Rügen Railway & Technology Museum
The former Berlin tram used as a ticket counter
Inside the Rügen Railway & Technology Museum
Narrow gauge locomotives in the 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 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
External links
- Official website of the Railway and Technology Museum
- Tram Travels: Eisenbahn & Technik Museum Rügen (ETM)
Coordinates: 54°26′35″N 13°34′6″E / 54.44306°N 13.56833°E
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