The Gelnhäuser Kreisbahnen were a company owned by the former district of Gelnhausen. The district acquired the majority of shares in various local small railways and merged them on 1 April 1937 to form the Gelnhäuser Kreisbahnen. After the Second World War, the district railways became a department of Kreiswerke Gelnhausen and were shut down train by train until 1995.
Coach no. 19 is the driving trailer of a push-pull train and had two open-plan compartments (2nd class) and a control compartment. Coach no. 20 (1st and 2nd class with luggage compartment) has also been preserved and refurbished in the museum. The two carriages travelled with diesel locomotives VL 11 and 12 (MaK 240C) and served the Wächtersbach-Bad Orb railway line.
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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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