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2026-07-14 09:26 UTC

And as we leave the rail yard and maintenance works around Leipzig Hbf, I spot the roundhouse, with modern shutters on the bays, and locomotives parked in front of the closed shutters, meaning the turntable is still in active use. I didn’t manage to snap a photo, but it’s great to see that old infrastructure still has a place in this modern world.

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@moof@cupoftea.social 2026-07-14 12:21

We got to Dessau and had to make our way through the station and out to find the side entrance to platform one, where we found a very cute little BR 672 single-car DMU. These are LVT/S trains made by Deutsche Waggonbau, as an alternative to the double-decker rail busses that occasionally run on this railway. The Dessau-Wörlitz Eisenbahn is a relic of a bygone era, that has its own fascinating history, first as a freight line, then part of DR, its absorption into DB after the fall of the Berlin Wall, before finally falling under the management and funding of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt. It’s effectively run as a heritage railway, though with a regular service of 5 trains each day in each direction between Dessau and Wörlitz, and it is covered under the D-ticket. It’s a fascinating ride through an old single-track line, through fields, woods, and some unlikely railway crossings, with the driver merrily tooting away as we go past everything. Definitely worth a visit.

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