The previous lodging house, i.e. a facility for locomotive teams from other locomotive depots coming to Wolsztyn for a night's rest, had only 8 sleeping places and was located in an old wooden barracks. Therefore, in September 1951, the construction of a modern, brick, two-story building began. It was supposed to house some offices, baths, cloakrooms and on the first floor a dormitory for train team employees.

The attic was an apartment for the family of the hostel's caretaker, but in the 1980s it was transformed into a warehouse for work clothes and uniforms. The basement housed a boiler room, warehouses and an archive. The building was completed in 1953. To this day, there are offices, sanitary facilities and a museum room separated from half of the former cloakroom and bathhouse, where historical memorabilia related to the railway in Wolsztyn and the surrounding area are collected.

After 1953, the wooden former German barracks scattered throughout the plant were gradually demolished.