www.iatm.org NEWSletter Number 32 December 2008

• Notes from the President • United we stand – Networking in a changing world • To the Artic Circle with museum friends • ErlebnisWeltBahn- Experiencing the world of railways – An innova- tive concept to make railways an exciting experience • Ten years on the Track • Saxonia

International Association of Transport & CommunicationsIATM Newsletter u December Museums 2008  Notes from your President Notes from the Secretary

United we stand – Networking in a changing world

Dear friends and colleagues,

With this issue we are very pleased to 2009. The Verkehrsmuseum welcome our long-standing colleagu- and the DB-Museum Nuremberg, in eand former IATM-secretary Lars Olov cooperation with different partners, are Karlsson from Ängelholm (Sweden) as preparing an interesting and varied the editor of the IATM newsletter. We program. You will have received a are delighted that Lars Olov has agreed printed Invitation, Preliminary Pro- to take on this task on an interim gram and Call for Papers by the time basis. you read this. The Conference will be informative, stimulating and provide MICHAEL DÜNNEBIER This permits us to continue to pro- an excellent opportunity for networking Director Verkehrsmuseum vide you with a newsletter with very and professional development. Please (Transportation Museum) Dresden interesting contributions and news from plan to attend and to participate. www.verkehrsmuseum-dresden.de member museums. The main focus of

IATM President this issue is news from railway mu- If you have any questions about the seum community. Conference please don’t hesitate to contact me: In the next issue we plan to present a michael.duennebier@verkehrsmu- good mix of news and articles from the seum-dresden.de broad world of transport and com-

munications museums. Contributions We look forward to see you in Germany Sandberg Katarina of information, news and articles are next summer. welcome. We also invite you to use When your voice can’t be heard you’d better find a choir to sing along with you. The picture is from an event at the Swedish the IATM-Newsletter to present your Yours sincerely Railway Museum in April 2007. museum, your projects, the results of he deregulation of the Swedish nish TeliaSonera company. The main investigation, which is hoped to quite your research and your opinions. Michael Dünnebier state owned infrastructure Swedish transport and communications radically change the conditions for the President An opportunity to meet colleagues and and authorities has been an museums are by tradition owned by museums for the better. Some of us exchange information will be the next Tongoing process for about a the authorities or administrations whe- “outsiders” within the state administra- IATM Conference in Germany in June decade. During this period the muse- re they once were created to take care tion soon realised that this was never ums in the transport and communica- of the specialised heritage. When profit the less an opportunity to involve our tion field have needed to prepare for and an international market come more kind of museums to perhaps get them changes and as much as possible to and more into focus for the compa- on more steady ground. In a very short play an active part in the process. My nies the responsibility for the past and time a network of museums working own Swedish Railway Museum has national heritage obviously becomes a under similar circumstances was star- Membership changes experienced changed ownership from burden. This is the threat of our times ted, which now has continuous dialog the State Railways to the Swedish for many museums within IATM. with the investigator. These include In 2008 IATM can welcome following new members: Rail Administration and has also been the museums for Police, Post, Prison, extended after an amalgamation with In the beginning of 2007 the relati- Railway, Road, Sport, Toll and Wine & Sächsisches Industriemuseum Chemnitz, Germany the Museum of Rail & Track. The Post vely new Swedish government and Spirit. Called Network of Department Toronto Aerospace Museum, Toronto, Ont., Canada Museum has had a change of status its minister of culture designated Museums, we are a somewhat hete- Deutsches Museum, München (a member who have returned) after the conversion of the National an investigator to overlook the state rogeneous group but now united for Eisenbahnmuseum Strasshof, Strasshof, Austria Post from a government department owned museums from views of orga- a good cause. We have argued that into a company, soon to be amalgama- nisation, rationalization and responsi- these institutions together have col- Following members have left IATM in 2008: ted with the Danish Post. A sad story bility. A report is to be delivered to the lections probably more representative from this period is the irresponsible government in February 2009. Since for the last 150 years than any other Motor-Museum Oeringen, Oeringen, Germany handling, from not least the ministry of the transport and communications museum in our country. Furthermore, The British Library Philatelic Collection, London, UK culture, which led to the closure if the museums belong to departments under and this could be a situation specific Hans Hübner, , Germany Cover: Isabella, nine years old, testing the Telecom museum, then recently under another umbrella within the state, to Sweden, they are also responsible trolley i the Ängelholm Museum. the responsibility of the Swedish/Fin- they are naturally excluded from this for the heritage created from the state

 IATM Newsletter u December 2008 IATM Newsletter u December 2008  The locomotive “Prins August” was built in England in 1856, the same year as the first railway line was opened in Sweden. It is the oldest working locomotive in the world in its original state. Why is this world class heritage still is in the back- ground when museums and collections are investigated by the Swedish state?

