Nostalgia in Engine Shed 1 in Leipzig-Plagwitz

The Museum Engine Shed of Leipzig-Plagwitz has its home in the former Leipzig rail works. Three steam engines, including the city’s last operating steam engine 52 8154, can be seen in the museum, which is situated in Engine Shed 1 of the former Prussian Locomotive Station. The special attraction on open-house days is the Leipzig Museum Train, which is being built with a variety of carriages and a restaurant car of the former GDR Railroads. All of the carriages are from the 1960s. Various small diesel locomotives and other vehicles complete the picture. Members of the Leipzig Rail Club depart from the shed several times a year to take their steam train and passengers on trips near and far.

Sideline attractions

• Leipzig Central Station, one of the largest in the Europe and the largest shopping center in Leipzig

• the city center of Leipzig with St Thomas’ Church where Johann Sebastian Bach is buried, the Bach Museum next door, St Nicholas’ Church, the New Gewandhaus concert hall, the historical merchants’ yards of the oldest city with a trade fair in Germany and the ‘Drallewatsch’ bar and restaurant district

• East Germany's largest amusement park BELANTIS

• Leipzig Zoo with its unique collection of monkeys

• the recreational area of Cospuden Lake