Oldtimer Museum Rügen Explained

The Oldtimer Museum Rügen (formerly 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:
  • DRG Class 03 – no. 03 193 with streamlining made at the Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Meiningen. The locomotive is now displayed with running number 03 002
  • DR Class 23.10 – no. 23 1021 (later 35 1021-1)
  • DRG Class 44 – no. 44 397 (later 44 0397-8 when oil-fired, 44 2397-6 when coal-fired)
  • DR Class 50.35-37 – no. 50 3703 (rebuilt from 50 877)
  • DR Class 52.80 – no. 52 8190-2 (rebuilt from 52 2887)
  • ÖBB Class 1018 – no. 1018.04 as E18 208
  • SDZ class P36 - Soviet steam locomotive P36-123
  • Culemeyer heavy trailer 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
• Rügensche Kleinbahn

External links

• Official website of the Railway and Technology Museum
• Tram Travels: Oldtimer Museum Rügen

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