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[[Image:10001 DDM.jpg|thumb|right|400px|A [[DB Class 10]], number 10 001]]
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The ''' German Steam Locomotive Museum''' (''Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum'') or '''DDM''' is located at the foot of the famous ''[[Schiefe Ebene]]'' ramp on the [[Ludwig South-North Railway]] in [[Neuenmarkt]], [[Upper Franconia]]. This region is in northern [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. The DDM was founded in 1977.

== Facilities ==

The museum is in the former [[locomotive shed]] (''Bahnbetriebswerk'') at Neuenmarkt-[[Wirsberg]] station.<ref>{{Kursbuch}}250</ref> It comprises a 15-road [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]], [[water cranes]], a [[turntable]] with an off-centre pivot, a coaling facility and a ''Ruge'' coal crane in a newly built 'old fashioned' working coal yard.

== History ==

The locomotive shed was built in 1895 by the [[Royal Bavarian State Railways]] and extended in 1923 by the [[Deutsche Reichsbahn]]. Amongst others, [[pusher locomotive]]s e.&nbsp;g. DRG Class 95s (ex-[[Prussian T 20]]s) and Class 96s (ex-[[Bavarian Gt 2x4/4]] [[Mallet locomotives]]) were stationed there. One example of a Class 95 may be seen in the museum.

== Locomotives ==

Around 30 [[steam locomotives]] may be seen, including a [[Bavarian S 3/6]] express engine, a [[Bavarian PtL 2/2]] (a tiny tank engine known as the ''Glaskasten'', literally: 'glass box', the only complete surviving member of its class), a  [[Prussian P 8]] [[passenger train]] engine and a [[Saxon XIV HT]]. [[Deutsche Reichsbahn]] locomotives represented include Class [[DRG Class 01|01]], [[DRG Class 03|03]], [[DRG Class 44|44]], [[DRG Class 50|50]], [[DRG Class 64|64]],  and [[DRG Class 86|86]] engines and there are [[Deutsche Bundesbahn]] [[DB Class 10|Class 10]] and [[DB Class 23|23]] locomotives, as well as industrial engines. In addition there is a museum-owned narrow-gauge line on the land which is worked by steam and diesel locomotives. An electric express train locomotive, the [[DB Class 103]], may temporarily be seen in the DDM as a museum locomotive.

== Photos ==
Except where stated, all locomotives depicted belong to the DDM.

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Image:01111_DDM.jpg|[[DRG Class 01]] locomotive 01 111
Image:01118+Wasserkran_DDM.jpg|Number 01 118, a [[DRG Class 01]] from the ''Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt'' at the water crane in the coal yard.
Image:10001_DDM.jpg|A [[DB Class 10]], number 10 001.
Image:031010+01118_DDM.jpg|Visiting the DDM: DRG classes [[DRG Class 01|01]] and [[DRG Class 03|03]] compared.
Image:98307_DDM.jpg|Number 98 307, the DDM's own ''Glaskasten'' ([[Bavarian PtL 2/2]]).
Image:BR03_Triebwerk_DDM.jpg|Drive of number 03 131, a [[DRG Class 03]].
Image:Fahrzeughalle_DDM.jpg|View inside the DDM's [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]].
Image:BR38+BR78_DDM.jpg|Numbers 38 2383, a [[Prussian P 8]], and 78 246, a [[Prussian T 18]].
Image:BR86-Fotoanstrich_DDM.jpg|Number 86 283 ([[DRG Class 86]]) at the DDM in historical photo-grey livery
Image:BR93-Werkstatt_DDM.jpg|93 526 ([[Prussian T 14.1]]) in the DDM workshop
Image:Schneefraesse_DDM.jpg|Steam-operated snow machine (''Schneefräse'') 979&nbsp;4100 at the DDM.
Image:103 224+TEE_DDM.jpg|DB museum loco 103&nbsp;224-2, a [[DB Class 103]].
Image:Schmalspur_DDM.jpg|Two working narrow-gauge steam locomotives.
Image:DR_99_1562_DDM_Wirsberg.jpg|[[Narrow-gauge]] steam engine 99&nbsp;1562-0, a Meyer-type engine ([[Saxon IV K|IV&nbsp;K]])
Image:80013_DDM.jpg|Shunting tank locomotive 80 013 ([[DRG Class 80]]), [[Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans|Hagans]] Fabriknummer 1227, 1927<ref>[http://www.werkbahn.de/eisenbahn/lokbau/museum/pres_hagans.htm Preserved locomotives from the ''Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans'']</ref>

Image:Feldbahn_1757_DDM.jpg|A ''Feldbahn'' locomotive, number 1757, a former German Army engine from the [[First World War]]
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== Other exhibits ==

Various steam locomotive parts are also displayed, such as the [[smokebox]], wheelset and [[Cylinder (steam locomotive)|cylinder]] block from locomotive number 18 610 ([[Bavarian S 3/6|S 3/6]]) as well as the sectioned [[boiler]] from a [[Prussian G 8]]. Other exhibits of railway history include a [[steam crane]], a [[saloon coach]] from [[Adolf Hitler]]'s special train that was used in 1955 by German chancellor, [[Konrad Adenauer]], on his historic visit to [[Moscow]], a [[snow plough]], a [[dining car]] and a historical telegraph station.

In addition there is a large [[model railway]] layout (Theme: the ''Schiefe Ebene'').

Also from engine number 18 610 is its tender which is coupled to 18 612.

== Railway operations ==
The museum runs trips over the ''Schiefe Ebene'' during the summer from Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg to [[Marktschorgast]] and the ''Mönchshof'' Brewery at [[Kulmbach]].<ref>{{Kursbuch}}250a</ref> A Class 796 [[Uerdingen railbus]] is stabled at the museum for these services and steam locomotives are also employed.

==See also==
* [[History of rail transport in Germany]]
* [[Royal Bavarian State Railways]]
* [[Deutsche Reichsbahn]]
* [[Deutsche Bundesbahn]]
* [[Schiefe Ebene]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* http://www.dampflokmuseum.de DDM home page
* http://www.mytrains.at/deutsches_dampflokomotiv_museum.htm Private site about the DDM
* [http://www.lokomotive-online.com/bayern.htm Bavarian section of lokomotive-online.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027042911/http://www.lokomotive-online.com/bayern.htm |date=2012-10-27 }}
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