Bochum Train Museum

With a house full of boys, we are huge fans of trains.  When I found out that there is a collection of retired trains in a town about 20 minutes away from our house I knew we needed to go.  While Oma and Opa were here we took our train loving boys and Opa to check it out. 

The DGEG Railway Museum Bochum-Dahlhausen is the largest private railway collection in Germany.  It is run by volunteers since 1977.  The museum is located in a former railway depot built during World War I.  It has a roundhouse with 14 tracks and a water tower which is still in use.

14 door roundhouse with turntable

The train going by was much more exciting than mama wanting to take the picture:)

Carter, Alex, Liam, Kaleb

Opa and the boys checking out a train.

The red vehicle has train wheels and tires so that it can go on tracks and roads.

The chimney for the smokestack

We could walk all around the trains and climb on some of them.

Pretty impressive!

Sweet Kaleb - such a trooper!

The frame of an engine.  You could see where the boiler sits, the buffers fit, and where the wheels attach.  Pretty cool.

Reading about an engine together:)

Engine from Dusseldorf - 1929!

Over 150 vehicles are displayed.  They show the development of German locomotives and carriages from 1853 up to the present.  Many exhibits are considered rarities because they have been saved from scrapping or even are the only preserved example.

Alex exploring on the car.

Does he look happy?:)

What fun!  Climbing in an old train car:)

We got to ride on a lever handcar with Opa.

Liam came home with a collection of huge leaves!

Checking out how the turntable works.

Oma and Kaleb

  
We had a great day.  There were some things that I had never seen before...and I've seen a lot being a mother of four boys!!!:)  It was a beautiful fall day.  Opa and the boys loved looking at all the engines and cars.  Kaleb was happy being with all of us.  Oma and I enjoyed seeing everyone so happy!:)