Germany - June 1999

Revised 17 August 1999

Information written in italics is from other sources (previous visits, other visitors, etc.), and was not obtained during these visits.

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10/6/1999

FRANCE

Le Shuttle, Eurotunnel

A yellow and green Zephir road/rail tractor was seen shunting at the terminal, just after coming out of the tunnel.


11/6/1999

GERMANY

Akzo Chemie, Hainsburg-Oberbruch

I saw this loco come out of the works, cross the road, and go down to the DB connection to collect some wagons.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
II 0-6-0F Mein 03147 1987       IS

Sophia Jacoba GmbH, Hückelhoven

This place was very quite, with no locos in sight. The big circular building at the end of the line is still standing, but a lot of other building there have gone, and there were no wagons on any of the track.

Siemens AG, Verkehrstechnik Prüfcenter Wegberg-Wildenrath, Wegberg-Wildenrath

The old RAF base has now become a railway test centre for Siemens, with a large electrified track circuit. I did not get inside the main area, as they were having a 'City Sprinter Roll-Out', to show their new wonder to the press. However I was able to see one of their new silver ICE units making runs round the out track.

Boral Keramik Wand und Boden, Mennrather Straße, Mönchengladbach-Rheindahlen

The place seemed closed and all the 600mm gauge track has been lifted. They was no sign of the two diesels that were said to be stored here.

Walzwerk Euskirchen (WEG), Euskirchen-Euenheim

The works has closed and was being redeveloped. The rail connection to the DB has recently been lifted.

Ingrid Hütte, Kurt Wokan, Georgstraße, Euskirchen

The works has been completely demolished and a new Aldi store built on the site. It is still possible to see a bit of track at the back of the site, where it used to connect with the DB.

Procter & Gamble GmbH, Euskirchen-Wüschheim

There is still rail traffic here. However they had closed for the day, and if there is a loco, then it was locked inside the main building.


12/6/1999

Hoogovens Aluminium, Friedrich Wöhler Straße, Bonn-Tannenbusch
(f. Vereinigte Aluminium Werke AG (VAW))

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-4-0DM Deutz 22998 1939 OMZ122R     oou
  4wDM Unimog            

Rhein-Sieg Eisenbahn GmbH, Bonn-Beuel

This enthusiast group operates trains over the former Kleinbahn Beuel-Großenbusch, and has nothing to do with the old, narrow gauge RSE. They have some railcars and two working locos, with a third dumped and being stripped for spares. There is also an old Unimog dumped in the yard.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
D7 0-4-0DH LKM 251101 1956 N4    
V14 0-4-0DH LKM 261465* 1965 V22    
  0-4-0DH LKM 262082 1968 V22     (a) oou
  4wDM Unimog           oou
*
(a)
has 261561 on the side rods.
ex Schmalspurmuseum Rittersgrün; ex VEB Papierfabrik Antonsthal.

Jorg Seidel, Bonn-Beuel-Limperich

This loco is the property of an enthusiast and is stored at the end of an old DB industrial branch.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
2 4wDH Krupp 4436 1962       (a) oou
(a) ex Mannesmann Röhrenwerk.

Dyckerhoff Cement, Bonn-Oberkassel

The works is closed and demolished.

Didierwerke AG, Werk Niederdollendorf

Rail traffic ceased - no sign of any locos.

Arbeitskreis Eifelbahn e.V., Linz/Rhein

This preservation group split away from the original Eifelbahn group and has their equipment in a shed at the DB yard.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
50 1784 2-10-0 Krupp 2564 1941       (a)
323 351-7 4wDH Deutz 57931 1965 Köf II     (b)
(a)
(b)
ex EAKJ, Jülich, early/1998.
ex DLW, Bietigheim.

Lemmerz GmbH, Königswinter

The people at Arbeitskreis Eifelbahn say that this firm have a Unimog.

Solvay, Bad Hönningen
(f. Kali-Chemie AG)

These locos belong to either Solvay Barium Strontium GmbH or Solvay Interbox GmbH - both names are on the gate!

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Lok 2 4wDH Jung 13692 1964 RK8B      
Lok 202 4wDH Hen 25267 1959        

Hilgers AG, Rheinbrohl

This firm went bankrupt, and now various parts of the site are being used by other firms, including Litterer. There is no longer any rail traffic, but the track is still there, and climbs up to the DB by means of a zig-zag. The loco still sits next to the DB main line, and the end of the reversing point. It has not been used for a long time, but is in quite good condition.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-4-0DM Deutz 56299 1956 A4L 514R     oou

Dr.Ludwig GmbH, Werk Concordia, Ransbach-Baumbach

This ancient loco is still in use, but has been fitted with a modern Deutz V8 engine, driving through belts to the original transmission.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
 

0-4-0DM

Deutz 8827 1929 PMV230R    

KCH Keramik GmbH, Siershahn

The gateman said that they now only have a Unimog.

