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The Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works (German: Dampflokwerk Meiningen) is a railway repair shop in Meiningen, Germany. It is owned by Deutsche Bahn and has specialised in the maintenance of museum steam locomotives since 1990, having extensive experience in maintaining steam engines. Today, customers of the factory include railway museums and museum railways from all over Europe. The factory is responsible for the safety inspections of all operational German steam locomotives. Dampflokwerk Meiningen is the only facility in mainland Europe capable of constructing new locomotive boilers up to modern standards of construction, performance, and safety. The newly built British steam locomotive 60163 Tornado that was delivered in 2008 had her all-steel, high-performance boiler made at Meiningen because the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust required their boiler to meet then current EU safety standards.

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Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works
Am Flutgraben, Meiningen

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Dampflokwerk Meiningen

Am Flutgraben 2
98617 Meiningen, Nord (Kernstadt Meiningen)
Thuringia, Germany
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