LEW Hennigsdorf Manufacturing

LEW Hennigsdorf is the name of a rail vehicle factory featured in Train Sim World. LEW stands for Lokomotivbau-Elektrotechnische Werke, which translates to Locomotive Construction Electrotechnical Works. 

Explanation 

  • AEG founded the factory in 1910.
  • Locomotive production began in 1913.
  • In the 1930s, the factory absorbed the August Borsig locomotive factory.
  • The factory was renamed Borsig Lokomotiv Werke GmbH until 1944.
  • After World War II, the factory was nationalized in the German Democratic Republic.
  • The factory produced electric locomotives for home use and for export – Exordium Gaming Chicago

LEW Hennigsdorf Headquarters

Hennigsdorf, Germany

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