July 3 , 2009
Written July 19
Friends and Families ,
Nürnberg is one of our nearby cities and we have visited any number of times. However, Marianne has never expressed an interest in the Deutsche Bahn (Train) Museum, so I used Henry's visit as an excuse to see just what the place is like.
We discovered that there are actually three museums in this downtown Nürnberg building, a block from the main train station. The lowest two levels are train museums, above that is a floor of "transportation" displays (Deutsche Post), and above that is a museum laying out the development of communication in Germany (Deutsche Telecom).
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The train portion of the DB Museum has a good selection of old and new, model and full-size train displays. Above right, Henry poses before the oldest passenger coach in Germany, dating from the 1835 Adler steam engine line between Nürnberg and nearby Fürth. |
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The full-size model of a modern bullet-train contrasted with the steam engine displays in the same hall. |
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The "transportation" part of the museum had a couple of fun examples of the smallest products of the German car industry as well as early trucks. |
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| "Communication" technology spanned everything from quill pens through old-fashioned telephone switchboards to a modern (in the 60's) train ticket terminal. |
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 We completed our Nuremberg tour with the mandatory turning of the ring in the downtown market square. Henry made his wish. (No more museums?) |
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So, that was our DB Museum tour. Glad I finally did it, but Marianne's reluctance had not been without some basis.
John and Marianne