Bamberg Locomotive Roundhouses - Sept 23

[BikinGlynn]

Bamberg Roundhouses

Ok bit of brief back story. I haven't been overseas for around 20yr but with the girlfriends son living in the stunning world heritage site that is Bamberg the opportunity was too good to miss.
so a roadtrip was planned staying a few nights in Belgium, then to bamberg then on to Metz.
this wasn't a exploring trip but would of been rude not to slip a few in (which turned into quite a lot in metz but ill get on to that one day)

I reached out to a few guys on here & other forums & have to say amongst other things this trip has restored my faith in the urbex community, everyone I spoke to was unbelievably helpful, however Bamberg seems to be a big black hope on everyone's maps, mainly due to the whole city being a world heritage site so not much stays abandoned there for long.

Knowing I wouldn't have much time here anyway I just followed up on this one lead from @Priority 7 & think its rather decent. aside from that I cant find more than 2 stand alone pics on the net of this place!

Unfortunately this also means I couldn't find a damn bit of info on these sheds, but heres a bit of general site history.

The Bamberg–Rottendorf railway is a two-track electrified main line railway in the German state of Bavaria. It is about 100 kilometres long and was built by the Royal Bavarian State Railways as part of the Ludwig's Western Railway (German: Ludwigs-West-Bahn) from Bamberg via Haßfurt and Schweinfurt to Würzburg. Between Bamberg and Schweinfurt, the line runs largely along the Main river. The line was opened in sections between 1852 and 1854 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

The explore
i was apprehensive tbh, not being able to streetview anything, no time for a reccie, a foreign country with "morgen" being the only thing in my newly acquired German vocabulary & me completely misunderstanding sunrise time & getting there in pitch black.
When I arrived I could see a tower crane, am I too late? It dosent appear that much has changed from the only internet pic I can find aside from a bit more graff.
the expected palisade fence wasn't present but rather the German equivalent made from box section that pretty much anyone could climb so I was in scrambling about in pitch black.

There are 2 cemi circular sheds here, the first one has been stripped bare but has a rather nice turntable with wooden operating huts still fairly in tact so this was the main point of interest.
this side was pretty overlooked so I was glad for the dark cover & was happy using long exposures

After a brief light paint on this last pic with phone I darted to the shed, & was alarmed to see... a train! not sure why I found this such a surprise given the location lol

shame this has been graffed up so much tbh

On the the second shed which was more in tact but the turntable was long gone. this was also more hidden from the houses though the main line runs 10 ft past the windows. I could spend a bit more time in here allowing it to get light.

these boxes contained hundreds if not thousands of what appered to be concrete core samples, very odd.

thanks for looking​

 

[Priority 7]

Very nice indeed fella, the light worked really well too.

 

[Hayman]

As a transport enthusiast- railways in particular - these pics caught my eye. Half-roundhouses were quite common, more so on the Continent that in the British Isles.
Any idea what make the diesel shunter was? Possibly a Deutz. The yellow and black diagonally striped paintwork on the metalwork of one of the turntables looked well preserved. The core samples were not only large in number, but look large in size. What diameter were they? When I was core sampling on geological surveys, two inch or 50 mm was the norm. Were they in connection with the presence of the tower crane? Sampling the ground before intended demolition and new building on the site? Or just a convenient place to store them once they had been analysed? What was the mechanism with a handle in the only portrait format pic? What did the handle turn? Yes, the early morning light does add to the atmosphere of the shots. Well done for getting in.

 

[BikinGlynn]

Very nice indeed fella, the light worked really well too.

thanks dude its a good place tbh, cant believe how little reference there is on net to it

 

[BikinGlynn]

As a transport enthusiast- railways in particular - these pics caught my eye. Half-roundhouses were quite common, more so on the Continent that in the British Isles.
Any idea what make the diesel shunter was? Possibly a Deutz. The yellow and black diagonally striped paintwork on the metalwork of one of the turntables looked well preserved. The core samples were not only large in number, but look large in size. What diameter were they? When I was core sampling on geological surveys, two inch or 50 mm was the norm. Were they in connection with the presence of the tower crane? Sampling the ground before intended demolition and new building on the site? Or just a convenient place to store them once they had been analysed? What was the mechanism with a handle in the only portrait format pic? What did the handle turn? Yes, the early morning light does add to the atmosphere of the shots. Well done for getting in.

yeah I found another one in Ccroatia abandoned which still has locos in.
Its a shame I doubt anything but the main shells here will be saved, the turntable on the latter shed must of been scrapped years ago as there is no sign of it at all now,

the core samples were over 2", poss 4" from memory

 

[Hayman]

yeah I found another one in Ccroatia abandoned which still has locos in.
Its a shame I doubt anything but the main shells here will be saved, the turntable on the latter shed must of been scrapped years ago as there is no sign of it at all now,

the core samples were over 2", poss 4" from memory

Four inches? That was what I thought. I wonder why so large. What condition were the Croatian locos in? That they would have been standard gauge means they could run on UK preserved railways.

