Bahnbetriebswerk Vacha, Railway depot in Vacha, Germany

The Bahnbetriebswerk Vacha is a railway maintenance facility with a ring-shaped engine shed built to service locomotives and railway equipment for the Werra Valley rail network. The site now houses several vintage locomotives and railway cars from different periods of railroad history.

The workshop opened in the early 1900s and served as a key maintenance hub for steam locomotives, especially the Prussian P 8 and G 10 models. Operations continued until 1974 when changing railway demands led to the closure of the original facility.

Since 2009 the ring shed has belonged to the Interessenvereinigung Verkehrsgeschichte mittleres Werratal e. V., which bought it after the insolvency of Stahl- und Anlagenbau Vacha. The association keeps its own vehicles there and uses the shed to secure operation of the Bad Salzungen–Vacha line as an industrial siding. Look for the preserved Köf, a V 15 rebuilt as V 23, and a V 50 owned by the association.

The roundhouse and yard are privately owned by the Verkehrsgeschichte mittleres Werratal association, which bought the shed in 2009 to store its own vehicles; visits depend on the members' work and should be arranged in advance. The site lies on the Bad Salzungen–Vacha line, kept running as an industrial siding. Look for the association's locomotives, including a V 50 owned by IVmW and former K+S stock.

The Blue Tiger was tested on the lines around Vacha, but the shed's later life is just as telling: from the 1970s the roundhouse housed the Stahlbau Vacha steel firm, and after its insolvency the Verkehrsgeschichte mittleres Werratal association bought the building in 2009 to store its own vehicles and keep the Bad Salzungen–Vacha line running as a siding.