[2] Today it is a company museum belonging to the Deutsche Bahn and portrays, amongst other things, the history of the railways.

The DB AG planned at that time to invest 6 million DM up to the museum's centenary year.

The museum also offers a walk-through tunnel, a level crossing, signals and points that can be operated, models equipped with sound and light and simulators.

A 1935 working replica of the Adler, a locomotive from the first German railway between Nuremberg and Fürth, was badly damaged by the blaze.

After two years of reconstruction the Adler was once again ready for operations in October 2007 and returned to the Nuremberg Transport Museum on 23 November 2007.

[6][7] Federal Government MPs, members of the DB AG management and the Bavarian minister-president, Beckstein, took part in the first journey of the restored Adler on 26 April 2008.

The damaged diesel engines and railbuses, due to their light construction, were irreparable and were scrapped by July 2006.

In addition a restored Prussian T 3, factory number 499 built by the Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans in 1903 and stored under in accordance with strict heritage protection regulations, can be viewed.

Major aspects covered are the development of postal transportation, post coach travel, telegraphy and telephony.