Annual highlights 2024

Railroad stories and history

A selection of images of the 2024 annual program

Press release
1 Verkehrsmuseum Lessingstraße

Copyright: DB Museum Nürnberg

Under Pressure. The history of the train toilet

From April 26, 2024, the DB Museum in Nuremberg will be showing the special exhibition "Under Pressure. The history of the train toilet". Eight themed areas illustrate the development of the train toilet in Germany from its beginnings to the present day with over 150 exhibits.

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2 Plakat Eröffnung Verkehrsmuseum

Copyright: DB Museum Nürnberg

Under Pressure. The history of the train toilet

Downpipe toilets have been used on trains for over a century. The toilet flushes directly onto the tracks - which is why their use is prohibited at train stations.

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3 CO2 Socke Janina Snatzke

Copyright: Janina Snatzke

Under Pressure. The history of the train toilet

At the turn of the century, toilets differed according to carriage class and train type. While wood and ceramics were initially common, today plastics and stainless steel dominate as the materials of choice.

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4 In Verbindung Janina Snatzke

Copyright: Janina Snatzke

Under Pressure. The history of the train toilet

In the early 1970s, the German Federal Railways tested closed toilets with vacuum in its passenger coaches for the first time as a result of the emerging environmental protection ideas.

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5 Deutsches Fahrradmuseum bei den Draisinentagen

Copyright: Jonas Buchmann / Deutsches Fahrradmuseum

TEE trips 2024

In October 2024, the DB Museum will once again be offering locomotive-hauled journeys on the historic Trans Europ Express (TEE) to the Max Bögl Group.

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6 Modellbahnwochenden DB Museum Uwe Niklas

Copyright: DB Museum / Uwe Niklas

TEE trips 2024

Highlight of the special trip to the Max Bögl Group: a ride on the magnetic levitation train developed there.

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