Rügen Railway & Technology Museum

Rügen Railway & Technology Museum

The Rügen Railway and Technology Museum ("Eisenbahn & Technik Museum Rügen" or "ETM") is a German railway museum based on the Baltic Sea island resort of Rügen in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It was established in 1994 and is housed in the museum section of the Nazi-built "Kraft durch Freude" ('strength through joy') building complex at Prora which is a protected monument.

In the vicinity of the station, in a 4000 m² hall and in the open air, the following may be visited:

*Locomotives and other exhibits, especially those of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, but also other railway administrations:
**03 193 with streamlining made at the Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Meiningen. The locomotive is now displayed with running number 03 002
**DRG Class 44 - no. 44 2397-6 with oil-firing
**DRG Class 50 - no. 50 3703 ex 50 877
**Saxon IV K - DRG no. 99 584
**ÖBB Class 1118
**SDZ P36-123 - Russian steam locomotive P36-123
**"Culemeyer" wagon carrier with a "Kaelble" tractor
** Steam-driven rotary snow plough
*Cars (not just East German makes)
*Lorries
*Fire engines, e.g. by Magirus Deutz and IFA
*Tractors

See also

* List of preserved steam locomotives in Germany

External links

* [http://www.etm-ruegen.de Website of the Railway and Technology Museum]
* There is an English-language discussion forum at [http://germanrail.8.forumer.com/ Railways of Germany]


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