Märkische Museum Railway
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The Märkische Museum Railway (Märkische Museums-Eisenbahn) or MME is a German railway society that was founded in order to show narrow gauge
vehicles in operation on small branch lines.
, the society used the opportunity to buy vehicles, that had formerly worked in the Sauerland
, from the Juist
and Spiekerooge island railways which had just closed.
The priority for their collection is the following railways:
In Plettenberg the society could take over the remaining trackage from the PKB and set up a temporary workshop in an old boiler house in order to restore the vehicles acquired.
In the margins, relicts of the Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahn (RLE) and a host of narrow gauge industrial railway were able to be salvaged, including for example the historically interesting Harkort Coal Railway,which was founded by the industrial pioneer, Friedrich Harkort, and went into service in 1830 – no less than five years before the Nuremberg–Fürth railway – albeit initially as a wagonway
.
The society found a suitable site for the establishment of its 1000 mm museum railway on the trackbed of the Plettenberg–Herscheid railway between Hüinghausen station and Köbbinghausen halt (formerly timetable route (Kursbuchstrecke or KBS) no. 239k, which had closed in 1969 and been subsequently dismantled. Operations are carried out under the name of the Sauerland Light Railway" (Sauerländer Kleinbahn).
Narrow gauge
A narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...
vehicles in operation on small branch lines.
History
Found on 14 July 1982 at PlettenbergPlettenberg
Plettenberg is a town in the Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Plettenberg is located in the east of the Sauerland hills. The highest elevation of the city area is in the Ebbegebirge with 593 m above sea level, the lowest elevation with 194 m near Teindeln...
, the society used the opportunity to buy vehicles, that had formerly worked in the Sauerland
Sauerland
The Sauerland is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited...
, from the Juist
Juist
Juist is one of the seven inhabited East Frisian Islands at the edge of the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea in the southern North Sea, located between Borkum Island , Memmert Island and Norderney...
and Spiekerooge island railways which had just closed.
The priority for their collection is the following railways:
- Kreis Altenaer Eisenbahn (KAE), 1888–1967
- Plettenberger Kleinbahn (PKB), 1896–1962
- Iserlohner Kreisbahn (IKB), 1900–1964
- Hohenlimburger Kleinbahn (HKB), 1900–1983
- Kleinbahn Haspe-Voerde-BreckerfeldKleinbahn Haspe-Voerde-BreckerfeldThe Kleinbahn Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld was a narrow-gauge railway linking the cities of Breckerfeld and Voerde with Haspe to the Bergisch-Märkische railway. Construction lasted from 1901 to 1906...
(HVB), 1903–1963
In Plettenberg the society could take over the remaining trackage from the PKB and set up a temporary workshop in an old boiler house in order to restore the vehicles acquired.
In the margins, relicts of the Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahn (RLE) and a host of narrow gauge industrial railway were able to be salvaged, including for example the historically interesting Harkort Coal Railway,which was founded by the industrial pioneer, Friedrich Harkort, and went into service in 1830 – no less than five years before the Nuremberg–Fürth railway – albeit initially as a wagonway
Wagonway
Wagonways consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam powered railways. The terms "plateway", "tramway" and in someplaces, "dramway" are also found.- Early developments :...
.
Museum railway
External links
- Sauerland Light Railway
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany