Bahnausbildungseinrichtung Bülow

The Bahnausbildungseinrichtung Bülow is an education institute located in Bülow in the Lanzerwald Republic. It is part of the Volksbahn, the national railway company and was founded in 1755. The institute provides training for, among other functions, new drivers, conductors and mechanics so that they can be employed by the Volksbahn, and also provides continuing education for those that are already employed. On the grounds of the institute 20 kilometres of railroad track make it possible to teach students the basic principles of operation of various locomotives. This includes an Osthügel Motorenwerke OMW Schwere Dampflokomotive steam engine, Weisenburger Maschinefabrik WMF-Baureihe 206 diesel locomotive and a WMF-Baureihe 558 electric locomotive as well as a LanzerwaldSpoor LS Schienenbus 0330 single-car tram. Other trains and locomotives are made available to the Bahnausbildungseinrichtung Bülow now and then by the Volksbahn.

The tracks are also used by associated research groups from LanzerwaldSpoor and the Weisenburger Maschinefabrik to test new trains and signalling systems, often with the help of students. Besides students from the Lanzerwald Republic, there are also students from other Cibolan nations, especially those that wish to work as drivers on Cibolan Rail trains, which are heavily based on Lanzerwald technology. Students that have received their Diplom at a university in the Lanzerwald Republic, comparable to a masters degree in other nations, can do their doctoral programme at the research groups related to the LanzerwaldSpoor and Weisenburger Maschinefabrik, besides the Diplom, it is necessary for the student to be active in the development of the socialprogressive identity of the Lanzerwald Republic, in practice this usually means membership of the Sozialprogressive Einheitspartei des Lanzerwalds.