Ekskursion 2011 Radiomuseum - English

Ekskursion 2011

On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, a small group from the Radio Museum visited the E-Kleinbahn Museum in Nordborg, where the chairman of E-Kleinbahn Knud Skov Rasmussen gave a talk and showed around. The Amtsbanen on Als was a narrow gauge railway with a track gauge of 100 cm - colloquially called "E-Kleinbahn" - which was built by the Germans and inaugurated in 1898. There were two main lines starting from the railway station in Sønderborg. One northbound from Sønderborg to Nordborg, and one eastbound from Sønderborg to Skovby and Mommark. From Sønderborg to Vollerup the line was common, after which they were divided into the northbound and eastbound tracks. The Amtsbanen was closed in February 1933. DSB (Danish State Railways) took over the operation and instead used regular buses on the northbound route. The eastbound route to Mommark Ferry Port was rebuilt by DSB to standard gauge (1435 mm) and reopened in June 1933. It was finally closed in May 1962.

In addition, there was the Gasworks Line (built in November 1909) with the coal train. The Gasworks Line ran from the coal port - below the Barracks - and along the harbor on Sønder Havnegade past the Steamship Pavilion, past the Castle and along the main road and on to the Barn and the Gasworks on Skovvej. The Gasworks Line was not closed until 1951. The Gasworks on Skovvej was closed in 1969, and subsequently the Music Hall for the Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra was built on the site.

Preben Denker
november 2025

Pictures from the E-Kleinbahn museum

In the clubroom

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The headlamp

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Various treasures

The coal train outside the Steamship Pavilion

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Trains are not allowed here.

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Stop sign with German text

A refreshment

Thank you for visiting.

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In the club room, the old leather benches from the old passenger cars are being tested.
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In the club room. From left: Tommy Mikkelsen, Sven Dyhr, Per Hebelstrup and E-Kleinbahn Museum chairman Knud Skov Rasmussen.
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In the club room. Two of the E-Kleinbahn museum's members. On the right is Niels Peter Fenger, who, together with the chairman, was the driving force behind the start-up of the association.
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In the club room. On the left is the chairman of the E-Kleinbahn museum, in the middle is Sven Dyhr studying a front lantern and on the right is Per Hebelstrup.
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In the club room. The headlight from the gasworks locomotive that was scrapped in 1952.
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In the club room. Sven Dyhr studies a taillight that was on the rear carriage of the train.
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In the club room. Various treasures.
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The coal train past the Steamship Pavilion. The gasworks line went from the coal port below the barracks, and to the barn and the gasworks on Skovvej.
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A tour around the workshop.
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In the workshop, some of the renovated/new posts for the wooden cladding on the freight train wagon.
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In the workshop, thickness planer for wood.
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In the workshop
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In the workshop, trains are not allowed here. The sign says in Danish: Locomotive driving prohibited!
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In the workshop, drill.
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In the workshop, milling machine.
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In the workshop, assembly of the renovated wooden cladding on the freight train wagon.
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In the workshop, a lathe.
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In the workshop, a lathe for train wheels.
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In the workshop, a lathe for train wheels.
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In the workshop, pillar drilling machine.
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In the workshop, a lathe.
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In the workshop, a workshop table with tools.
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In the workshop, new wooden cladding on the freight train wagon.
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In the workshop
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In the workshop, a grinding machine.
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In the workshop, a diesel engine from a shunting train.
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In the workshop, in the foreground a gasoline-powered machine for screwing in rail bolts.
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In the workshop, in the middle a portable forge.
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Stop sign with German text. Translated into English it says: "Stop! when the locomotive's bell rings, or when the approach of a train becomes apparent in some other way".
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A refreshment before the return trip. From left: Sven Dyhr, chairman of the E-Kleinbahn Museum Knud Skov Rasmussen, and Tommy Mikkelsen.
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The chairman of the E-Kleinbahn museum Knud Skov Rasmussen thanks you for your visit, and please come back soon.
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