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Over 80 years old - well-traveled: Steam locomotive travels to museum

When a museum full of real steam locomotives gets a new exhibit, you can't just put it in the display case. The 01 1104 steam locomotive has come a long way.

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An old bench seat with luggage rack in the steam locomotive museum in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
An old bench seat with luggage rack in the steam locomotive museum in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Railroad - Over 80 years old - well-traveled: Steam locomotive travels to museum

12 hours, 550 kilometers through four federal states: after a long journey from Braunschweig to Franconia, a new exhibit arrived at the steam locomotive museum in Neuenmarkt (Kulmbach district) on Saturday evening - the operational steam locomotive 01 1104. The locomotive is privately owned and is on loan to the museum, according to a spokeswoman for the Kulmbach district office.

The museum was exceptionally open until 10 p.m. on Saturday evening so that fans of old railroads could take a good look at the new attraction.

The streamlined express steam locomotive 01 1104 with the factory number 11.360 was built by Berliner Maschinenbau AG in Berlin-Wildau and first ran in 1940. The vehicle was modernized from 1954. The locomotive was capable of hauling the heaviest express trains at speeds of up to 140 km/h. In 1975, an English doctor and railroad enthusiast bought the locomotive and took it to a railroad museum in northern England. The vehicle returned to the mainland in 1996. Later, extensive repairs began and the locomotive has been operational again since June.

The steam locomotive museum in Neuenmarkt is dedicated to the technology and history of the steam locomotive as well as the railroad history of Upper Franconia.

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  1. The operational steam locomotive 01 1104, which had traveled over 550 kilometers from Braunschweig, was recently displayed at the Museums in the district of Kulmbach.
  2. Visitors of the railroad museum in Neuenmarkt, located in the Kulmbach district, had the opportunity to see the historic steam locomotive 01 1104, which originated from Bavaria.
  3. After an extensive restoration period, the privately owned steam locomotive 01 1104, now capable of reaching speeds up to 140 km/h, returned to its roots in Neuenmarkt, Kulmbach district.
  4. The steam locomotive 01 1104, part of the museum's collection, has a rich history, having previously run on the railroad tracks in Bavaria, Braunschweig, and northern England.

Source: www.stern.de

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