66 002 with the help of donations.

Museum vehicles and installations are often used for film and television productions. For example, a large part of the railway scenes in the film "Das Wunder von Bern" took place in Dahlhausen.

A highlight in the history of the railway museum was the large vehicle show put on in 1985 as part of the 150th anniversary of the German railways.

Museum railway

In summer, regular museum train services are operated by the Ruhr Valley Railway (Ruhrtalbahn) along the banks of the river Ruhr to Hagen using usually a Uerdingen railbus, but sometimes a variety of locomotives, including a steam engine.^[2] A Prussian P 8 (38 2267) owned by the museum is usually used for the steam services. When there is steam service on the Ruhrtalbahn (usually every first Sunday of a month), the Uerdingen railbus operate another abandoned railway, the Teckel from Hagen to Ennepetal Klutert cave. In addition, from 2009 there were regular trips to the Zollverein coal mine (Zeche Zollverein) via Mülheim and Essen.

Part of the museum train to Hagen includes a restored passenger coach by MAN from 1921 belonging to the Essen Model Railway Club (Modell-Eisenbahn-Club Essen & Umgebung e.V.) founded in 1949.

Gallery

Steam loco in operation
Prussian P 8 of the museum – built in 1918
The railbus in the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum
The museum vehicle on the road

References

^ Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen 2008 (Handbook of German Museum Railways), Verlag Uhle und Kleimann, ISBN 978-3-928959-50-6, serial 109
^ Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen 2008 (Handbook of German Museum Railways), Verlag Uhle und Kleimann, ISBN 978-3-928959-50-6, serial 110

Literature

Vogelsang, Harald (2002) – Die Fahrzeuge und Anlagen des Eisenbahnmuseums Bochum-Dahlhausen : Museumsführer. Bochum : DGEG-Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen gGmbH. ISBN 3-921700-99-X
Vogelsang, Harald. Das BW Bochum-Dahlhausen und die Eisenbahn im mittleren Ruhrtal. Eisenbahnkurier Verlag, ISBN 3-88255-430-4

External links

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[1] Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen 2008 (Handbook of German Museum Railways), Verlag Uhle und Kleimann, ISBN 978-3-928959-50-6, serial 109

[2] Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen 2008 (Handbook of German Museum Railways), Verlag Uhle und Kleimann, ISBN 978-3-928959-50-6, serial 110

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v t e Industrial Heritage Trail (Ruhr) – Visitor Centres, Anchor Points, Theme Routes
Visitor centres and anchor points	German Inland Waterways Museum Duisburg Inner Harbour Oberhausen Industrial Museum Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Gasometer Oberhausen Aquarius Water Museum Villa Hügel Nordsternpark World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein Marl Chemical Park Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum Henrichshütte Centennial Hall Bochum Recklinghausen Substation German Mining Museum Zeche Nachtigall Henrichenburg boat lift German Occupational Safety Exhibition (DASA) Hansa Coking Plant Zeche Zollern II/IV Hohenhof Hagen Open-air Museum Lindenbrauerei Unna Maximilianpark Hamm Halde Rheinpreußen
Theme routes	Duisburg: Town and Harbour Zollverein Industrial Landscape Duisburg: Industrial Culture on the Rhine Oberhausen: Industry makes the Town Krupp and the Town of Essen Dortmund: Dreiklang Coal, Steel and Bier Industrial Culture on the Lippe Erzbahn-Emscherbruch Industrial Culture at Volme and Ennepe Brine, Steam and Coal Early Industrialisation The History and the Present of the Ruhr On the Way to the Blue Emscher Canals and Shipping Railways in the Area Westphalia Mining Route Rhenish Mining Route Chemistry, Glass and Energy Workers' Settlements Entrepreneurial Villas Bread, Grain and Beer Myth of the Ruhr Region Historic Parks and Gardens Industry/Nature Panoramas and Landmarks Sacred Buildings Iron and Steel Water: Works, Towers and Turbines Bochum: Industrial Culture in the Heart of the Region Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail – Gelsenkirchen (in preparation) Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail by bike

v t e Heritage railways in Germany
Baden-Württemberg	Dampfbahn Kochertal Killesbergbahn Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde Interessengemeinschaft 3-Seenbahn Wutachtalbahn
Bavaria	Bahnpark Augsburg Bayerische Eisenbahnmuseum Bayerischer Localbahnverein Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum Eisenbahnfreunde Rodachtalbahn Fränkische Museums Eisenbahn Lokwelt Freilassing Rodachtalbahn Streutalbahn
Berlin	AG Märkische Kleinbahn
Hesse	Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt
Lower Bavaria	Passauer Eisenbahnfreunde
Lower Saxony	Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein Moor Express Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn "Molli" Rügen narrow-gauge railway
North Rhine-Westphalia	Bergische Museumsbahnen Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen Eisenbahnmuseum Dieringhausen Hespertalbahn Museumseisenbahn Minden Sauerländer Kleinbahn
Rhineland Palatinate	Eisenbahnmuseum Neustadt/Weinstraße
Saxony	Döllnitzbahn Lößnitzgrundbahn Preßnitztalbahn Weißeritztalbahn Zittauer Schmalspurbahn
Saxony-Anhalt	Eisenbahnfreunde Traditionsbahnbetriebswerk Staßfurt Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Mansfelder Bergwerksbahn
Thuringia	Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
See also Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte

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