Siegfried Nörenberg administration itself, which was a very visible, have created ideas and have combine the best out of two worlds. dominating force in the modernisation become a voice to listen to. We have Why should we not consider ourselves of the country during this period. also discovered each other in a con- as being the most interesting museums crete sense, which leads to new ideas, of the future? If this example could also Of course we are in the beginning of interaction between staff members and inspire colleagues in other countries it From a Heating House to the Saxon Railroad Museum a political process and we don’t know ultimately to common projects. Additio- would be even better. anything of possible results or a time nally one must not forget the advan- table for changes but the creation of a tages we already have within our own Robert Sjöö he increase of train traffic in videos magazines, poster, graphics and Today the Saxon Railroad Museum new network has been a great success organisations and special fields having Swedish Railway Museum / Chemnitz around the turn of much more. shows the development of railroad traf- in itself. Eight state owned museums, established contacts with persons of www.jarnvagsmuseum.se the century made it necessary fic in the 20th century at the „Säch- formerly not too well known among the influence and note, experts and com- to devide freight traffic from sische Staatsbahn“ and „Deutsche panies. I have great hopes that we can T The exibits are contemporary witnesses Reichsbahn“ in the Chemnitz area by “culture elite”, have together become passenger traffic. So from 1897 to 1900 one of Germany´s largest mars- of the history of railroad technics and presenting exibits, papers, graphics halling yards was built in Chemnitz- of the belonging inventive talentin the and pictures. Hilbersdorf. At this time today´s Saxon last centuries. Because of some steam www.eisenbahnmuseum-chemnitz Railroad Museum establishment was engines built at „Sächsische Maschi- Celebrating 15 Years at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum built as freight locomotive engine shed. nenfabrik AG“, the museum means a Historical buildings, technical facilities special value for the city of Chemnitz. ince opening in July 1993, collection. The stamps, envelopes and voted to presenting the colorful and and vehicles under a preservation order In 1848 the „Sächsische Maschinen- the Smithsonian National objects on view span three centuries, engaging history of the nation’s mail make up the museum today. These fabrik, vormals Richard Hartmann Postal Museum has attracted and the stories they tell will delight service and showcasing the largest are for example two roundhouses with Aktiengesellschaft Chemnitz“ delilvered more than 7 million visitors visitors of all ages and of all degrees of and most comprehensive collection of 20-meter-turntable and 26 spaces for the first engine named „Glück auf“ to S locomotives each, coaling and san- the „Sächsisch Bayrische Bahn“. In and reaches millions more across the philatelic sophistication. This exhibit stamps and philatelic material in the United States through its traveling offers an innovative way of looking at world. It is located at 2 Massachusetts ding facilities, water cranes, a wheel- 1906, the 3000th locomotive was exhibition program and online exhibits. the hobby of stamp collecting. It also Avenue N.E. Washington, D.C., across and-axle elevator, washing facilities, built. In 1900, a large express pas- To celebrate its 15th anniversary, the demonstrates the length – sometimes from Union Station. The museum is a workshop with historical machine senger locomotive with wheel arrang- museum is hosting “Alphabetilately,” creative, sometimes heroic – that open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. tools, hump yard facilities and many ement 2‘B1‘ was a highlight on Paris a vibrant alphabetical exhibition about people have gone to stay connected via (closed on Dec. 25). For more informa- more. There are steam, diesel and world fair. Engine no. 4.000 was a collecting, stamps and the sending of mail. The accompanying text blends tion about the Smithsonian, please call electric locomotives of different classes 1‘D1‘ 4-cylinder superheated com- mail. “Alphabetilately” opens Friday, postal history, philatelic detail and (202) 633-1000 or TTY (202) 633- and historical passenger and freight pound express passenger locomotive Sept. 26. design perspective. 5285, Web site: vehicles. of series 19.0 called „Sachsenstolz“ www.postalmuseum.si.edu (Saxonie’s pride). Hartmann delivered From advertising covers to Zeppelin The designs for the “non-postage Also a large narrow-gauge field railroad locomotives around the world. Some of post, all 26 topics are clearly defined stamps” that introduce each case were Meradyth Moore system with various locomotives and them are still in operation today. From and richly illustrated with intriguing created by designers at 26 different National Postal Museum vehicles and countless model railways 1848 to 1929 4.699 engines were examples, including rarely displayed studios in the San Francisco Bay Area. Washington DC belong to the museum as well as a li- built. pieces from the museum’s permanent The National Postal Museum is de- [email protected] brary with an extensive stock of books,

