Schmalspurbahnmuseum „Historischer Lokschuppen Wilsdruff“

Over het museum

Wilsdruff got a rail connection in 1886 via a narrow-gauge railway from Freital-Potschappel. In the following decades a network of over 100 kilometers of 750-millimeter-gauge line grew around the town, joined together by 1923 and making Wilsdruff a junction. In 1908/09 the station was considerably expanded, and on the south side a new four-stall locomotive shed was built, to which two more stalls were added in 1927.

As traffic declined, the station lost importance: in 1966 the line to Meißen was closed, on May 28, 1972, the last passenger train ran to Freital, and a year later the tracks disappeared. Afterward, until 1996, cylinder heads for diesel locomotives were refurbished in the locomotive shed.

The IG Verkehrsgeschichte Wilsdruff, founded in 1984, has looked after the relics of the narrow-gauge network for decades. After the town of Wilsdruff acquired the station grounds in 2000, the town and associations developed a usage concept. With funding from the European Union, the locomotive shed and station building were converted from 2006, and the track facilities followed in 2009; the complex opened as part of the town's 750th anniversary celebration. Today the volunteer-run museum shows the history of the Wilsdruff network with original artifacts, historic cars, a steam locomotive, a collection of draisines, and a model railway layout.

Hoogtepunten

• Historic locomotive shed of 1908/09 with extension of 1927
• Narrow-gauge steam locomotive 99 564 (on loan from the SDG)
• Historic narrow-gauge cars and draisine collection
• H0e model railway layout "Bahnhof Polenz" of the former Wilsdruff–Meißen line
• Rides on the hand-lever draisine at the museum station

Vaste collectie

• Geschichte des Wilsdruffer Schmalspurnetzes – Exhibition with original artifacts in the historic locomotive shed, plus steam locomotive, historic cars, and a collection of narrow-gauge draisines.
• Modellbahnanlage „Bahnhof Polenz“ – True-to-original replica of a section of the former narrow-gauge line Wilsdruff–Meißen in H0e scale.

Opgericht

2009

Beheerder

IG Verkehrsgeschichte Wilsdruff e. V.

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Admission on opening days includes a draisine ride.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

• Doe- en voelstations

With the hand-lever draisine, visitors can ride along or drive themselves on the tracks of the museum station; there is also a large model railway layout.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

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Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

On all opening days a souvenir stand with the Wunderwald railway books.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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