Rheinisch-Nassauische Lagerei und Spedition GmbH, Hafen Niederlahnstein

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-4-0DM Deutz 56490 1957 A4L 514R      

13/6/1999

Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum e.V., Am Römerhof 15a, Frankfurt/Main

No.2 was giving rides in the local park, while the compressed air loco was moving around the yard.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
1 0-4-0WT Heilbronn 393 1900        
2 0-4-0WT Hen 20517 1925       IS
(5) 0-4-0WT Jung 9295 1941        
6 HFS 026 0-4-0WT Hen 24011 1939        
(7) 0-6-0T Dcv 1593 1915        
1 (10) 0-6-0T/T Jung 10142 1950 HF110C     (a)
2 (11) 0-6-0T/T Jung 10137 1952 HF110C     (a)
312 0-8-0T Borsig 8836 1914        
(JACOBI) 0-6-2WT Jung 989 1906        
D3 0-4-0DM Deutz 56349 1956        
06 801 0-4-0DM LKM 248837 1957 Ns2f      
  4wDM Diema 3174 1971 DTL30/1.2   4.5t  
  0-4-0PM BLW 49581 1918        
  4wD              
  4wD OK (9193 1939?)        
  0-6-0DH Gmd 4313 1947 HF130C      
  4wDM Hatlapa 3683 1947 Kuli      
  4wDM Moës 4433 1930        
  0-4-0DM Demag 2419 1939        
  4wDM Guldner?            
  A-1 BE Schalke 54920          
5904 1957?              
  4wE SSW 2212 1925        
  0-4-0CA ZPCHS, Prague 122 1958        
(a) ex Orissa Cement Works, India.

.Gauge : 500mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-4-0F* Hohen 1705 1903        
* Inside cylinders.

14/6/1999

Stadtwerke Worms, Hafenbahn, Hafenstraße 4, Worms

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Lok 1 0-6-0D KM 18156 1955        
  4wD Gmd 5476 1972 D25B     (a)
(a) ex Procter & Gamble, Worms.

Röhm GmbH, Worms

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
WO-AC 231 4wDM Unimog            

Procter & Gamble GmbH, Mainzer Straße 176, Worms

I could not get in here, as the firm were just about to announce the workers a major loss of jobs! However the gateman said that that they had sold one of their locos to the Hafenbahn (see above) and now had only one loco left. I could see this loco standing in the works.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Betr.Nr.2 4wD Gmd 5319 1963        

Chemie Werk Weinsheim GmbH, Zollhaus, Worms-Weinsheim

This works was connected to the DB line from Worms to Grünstadt. However the line has been closed and lifted from Worms as far as Offstein, and so there is no longer any rail traffic from the works.

Südzucker AG, Obrigheim-Offstein

This works is at the end of the remaining section of the Grünstadt - Worms line. It was founded c1870-80 and the company was one of the founders of Südzucker in 1926.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  6wD Jung 14161 1972 RC 43 C   51t (a)
(a) ex Werk Waghäusel, new to W. Rochelsberg, Werk Rheinhausen, later Werk Krefeld Gellep.

Modelleisenbahnclub Mannheim-Ludwigshafen 1962 e.V., Sandhoferstraße, Mannheim-Waldhof

This loco and some coaches were stored in the yard of the depot of Bahngesellschaft Waldhof AG (see below)

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH KM 15444 1934 Köf II     (a)
(a) ex Lever Sunlicht GmbH, Mannheim-Rheinau; ex DB, 323 912-6.

Bahngesellschaft Waldhof AG, Sandhoferstraße, Mannheim-Waldhof

The Unimog was standing in the yard, and there could have been more locos in the shed. 495 was seen shunting at the nearby works of PWA.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
494  MA-XV  990 4wDM Unimog            
495 4wD KM 19400 1969 M275B      

BASF, Max-Plank-Straße, Mannheim-Friesenheimer Insel
(f. Erdölraffinerie Mannheim GmbH)

I could not get in here, but the gateman told me that they still have one loco. However there seems to be very little rail traffic now.

Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim-Waldhof
(f. Boehringer)

The loco could be seen at the back of the works, just inside the fence. However there does not seem to be very much rail traffic here now.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wD Gmd 5374 1966 D05B 50ps    

Rütgers Organics GmbH, Sandhofer Straße 96, Mannheim-Waldhof
(f. Weyl)

I could not see if this firm still have a loco.