 IATM Newsletter u December 2008 IATM Newsletter u December 2008  All food was served in the historic res- taurant car, and the participants slept To the Artic Circle with museum friends in the sleeping cars. But the train was mostly standing still at different sta- tions during nights. The only problems were with the limited water supply in the coaches, which was solved so that the participants had to visit local baths or schools with baths during the evening hours. Otherwise the time was spent mainly in the bar car. Two of the participants had brought their violins and entertained the others several nights.

One day was spent touring an aerial ropeway, initially built to transport ore, but now only used to transport tou- rists. Locomotives were changed every day, so the photographers get different motives. The last day on the Inlands- banan motive power were two old GM GM Demonstrator G7707 diesels of class My, built in Sweden but delivered to Denmark in the 1950s. Now they have been brought back to make more trips. Because the success Text and photo: Lars Olov Karlsson Sweden and used by Inlandsbanan for of the venture was so dependent on the (voluntary tour leader) goods traffic. contributions of volunteers, it may be www.jarnvagsmuseum.se some time before it can be repeated. The passing of the Artic Circle was But in a few years perhaps… marked by a special stop where every participant was given an Artic-Circle- Certificate. When arriving in Kiruna, again behind the historic electric loco- En route to the Arctic Circle motives, the group was taken by bus to the underground mine museum, where there are several vehicles from the Ki- Railway adventure in Scandinavia At the Artic Circle runa mine railways and from the local tramway (the world’s most northern In 2003, railway enthusiasts could to Östersund, to the Swedish Railway n June 2008 the Friends of the tionary train. The crew, who included was a Swedish built GM locomotive of tramway until it closed in 1958). The take part in a rail journey with a diffe- Museum in Gävle and finally, in a Swedish National Railway Mu- some of the museum’s staff, donated type T43, now belonging to Inlands- next day most of the group went on a rence to celebrate the 100th annivers- steam train, via Uppsala to Stockholm. seum arranged a seven day tour their time to the organizers. All parti- banan, operator of the Inland line the day-trip to Narvik in Norway by regular ary of the Norwegian-Swedish “Iron Ifor its members from Gävle to cipants were members of the Friends, train was to follow from Mora to Gäl- rail service. In the evening all joined Ore Railway” from Narvik to Kiruna. The trip served as the basis for the Kiruna, above the Artic Circle. The including some who joined just so livare. Along the line there were several the special train for the direct main line 100 passengers set off northwards new exhibition on the past and present group used a special train consisting of they could take part. As it was now “a stops for photographing and tourist return trip to Gävle, which took nearly from Trondheim in a vintage Norwegian situation of the railway in Scandinavia. 14 coaches, including sleeping cars, closed society” everything was much visits. Participants saw old locomo- 24 hours. Railways’ train, hauled by a NOHAB On an exhibition area of 400 square saloon cars, a bar car and a restaurant easier with authorities regarding such tive sheds with active steam engines diesel locomotive. Jürgen Franzke, Di- metres, amazing colour slides and car. Most of the coaches belong to the formalities as the sale of beverages on (owing to the dry weather, some of The trip was a great success. It cove- rector of the DB Museum, and photo- films show the various routes through Museum, but a few were borrowed the train. them were not allowed to pull the red 2 965 kilometres of special train grapher Helmut Dollhopf were amongst Norway and Sweden along the course from railway clubs. Motive power for train, as was first anticipated) as well travel in seven days. Financially the the passengers. of the journey. Additional displays of the trip was provided by the Museum The tour went from Gävle behind two as museums, steamboats and many result was positive, thanks largely to rare historic photos and exhibits tell and by local train operators. historical electric locomotives as far as other things. On a part of the line a the savings represented by the donated The seven-day journey began on the the history of the different sections of Mora, where two older diesel locomo- 2-8-0 was used. The labour, and this will be of benefit to the Nordland Railway from Trondheim to the journey and stations along the way. The trip started on the Railway Muse- tives took over. One of them was the fire risk was then very low, as it was museum. Many good personal bonds Fauske, then on the ore railway from um in the morning of June 9, but most Museum’s G 7707, a Canadian built raining. Most other parts of the tour were also made, and the voluntary staff Narvik to Kiruna, continued on the Dr. Rainer Mertens, DB Museum of the 114 guests and 30 crewmem- GM demonstrator unit, later becoming was however in fine weather, including worked well together. The net result Swedish Inland Railway from Gällivare [email protected] bers had already arrived the day before SJ class T42, and recently taken over sunshine at mid-night in Kiruna. was that everyone was very satisfied and spent the night aboard the sta- by the museum. The other locomotive and there were immediate requests to

