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02.07.2025: +++ Update +++ Third guest locomotive confirmed for the upcoming event +++

Following the confirmations for diesel locomotives 232 673 and 1151, we are pleased to announce the participation of diesel locomotive 232 450 at our event this coming weekend.
Like 232 673, it was built in Luhansk, now Ukraine, during the Soviet era and was used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1976. After reunification, it had temporary Bulgarian owners who gave it a blue livery, which it still wears today. It was sold back to Germany in 2023 and currently operates for the company Bahnbetrieb Gera GmbH.
The following photo was taken by Maik Köhler at www.br232.com

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02.07.2025: +++ Update +++ Fourth guest locomotive confirmed for the upcoming event +++

Following the confirmations for diesel locomotives 232 450, 232 673 and 1151, we are pleased to announce the participation of diesel locomotive 232 903 from Lok-OST at our event next weekend.
Like the other two class 232 locomotives, it was built in Luhansk, now Ukraine, during the Soviet era and was used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1975. After the fall of communism, it was temporarily taken to the Netherlands, where a subsidiary of DB AG used it for freight trains. After returning to Germany, it was used for the freight train division of DB AG for a few more years before being sold to the current owner in 2018. The locomotive still wears the color scheme in which it and its sisters were painted in the last years of service at DB AG, namely red with a white bib on the fronts.

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01.07.2025: +++ Update +++ Second guest locomotive confirmed for the upcoming event +++

The guest list for our event next weekend is slowly filling up. Today we received the second firm confirmation, this time from Cargo Logistik Rail Service GmbH (CLR).
We are looking forward to the visit of diesel locomotive 1151, which is rather exotic on German tracks. It was built 60 years ago by the company Nydqvist & Holm Aktiebolag in Trollhättan, Sweden, for the Danish state railroad and was used by our northern neighbors for a long time. Since 1999, it has mainly been in service in Germany. The CLR has now been using it in front of freight and construction trains for more than twelve years, where it has proved its worth. The owners have restored it to its original color scheme of dark red with golden yellow decorative elements, just as it used to be in Denmark. Two large winged wheel symbols adorn the front of the locomotive.


We are still trying to secure further exhibits for the event, including a class 155 electric locomotive, although its appearance is not yet one hundred percent guaranteed because its operating schedule for next week has not yet been fully clarified. We will inform you as soon as we have more concrete information.

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30.06.2025: +++ Update +++ Guest locomotive confirmed for the upcoming event +++

We are delighted to be able to present the first guest locomotive that will be taking part in our event next weekend. It is the diesel locomotive 232 673 from Bahnbetrieb Gera GmbH. It was built in 1981 in Luhansk, now Ukraine. The nickname of this class is therefore "Ludmilla". The locomotive was put into operation by the former Deutsche Reichsbahn, later transferred to DB AG and was decommissioned by the latter in 2014 because demand for heavy diesel locomotives was declining. It then began its second life with several private railway companies, which mainly used it for goods trains and still do so today. The current owners have restored the locomotive to its original colour scheme, so that it is a perfect reminder of the diesel locomotive era in the Wittenberge engine shed thirty years ago. We are endeavouring to have another locomotive of this class for the upcoming event to make the memory perfect. We are also endeavouring to get a class 155 electric locomotive, although its appearance is not yet one hundred percent guaranteed because its operating schedule for next week has not yet been fully clarified. However, we are optimistic and will inform you as soon as we have more concrete information.

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26.06.2025: 05./06.07.2025 Summer Steam at the Historic Engine Shed Wittenberge

On 5 and 6 July 2025, the Historic Engine Shed Wittenberge will be hosting its "Summer Steam 2025" event, at which the museum's vehicles will of course once again be in operation and on display. The railway enthusiasts have also created space in the engine shed for a large H0-scale model railway layout. This time, the Lüchow-Dannenberg model railway friends will be guests with their modular layout.
The die-hard fans of the original scale railway are already looking forward to seeing which guest locomotives will be represented in Wittenberge this time. The final confirmations are still pending, but the association is endeavouring to find representatives of diesel and electric traction.
The locomotives will be in operation between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturdays and between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sundays. Visitors can then not only marvel at them from the outside, but also take a ride in the driver's cab. Friendly museum staff also offer rare glimpses into the engine rooms. Also worth seeing is the museum's signal box, from which a number of points and signals in the museum grounds are set.
The railway enthusiasts also organise tours of the site in historic passenger carriages from the turn of the century before last. Those who would like to work on the drive themselves can experience this on a draisine. Hunger and thirst can of course be quenched on site. In keeping with the summer temperatures, this also includes ice cream made to an original GDR recipe. The highlight of each day will be the vehicle parades, which take place at around 2:00 p.m. Various functional exhibits from the museum and guest locomotives will be shown in action.
Tickets are available on site at a price of 8 Euro (adults) / 4 Euro (children) / 20 Euro (families). Free parking is available in the area around the railway station. Wittenberge is also easy to reach by train, with trains running every two hours to and from Hamburg, Magdeburg and Pritzwalk and every hour to and from Berlin. The historic locomotive shed is just a few minutes' walk from the Wittenberge railway station.

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