The Class T locomotives built for the Royal Württemberg State Railways (K.W.St.E) from 1896-1904 were shunting tender locomotives with two coupled axles. It comprised seven rebuilt Class E tender locomotives and ten new locomotives built by Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Heilbronn. With a length of 6.38 metres, it was the smallest locomotive in the German Reichsbahn’s fleet.
Our locomotive “T1005” was delivered to the Royal Württemberg State Railways on 13 December 1899 with the factory number 374 and was used by the Tübingen and Stuttgart machine inspectorates. In 1921, it was sold to the Hohenzollerische Hüttenwerke in Laucherthal near Sigmaringen, where it was used as a plant locomotive from then on. Decommissioned in the mid-1970s, it was purchased privately and made available to the Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum as a loan from 20 May 1977. In 1979, the locomotive was transferred to the German Steam Locomotive Museum in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg and in 1986 it was transferred again to the German Museum of Technology in Berlin (DTM). In 2025, Bahnwelt was able to buy the unique locomotive from the DTM and bring it back to Darmstadt-Kranichstein. The T1005 is one of the oldest surviving standard-gauge steam locomotives.
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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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