 IATM Newsletter u December 2008 IATM Newsletter u December 2008  The heart of the Saxon motor industry beats in Chemnitz The Saxon Museum of Industry secures the traces

utomotive engineering can technologies, fuel cells and innovative look back on over 100 years of fuels like those being developed by 2 The museum in an old foundry building tradition in Saxony, the pioneer SunDiesel of Choren Ltd. in Freiberg/ proaches to engine-, transmission and 1906 Aregion of industrialization in Saxony. other and car technologies. There is a southeastern Germany. In and around Auto Union was the company that close network of experts and volunte- the city of ers, often coming Chemnitz the from related profes- 5 The mysterious Awtowelo-Race car-Motor motor industry sions, who support in Restoration 6 The mysterious Awtewolo-Race experienced the museum by car 1950/1952, not saved in its heyday collecting, resear- Chemnitz (photo courtesy of Wolf- during the first ching, exhibiting gang Beyer) decades of the and communicating 20th century. It these topics. was here that The museum is cial exhibition is soon to follow. Auto Union proud to combine Owing to its strong engineering and Inc. grew to this programme technology traditions, the region is rich become the with actual research in special transport related collections second largest too. Recently it star- which can complement a visit to the German car ted a project with Saxon Museum of Industry. The August manufacturer the racecar 650 Horch Museum in Zwickau and the before World “Awtowelo” (Fal- Saxon Motor Museum in Chemnitz War II. con), whose origins are presenting the brands of the Auto The Saxon were clouded in se- Union and beyond. The Motorbike Museum of crecy. Shortly after Museum of Schloss Augustusburg Industry is the Second World houses the most extensive collection of 4 Motorenwerkstatt: Cylinder head in cross focussing on War, the Soviets DKW and MZ motorcycles. Finally you section of a 1,6l VW Motor this history and ordered the con- will find a number of Richard Hart- (Photos 1-4 courtesy of Industriemu- legacy. Visitors struction of a race mann steam locomotives in the Saxon seum Chemnitz) to its site can car with a normally Railway Museum Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf discover Saxon aspirated 2 liter-V12 whereas the Dresden Transport Mu- cars such as 1 Panoramic view into the main gallery of the museum engine with 152 seum has the largest collection on the Wanderer or horse power, based topic. Trabant next to on the legendary pre Back at the Saxon Museum of Industry a steam locomotive built by the local started the long tradition of resear- WWII Auto Union “Silberpfeil” (Silver Chemnitz, visitors are offered an overall 3 Motorenwerkstatt: VW-Motor in cross- Richard Hartmann Company. But what ching, developing and manufactur- arrow)”. Two cars were built. While one view of the Saxon history of industry, sections and details with LED-lights truly sets our museum apart from other ing car engines in Chemnitz. Today, of them is presented in the Doning- with its focus on impressive textile- and collections is the MOTORENWERK- Volkswagen is running a huge modern ton Grand Prix collection in the UK, office-machines and machine tools. STATT, a special exhibition where more engine plant on the historical site of mayor components of the second car Achim Dresler than 30 engines are presented, partly the former Auto Union. And because it (engine, transmission, axles, wheels) Sächsisches Industriemuseum Chem- interactive in cross sections and explo- is the largest employer in the city, you have remained in Saxony. The Museum nitz ded views. may call it “Mo-Town Chemnitz”. is currently restoring these in co-ope- European Museum of the Year Award The exhibition narrative unfolds from With its exhibits, the museum is acti- ration with the West Saxon University 2005 – special recommendation the classic combustion engine of the vely contributing to the current discus- of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Zwickau www.saechsisches-industriemuseum.de early 20th century, through to current sions over rising fuel prices and traffic where the remaining parts are being state-of the art car engines and on to induced climate changes. scanned. Using reverse engineering the future option and solutions. The latter School classes are invited to take entire racecar and will be reconstructed include electric drive systems, hybrid different theoretical and practical ap- and rendered as a 3-D model. A spe-