 

[BikinGlynn]

Four inches? That was what I thought. I wonder why so large. What condition were the Croatian locos in? That they would have been standard gauge means they could run on UK preserved railways.

no idea tbh, I was just researching railway roundhouses & this popped up, there are some pics attached to the google pin.
looks like more modern diesel stuff but would be a good explore.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/D...51822!4d14.4054379!16s/g/11tsmkl6nv?entry=ttu

 

[UrbanX]

Fantastic write up and photos too! What an adventure, thanks for sharing.

 

[BikinGlynn]

Fantastic write up and photos too! What an adventure, thanks for sharing.

Thanks dude, tbh I had a lot more fun when I got to Metz lol but this was a great start & made me realise how easy things were going to be over there.

 

[Hayman]

Thanks dude, tbh I had a lot more fun when I got to Metz lol but this was a great start & made me realise how easy things were going to be over there.

Many thanks for the Google link. Yes, they look to be two 1950s or a little later model of diesel-electric lcomotives. Rather like the typical General Motors diesel-electrics of the era than were exported to many countries. And they would be a lot easier to refurbish than steam locos.

 

[whg060846]

Bamberg Roundhouses

Ok bit of brief back story. I haven't been overseas for around 20yr but with the girlfriends son living in the stunning world heritage site that is Bamberg the opportunity was too good to miss.
so a roadtrip was planned staying a few nights in Belgium, then to bamberg then on to Metz.
this wasn't a exploring trip but would of been rude not to slip a few in (which turned into quite a lot in metz but ill get on to that one day)

I reached out to a few guys on here & other forums & have to say amongst other things this trip has restored my faith in the urbex community, everyone I spoke to was unbelievably helpful, however Bamberg seems to be a big black hope on everyone's maps, mainly due to the whole city being a world heritage site so not much stays abandoned there for long.

Knowing I wouldn't have much time here anyway I just followed up on this one lead from @Priority 7 & think its rather decent. aside from that I cant find more than 2 stand alone pics on the net of this place!

Unfortunately this also means I couldn't find a damn bit of info on these sheds, but heres a bit of general site history.

The Bamberg–Rottendorf railway is a two-track electrified main line railway in the German state of Bavaria. It is about 100 kilometres long and was built by the Royal Bavarian State Railways as part of the Ludwig's Western Railway (German: Ludwigs-West-Bahn) from Bamberg via Haßfurt and Schweinfurt to Würzburg. Between Bamberg and Schweinfurt, the line runs largely along the Main river. The line was opened in sections between 1852 and 1854 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

The explore
i was apprehensive tbh, not being able to streetview anything, no time for a reccie, a foreign country with "morgen" being the only thing in my newly acquired German vocabulary & me completely misunderstanding sunrise time & getting there in pitch black.
When I arrived I could see a tower crane, am I too late? It dosent appear that much has changed from the only internet pic I can find aside from a bit more graff.
the expected palisade fence wasn't present but rather the German equivalent made from box section that pretty much anyone could climb so I was in scrambling about in pitch black.

There are 2 cemi circular sheds here, the first one has been stripped bare but has a rather nice turntable with wooden operating huts still fairly in tact so this was the main point of interest.
this side was pretty overlooked so I was glad for the dark cover & was happy using long exposures

After a brief light paint on this last pic with phone I darted to the shed, & was alarmed to see... a train! not sure why I found this such a surprise given the location lol

shame this has been graffed up so much tbh

On the the second shed which was more in tact but the turntable was long gone. this was also more hidden from the houses though the main line runs 10 ft past the windows. I could spend a bit more time in here allowing it to get light.

these boxes contained hundreds if not thousands of what appered to be concrete core samples, very odd.

thanks for looking​

Fabulous set of pics, pleased I took a trip away from Hampshire!

 

[BikinGlynn]

Fabulous set of pics, pleased I took a trip away from Hampshire!

Thanks mate, as always I came away thinking I could of done better but hey ho