The Augsburg Railway Park (Bahnpark Augsburg) is a railway museum in Augsburg on part of the former Augsburg locomotive shed owned by the Deutsche Bahn. At present the Railway Park is still under construction and is therefore only open to visitors for certain exhibitions. It will be officially reopened on 13 April 2009. In the future, 29 historic locomotives from the EU member countries and also Switzerland will be exhibited in the roundhouse and on the turntable, the so-called Europa Roundhouse (Rundhaus Europa), which are protected historical buildings. In addition to the roundhouse there are also three historical steam locomotive halls with a workshop atmosphere and a historical smithy.
Read more about Augsburg Railway Park: Museum Project and Events, The Site, Workshops, Vehicles in The Europa Roundhouse, Museum Locomotives, Railway Trolley Collection 'rail Midgets' (Schienenflöhe), Raupach Steam Engine, 150th Anniversary of Rudolf Diesel, Miscellaneous
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