 IATM Newsletter u December 2008 IATM Newsletter u December 2008  Successful Presentation Copenhagen Dreaming The passing dreams of the future have been captured in nine films presented at different posts in the museum’s permanent exhibition – surrounded by One of the posts in the the communication technology that permanent exhibition did not remain in the world of dreams, at Post & Tele Museum, but became reality. At each post the 2008. visitors can watch a movie, read quo- tations about the future, and test their ability to distinguish between true and false statements in a quotation game. The posts are presenting a well-known story in new optics supplemented with new knowledge. Each post consists of a touch screen and a directional louds- peaker. This presentation form makes the history more accessible to a young audience and at the same time it ena- Video telephone bles a family to explore the contents together. It was the intention that the design of the posts should fit into the existing scenography and at the same time signal a green, futuristic thread through the exhibition. This has been accomplished beyond expectations.

Renewal The dream trail is part of the museum’s effort to renew its permanent exhibi- tion, which is, in the main, celebrating its 10-year jubilee. The subject field of the museum is constantly changing, and we are frequently discussing how to make the exhibitions reflect the development and as well as to which Missile mail, 1959 extent we shall present the latest tions of post, stamps, telegraphy, te- mobile phones and IT novelties without lephony, wireless telegraphy, broadcas- becoming an advertisement display ting, television, computers, and mobile pillar for the development departments telephony. The predictions go from one of commercial companies. The dream ost & Tele Museum’s perma- we have produced a short film showing extreme to the other. Some of them are trail has given us a part of the solution, Pin from General Mo- nent exhibition has got a new perspectives of the ongoing research amazingly precise, e.g. when a future not least through the collaboration with tors’ exhibition at New dimension: science fiction. In in present-day Denmark: The future is for the mobile phone was predicted the Technical University of Denmark. York World’s Fair, 1939 this universe the museum is light; in computers, mobile telephones, already in 1877. Others are utterly P mistaken the potential offered by new presenting visions and horror scena- airports, television, etc. Subsequently, Liv Skovholm rios about future communication of the visitors are brought back to a dis- means of communication, e.g. when in Post & Tele Museum all times: A dream trail through the tant past when electricity had not even 1943 IBM predicted that there would København exhibition. been invented and set out to follow the be a world market for five computers www.ptt-museum.dk future visions of the past from 1624 only. Yet other dreams failed because The dream trail begins in our own fu- onwards. they were too expensive to carry ture: What are we dreaming about to- through, among others the dream of day with a view to the communication Dreams are Global the 1950’s about missile mail. Several of tomorrow? In collaboration with the successful attempts were made in the The museum staff has been around the Department of Photonics Engineering US, but in practice it was unprofitable world to find traces of the first concep- at the Technical University of Denmark to send airmail in this way.

