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09.07.2025: Review of the past event

We look back on our "Summer Steam 2025" event with great pleasure. Due to the weather, there were only a few clouds of steam emitted by a steam locomotive. Our little Emma alone made sure of that. However, a considerable number of diesel locomotives were on site and in operation, which also exuded fascination. Among the guests were the large diesel locomotives of Soviet design 232 701 and 903.


Western traction was also represented in the form of diesel locomotive 216 224. This is the little sister of our yellow diesel locomotive 320 001.


And an exotic locomotive on German rails, namely the Danish Nohab 1151, rounded off the picture with its elegant curves and the emblem of the Danish state railway.

All were presented in turn on the turntable and also took part in our parade runs shortly after midday on both days. We would once again like to thank the companies Bahnbetrieb Gera GmbH, Lok-OST and Cargo Logistic Rail Service, who let us use their locomotives for the exhibition, and their colleagues, who were happy to answer the many questions from visitors and present their locomotives.

We would also like to thank the Lüchow-Dannenberg model railway enthusiasts, who visited us with their H0 scale modular layout and also had models in use that corresponded to the originals represented here.
Historical exhibits also reached us on the road at times. On Saturday, we hosted a German-Danish motorbike club, while on Sunday the Lüneburg classic car enthusiasts paid us a visit.

We are very satisfied with the event. After all, almost 1,300 people visited us last weekend. The atmosphere was good, the technology worked and our guests and we were in a good mood.

That's how it should be and we are already looking forward to the next events this year in September and October. Until then, we will of course keep you up to date with the latest developments in and around the museum. We wish everyone who is going on holiday a good rest. And if you live further away and are perhaps going on holiday in the north, we recommend a detour to visit us. The museum is open on Saturdays between 10:00 and 17:00.

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02.07.2025: +++ Update +++ Third guest locomotive confirmed for the upcoming event +++

Following the confirmations for diesel locomotives 232 673 and 1151, we are pleased to announce the participation of diesel locomotive 232 450 at our event this coming weekend.
Like 232 673, it was built in Luhansk, now Ukraine, during the Soviet era and was used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1976. After reunification, it had temporary Bulgarian owners who gave it a blue livery, which it still wears today. It was sold back to Germany in 2023 and currently operates for the company Bahnbetrieb Gera GmbH.
The following photo was taken by Maik Köhler at www.br232.com

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02.07.2025: +++ Update +++ Fourth guest locomotive confirmed for the upcoming event +++

Following the confirmations for diesel locomotives 232 450, 232 673 and 1151, we are pleased to announce the participation of diesel locomotive 232 903 from Lok-OST at our event next weekend.
Like the other two class 232 locomotives, it was built in Luhansk, now Ukraine, during the Soviet era and was used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1975. After the fall of communism, it was temporarily taken to the Netherlands, where a subsidiary of DB AG used it for freight trains. After returning to Germany, it was used for the freight train division of DB AG for a few more years before being sold to the current owner in 2018. The locomotive still wears the color scheme in which it and its sisters were painted in the last years of service at DB AG, namely red with a white bib on the fronts.

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01.07.2025: +++ Update +++ Second guest locomotive confirmed for the upcoming event +++

The guest list for our event next weekend is slowly filling up. Today we received the second firm confirmation, this time from Cargo Logistik Rail Service GmbH (CLR).
We are looking forward to the visit of diesel locomotive 1151, which is rather exotic on German tracks. It was built 60 years ago by the company Nydqvist & Holm Aktiebolag in Trollhättan, Sweden, for the Danish state railroad and was used by our northern neighbors for a long time. Since 1999, it has mainly been in service in Germany. The CLR has now been using it in front of freight and construction trains for more than twelve years, where it has proved its worth. The owners have restored it to its original color scheme of dark red with golden yellow decorative elements, just as it used to be in Denmark. Two large winged wheel symbols adorn the front of the locomotive.


We are still trying to secure further exhibits for the event, including a class 155 electric locomotive, although its appearance is not yet one hundred percent guaranteed because its operating schedule for next week has not yet been fully clarified. We will inform you as soon as we have more concrete information.

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30.06.2025: +++ Update +++ Guest locomotive confirmed for the upcoming event +++

We are delighted to be able to present the first guest locomotive that will be taking part in our event next weekend. It is the diesel locomotive 232 673 from Bahnbetrieb Gera GmbH. It was built in 1981 in Luhansk, now Ukraine. The nickname of this class is therefore "Ludmilla". The locomotive was put into operation by the former Deutsche Reichsbahn, later transferred to DB AG and was decommissioned by the latter in 2014 because demand for heavy diesel locomotives was declining. It then began its second life with several private railway companies, which mainly used it for goods trains and still do so today. The current owners have restored the locomotive to its original colour scheme, so that it is a perfect reminder of the diesel locomotive era in the Wittenberge engine shed thirty years ago. We are endeavouring to have another locomotive of this class for the upcoming event to make the memory perfect. We are also endeavouring to get a class 155 electric locomotive, although its appearance is not yet one hundred percent guaranteed because its operating schedule for next week has not yet been fully clarified. However, we are optimistic and will inform you as soon as we have more concrete information.

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