Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil is a small, Prussian locomotive depot at Hermeskeil, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany that dates from 1888. Until 1903, it was called a Maschinenstation (engine station).
The locomotive depot is directly opposite the station building at Hermeskeil station and has a six-road roundhouse (originally two-road) and a 16m turntable (originally 13m). From 1956, the depot became an outstation of Simmern locomotive depot but this was closed on 1 April 1959. Today, it is privately owned and is used as a steam locomotive museum., serial 171 Around 50 locomotives are stored here, the majority being large steam engines.
See also Bahnbetriebswerk Bahnbetriebswerk (steam locomotives)
References
External links Hermeskeil Steam Locomotive Museum (formerly: Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil) - German