1 0 IATM Newsletter u December 2008 IATM Newsletter u December 2008   Verkehrsmuseum (Transportation Museum) Dresden The Highlight in 2008: The Reopening of the newly arranged Shipping Exhibition

eshaping the Shipping Exhi- Shipping on the River Elbe, i.e. 1000 of exotic ships and grand sumptuous bition using modern design years of eventful history (the oldest gondolas from the time of ”August der proved to be an interesting documented source is dated to 983 Starke” as well as magnificent globes. An innovative challenge. AD!), is the focus of the exhibition’s R first section, delineating its relevance concept to make The exhibition’s second section pro- By combining a diversified exhibition for the global transport of goods during vides e.g. the great time of passenger railways an exciting dramaturgy, rich in contrast, with the course of centuries as well as the liner with a special part about the fa- up-to-date multimedia technology we development of the Saxon passenger mous RMS ”Titanic” and a topic about experience created an attractive exhibition to ap- steamboat industry, which began with the more than 140 years of German peal to a broader public as well as to the small steamboat ”Königin Maria” Search and Rescue, the ”Deutsche Ge- experts in the field alike. in 1837. sellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger”. Moreover, important German ship- Replicas of vital ship parts, e.g. the Great attention is also paid to a so far ping companies are portrayed. For hull of a sailing boat or a mast with unheeded aspect of shipping history on the ”Hamburg Südamerikanische ErlebnisWeltBahn – Experiencing the world of railways sails, provide a genuine maritime am- the River Elbe: chain shipping between Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft KG”, bience, together with a comprehensive 1866 and 1948. Its extraordinary one of the world’s most important con- t three different sites, the the numerous partners is the Austrian Berge or rent a bicycle trolley at the selection of nautical equipment such as mode of action is described impres- tainer shipping companies, as well as visitor can have a railway Railways, the OeBB. “DraisinenErlebnisWelt”. Visits to the anchors, flags, steering wheels etc. plus sively, among other things, by means ”Scandlines”, one of the world’s most experience: Enjoying a trip wildlife park of Ernstbrunn, the school model replicas of ships and artwork. of a film recording and a demonstration successful ferry shipping companies, with a historic train pulled The “NostalgieErlebnisWelt” runs museum “Michelstettner Schule” or the model incl. 50 metres use 21 harbours on 13 routes in the A museum for prehistory are all popular by smoking steam or rattling diesel historic steam trains and diesel engines of original chain. Baltic Sea. engines, exploring historic locomotives every weekend and public holiday bet- activities. Other themes in- at a living museum or taking a ride on ween May and October. The trip starts clude the different A thematically and artistically extreme- a bicycle trolley. from Vienna and ends at Ernstbrunn, ship engine types used ly varied exhibition - bound to fascinate a small village located about 50 km on the River Elbe as young and old, layman and expert In 2006, the year of the 170th anni- from the capital. The use of different well as its harbour alike, and to inspire them to wish to versary of the Austrian Railway, a small locomotives every weekend guarantees and shipyard history, ”sea” more ... group of employees of the Austrian that the journey remains attractive for since building all types Federal Railway, the OeBB, started regular visitors and furthermore attracts of inland navigation an ambitious project, the “Erlebnis- railway enthusiasts. Apart from the vessels has had a long WeltBahn” to promote the topic of trains operated for the project, this rail- tradition here. historic railways. “ErlebnisWeltBahn” way track is now only used for freight is composed of three different sites, all transport. It winds itself in romantic Appetite for the connected to the topic of railways and curves up the “Weinviertler Semme- exhibition’s second located near Austria’s capital Vienna. ring” and offers passengers an amazing section Sea Shipping is view of the lovely landscape. The train The trains are all run in cooperation whetted by a trea- This concept lets visitors experience also includes a specially adapted res- with the OeBB-Personenverkehr AG, sure chest, wrapped railways in three different ways and taurant car in which local food specia- which is in charge of passenger trains. in mysterious sea blue from different perspectives. Additio- lities are offered, making the trip even Volunteers from the Verein Neue material and housing nally, interesting and easily reachable more pleasant. Very popular is a supp- Landesbahn – an association of people precious nautical attractions for families, seniors and lemental ticket, which allows visitors trying to re-establish these former instruments, essential tourists have been established allowing to ride in the driver’s cabin with the tracks for passenger trains – spend for position-fixing on the promotion of “historic railways” to engine driver. The standard train ticket every weekend helping the guests and the high seas, such as a broad audience and not only railway also offer visitors to transfer to a variety providing them with every kind of use- sextants, telescopes enthusiasts. Furthermore, the three of local attractions, run by a historic ful information about the area. and chronometers. An- sites push regional tourism and help bus. Similarly, visitors can ride by bike Further information can be found on other feast for the eyes other attractions in the area to gain on a network of bicycle paths, take a the internet: www.erlebnisweltbahn.at are model replicas more visitors. The most important of scenic walk at the Nature Park Leiser

