Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil
Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeilis a small,Prussianlocomotive depot atHermeskeil,in the state ofRhineland-PalatinateinGermanythat dates from 1888. Until 1903, it was called aMaschinenstation(engine station).
The locomotive depot is directly opposite the station building at Hermeskeil station and has a six-roadroundhouse(originally two-road) and a 16mturntable(originally 13m). From 1956, the depot became an outstation of Simmernlocomotive depotbut this was closed on 1 April 1959. Today, it is privately owned and is used as asteam locomotivemuseum.[1]Around 50 locomotives are stored here, the majority being large steam engines.
See also
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[edit]- ^Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen 2008(Handbook of German Museum Railways), Verlag Uhle und Kleimann,ISBN978-3-928959-50-6,serial, serial 171
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