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16.10.2024: Autumn steam at the historic locomotive shed in Wittenberge

Last weekend, we heralded the coming end of the season for our museum with an event at which everything that can run under its own power in our museum was on the move. This included our diesel locomotives 320 001, 118 748, the steam locomotive Emma, our diesel shunters and - brand new in operation - our locomotive engine from Breuer. However, the star of the event was certainly the Press Group's steam locomotive 86 1744, which was available for cab rides in top condition. In addition, the company Lok OST kindly provided us with a V100 diesel locomotive, which could be admired as an exhibit and during the parade rides at around 14:00 on Saturday and Sunday. Thanks again to both companies for enriching our festival with their participation.
Fortunately, the weather was mostly fine and we were able to welcome around 1,400 visitors to our event. The fact that vintage car enthusiasts from the Altmark region visited us with their more than 20 historic vehicles certainly contributed to this, bringing additional life to the museum grounds. Thank you very much for your visit! Of course, the fire brigade once again gave their all with their famous pea soup, which was a real treat for the palate.
Here is a small selection of pictures from our event.













But even after the event, there is still plenty going on in the museum: a group of pupils from the Marie Curie Gymnasium are giving us a very special treat by designing some of the walls in our future exhibition space as part of an art project. They are painting railway motifs from Wittenberge on the walls based on photographs. We are thrilled and would like to say thank you for the fantastic motifs.

At this point we can also reveal a secret: The diesel locomotive 118 754, which was previously kept in our museum as an exhibit, was towed to Mansfelder Land at the beginning of the week. In a workshop in Klostermannsfeld, the locomotive will undergo a major overhaul over the next few months. Once this work has been completed, it will hopefully be available again for journeys throughout Germany. We are extremely pleased about this and will report on the progress of the work here from time to time. The following pictures show the train before departure in Wittenberge and near Förderstedt south of Magdeburg.


vehicles: Emma, 118 748-3, V 320 001-1, Breuer Lokomotor

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