1 2 IATM Newsletter u December 2008 IATM Newsletter u December 2008   At the “MuseumsErlebnisWelt”, the The museum itself is run by only 2 track for half a day or a whole day. The stad showed their road- person in Stockholm and event attracted over 7500 visitors, largest railway museum in Austria, regular employees and an association track is 12.7 km in one direction and and rail-running rescue three coaches was readily which was considered to be a good visitors are shown various historic loco- called 1.OeSEK. This association has ends with a fast downhill drive. On the truck. It was bought ten available from the Danish result for a small museum in a small motives at an original location, the lo- about 500 members, 20 of whom way visitors can stop at a small restau- years ago to be used Railways museum within a town. It also gave the museum excel- comotive depot of Strasshof. There, the work regularly at the museum, resto- rant and enjoy regional food specialities when the tunnel through few hours. lent promotion through coverage in last steam engines used for the regular ring the old trains and taking care of all and local wines. Hallandsås would be local papers, special magazines and operations were based. Visitors can the other facilities. ready. As the tunnel is Inside the museum was a on the radio. It also resulted in exten- also explore the vast grounds of the Further information: www.eisenbahn- This project has also been established not ready yet, the rescue 10 år small exhibition about the sive word-of-mouth advertising that railway museum with its nearly 300 museum-heizhaus.com by the Verein neue Landesbahn men- truck has never been på spår creation of the museum, contributed to high visitor numbers old locomotives and historic wagons tioned above in cooperation with the used and soon will be an exhibition of historic throughout the summer. Last year’s are situated. A goal of the Museum is The “DraisinenErlebnisWelt” was the villages in the region around the tracks. taken out of service due to its age! toy trains and several model railway record figure of 28 000 visitors was to let visitors not only see but really ex- first bicycle trolley track in Lower Aus- Further information: www.weinvier- layouts from Sweden and Denmark. passed by the end of July. The success perience locomotives: a special model tria and runs through one of the most teldraisine.at In the park behind the museum the Another temporary exhibition for child- of the event owed much to the many railway takes children (and grown-ups beautiful regions of eastern Austria. new mini-railway (gauge 184 mm or ren about bridges was also opened. In extra hours of work by the staff and to as well) around the grounds and on Visitors can rent bicycle trolleys which Andrea Benda 7 1/4 inch) was opened. The newly a nearby building was a railway market the extraordinary efforts of our many many weekends the locomotives are can carry up to four persons and explo- ÖBB-Holding AG delivered battery locomotive arrived with stands of private persons, socie- volunteers and members of visiting as- fired and shown in action. re an old and currently unused railway Wien in time, but the passenger coaches ties and commercial operators. sociations and clubs. [email protected] were not ready. But, museums and friends cooperate, so one railcar with During the two days the weather Text and photo: Lars Olov Karlsson Ten years on the Track trailer was brought in from a private was fair, but cold. Nevertheless, the

n May 3 and 4 2008 the During the two days many historical The flies again Swedish National Railway vehicles visited the museum, and were included all those who had helped to Museum in Ängelholm cele- displayed on the tracks. Some were make the restoration of the Adler pos- Obrated the tenth anniversary just shown, others were used to give sible – and donations had accounted since it opened in 1998. Originally the rides within the yard and on the lines for no less than a third of the total museum was called the Museum of outside. A 4-6-0 B class provided po- costs of almost 1 million euros. Rail & Track (Banmuseet). It was then wer for trains on two short routes each The Adler travelled along an attractive the only museum of Swedish railway day. One of them climbed the Halland- route through the industrial belt of this infrastructure and formed part of the sås ridge where a new tunnel is being conurbation area. DB Museum em- Education Department of the Swedish built. There was also a historic train ployees described the technology and Rail Administration. The Rail Admi- with a 1955 electric locomotive con- explained to passengers how the Adler nistration subsequently took over the necting Malmö with Ängelholm each worked, as well as drawing their atten- Swedish National Railway Museum day. All this rolling stock came from the tion to the historic settlements, railway in Gävle, and two years ago the two museum in Gävle, as was one steam facilities and factories along the line. institutions were amalgamated into one inspection trolley and a horse-drawn This ensured an entertaining journey museum featuring two exhibitions, one passenger coach. Visitors were also which provided an unusual view of the in Gävle and one in Ängelholm. able to see “Förstlingen II”, a replica urban landscape between Nuremberg of Swedens first steam locomotive, an and Fürth. The museum in Ängelholm has During the two days of celebration 1869 vertical boiler shunter from the retained its concentration on railway there were lots of activities. Not only Danish Railway Museum in Odense In May and July, the Adler was also infrastructure, although recently it has was the museum host to many histo- and a narrow gauge (600 mm) steam presented at the summer festivals in added examples of rolling stock to its rical vehicles, but also various state- locomotive with its own track from the the two museum branches in Koblenz collection. One such item is the steam of-the-art examples of contemporary museum line Ohsabanan. From the Saturday, 26 April 2008: the restored trip since it was damaged in a fire at and . In Halle, it made several locomotive E 902, an 0-8-0 dating equipment ranging from locomotives to nearest museum collection in Klippan “Adler”, replica of the locomotive of the the depot in 2005. After a few words demonstration runs together with the from 1907. It was taken out of duty in railcars and freight cars were exhibited there was a four-wheeled railbus and a first German railway, and its three yel- of welcome and various speeches, the Saxonia, the first locomotive built in 1972 as one of the last steam loco- by several train-operators. The guest 2-6-0T steam locomotive from 1906. low coaches stood at Platform 1 of Nu- train departed, arriving 20 minutes Germany, and the two engines were motives of the Swedish State Railways speaker was the new Director General This locomotive has been rebuilt the remberg central station, sparkling and later at the station in the neighbouring admired by several thousand visitors. and was later put in the “strategic of the Swedish Rail Administration, last several years and was used for the steaming in the brilliant sunshine. The city of Fürth, where it was welcomed Before returning to its winter quarters reserve”. It was taken over by the Minoo Akhtarzand, who in her speech first time since the late 1950s. event attracted a number of celebrities: by a crowd of enthusiastic spectators. at the DB Museum in Nuremberg, the museum some ten years ago. It is now pointed out the importance of a mu- politicians headed by Dr. Beckstein, Adler ran again between Nuremberg back in operating condition, and will seum to a modern organisation working On the Saturday nearly 80 veteran cars Minister-President of Bavaria, industri- That trip was the first of a total of 19 and Fürth in September. be permanently placed in Ängelholm for the future. visited the museum grounds. The same alists and high-ranking DB representa- to be held in April and May, for which for special train operations in Southern day also the nearby Fire Brigade of Bå- tives, all of whom climbed aboard this the 1200 tickets sold out within just a Sweden. legendary locomotive for its first official few days. Passengers on the journeys

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he “Saxonia” is regarded as the The original “Saxonia” shared the same Ministry of Transport decided to build a first working locomotive ever to fate as the “Adler”, the first German replica of the “Saxonia” in honour of the be built in Germany. locomotive. After it was taken out of forthcoming anniversary of the Leipzig- T service, it was first used as a stationary Dresdner-Eisenbahn. On 8 April 1989, 1838 saw the inauguration of Leip- steam engine and then scrapped. the “Saxonia” replica led the annivers- zig-Dresdner Eisenbahn, Germany’s On 11 October 1985, the East German ary parade in Riesa to celebrate “150 first long-distance railway. The com- years of Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn“. pany, which operated the line, had imported two-axled Rothwell and Bury The “Saxonia” has recently undergone steam locomotives from England. Join the IATM a general overhaul at Meiningen steam Dresden’s industrial pioneer Johann locomotive depot and has been back in Visit the website www.iatm.org Andreas Schubert took one of these service again since July, winning the English locomotives as the model for hearts of the spectators at our summer or contct the secretary: construction of the “Saxonia”, but in festival at Halle railway museum. contrast to the original, provided his IATM Secrestary Robert Sjöö Swedish Railway Museum locomotive with a rear carrying axle. Jürgen Franzke Box 407 DB Museum (KDM) 80105 Gävle, Sweden Nürnberg [email protected] email: [email protected]