After the First World War, many small railways had to modernise their rolling stock. In order to reduce the costs for the renovation, the decision was made to develop standardised locomotive types by an overall committee, the “Engeren Lokomotiv-Normen-Ausschuss (ELNA)”. As a result, the ELNA developed six locomotive types, which were built between 1922 and 1946, and one type was even included in the programme of the so-called austerity war steam locomotive (KDL4). The ELNA 6, one of which we have in our home, is one of the heaviest locomotives in the ELNA range and is suitable for mainline and heavy switching service.
Our locomotive was assembled at Henschel after the war from still existing individual parts and then came to the Farge-Vegesacker Railway as No. 203. In 1956 it was renamed No. 184. In 1966 it was loaned to the Bremen-Thedinghausen railway and in 1967 to the Rinteln-Stadthagen railway. In 1972, the machine was taken out of service and sold by the Deutsche-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (DEG) to the Railway Museum and has been in our museum ever since.
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On Saturday 22 August 2026, we’ll be taking you from Darmstadt Central Station to the beautiful Ahr Valley on train 141 228-7!
Come and discover the fascinating history of the former government bunker in Ahrweiler, or enjoy the delicious wine and other culinary delights on offer at the ‘rural wine festival’!
On Sunday 6 September 2026, a special steam train hauled by ELNA 184 DME will run on the Frankfurt Harbour Railway!
At a total of four stops, you will learn about the fascinating industrial history of Frankfurt’s banks of the Main as part of the ‘Rhine-Main Industrial Heritage Days’ and this year’s theme, ‘The Dawn of the Modern Age’.
Mit unserem Jubiläumskalender feiern wir 50 Jahre Eisenbahnmuseum Darmstadt-Kranichstein – eines der bedeutendsten Eisenbahnmuseen Deutschlands. Die zwölf eindrucksvollen Motive zeigen dabei verschiedene Exponate im Kontext unvergesslicher historischer Meilensteine aus fünf Jahrzehnten gelebter Eisenbahnkultur.
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