Aufbruch in eine neue Zeit

From Zero Hour to the Young DB

Unique historical documents from 1945 to 1955 depicting the reconstruction of the railway in the western zones of Germany, under the management of the Federal Railway from 1949.

After the end of World War II in 1945, enormous efforts were required in Germany to re-establish regular train operations in the three western zones. The renaming of the Reichsbahn (West) to Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1949 held great symbolic significance.

Unique historical documents from the early post-war period to 1955 illustrate the sometimes arduous progress. Soon, the first modern vehicles began to mix with the steam locomotives.

New and surprising insights into the operations of the post-war years. Historically valuable photographic documents from the early Federal Railway. Pioneering stages of the railway's reconstruction in West Germany after the war.