Kampffmeyer Mühlen GmbH, Werk Hildebrandmühlen, Hombuschstraße, Mannheim-Friesenheimer Insel

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Betr.Nr.426 4wDH Gmd 5024 1948 Köf II      

Klöckner Rohstoffe (?), scrapyard, Inselstraße, Mannheim-Friesenheimer Insel

It is not certain that this yard still belongs to Klöckner, although they did once have a scrapyard here, with this loco.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wD Deutz 56220 1955 A8L 614R     oou

Litterer Korrosionsschutz GmbH, Eisensteinstraße, Mannheim-Friesenheimer Insel

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wD Hen 2271 1951 DG26 IV    

SCA Packaging, Werk Mannheim, Essener Straße, Mannheim-Rheinau
(f. Zewawell AG)

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Gmd 4811 1954 Köf II     oou
  4wDH KM 15517 1935 Köf II     oou

15/6/1999

Heidelberger Portland Zement AG, Leimen

The Vollert was under repair and the Köf III had been hired from the DB to do the shunting. I was told that the manager was interested in old locos and had recently had the Gmeinder brought here from the Schelklingen works for preservation. It was being renovated and rails had already been set up for it to stand on, just inside the main gate.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
439 4wD Vollert 88/64 1989      
  4wD Gmd           (a)
332 114-8 4wDH OK 26352 1964 Köf III     (b)
(a)
(b)
ex Heidelberger Zement (Schelklingen?), c/1999.
ex DB, 332 114-8, on hire, /1999

Schuler SMG, Waghäusel
(f. Süddeutsche Maschinenbau Gesellschaft (SMG))

The company now only have a Zagro shunting device.

Südzucker AG, Waghäusel

The gateman said that the works is now ceased production, and no longer has any locos. There is some rail traffic, but the place seems just to be used as some sort of depot or distribution centre.

Deutsche Gelatine-Fabriken Stoess, Eberbach-Pleutersbach

Rail traffic ceased, but the loco is still standing in a corner of the yard.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wD Gmd 5425 1967   50ps   oou

Südzucker AG, Werk Offenau

I was told that the two 'robots' that were here have now been sold. The older OK loco was dumped near the shed, with an old tank wagon.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
LOK 1 6wDH OK 26200 1962 MC14N    
  4wDH OK 25407 1954 MV6     oou

Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf

The Köf is preserved just inside the main gate.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Gmd 5235 1960 Köf II     Pvd
  4wD Gmd 5732 c1996        

Audi AG, Werkseisenbahn Neckarsulm

This section of Audi now handles the rail traffic at their Neckarsulm car plant.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  6wD Hen            

TNT Automotive Logistics, Salzstraße, Heilbronn

TNT handles rail traffic for Fiat's subsidiary FILA Autoservice GmbH, at this spare parts centre.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
320 4wD Diema

3264

1972 DVL150      

Speilplatz, Lauffen am Neckar

This children's playground is on the river bank, behind the Notariet building, on the north end of the Neckarbrücke. It is very close to the trackbed of the former narrow gauge line that brought stone to the local cement works.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-4-0D Ruhr

(3345

1955?)       (a) Pvd
(a) ex Heidelberger Zementwerke AG, Lauffen/Neckar.

16/6/1999

Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, Salzgrundstraße, Heilbronn

They wouldn't let me in here, but said that this works has three locos, of which I could see two in the yard.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
ROTFUCHS 4wD Vollert

76/37-1

1976        
BLAUBÄR 4wD Gmd            
OLDIE 4wD Gmd            

Gebrüder Neuschwander KG, Neippergerstraße, Brackenheim

This line is still in use, and is a very simple system, with just one line running from the excavator to the tipping point at the works.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wD Diema 2494 1962 DS14 16ps 2.8t

Neckarwerke, Kraftwerk Walheim

The gatewoman said that there are no longer any locos here.

BASF Pigment GmbH, Besigheim

Rail traffic has ceased and there was no sign of any locos.

Bietigheim-Besigheim

There used to be a long line from the DB, laid in the road westwards along the Bahnhofstraße, to the Rommelmühle. However this has just been removed from the street.

Rhenus, Am Mittelkai, Stuttgart-Neckarhafen

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
LOK 6 4wDH OK 20345 1934 Köf II      

Vöhringer & Kopp, International Spedition, Am Westkai, Stuttgart-Neckarhafen
(f. Reederei Schwaben)

The Köf III still carries its DB number and colours, and may just be on hire from them.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Gmd 4816 1954 Köf II      
332 250-0 4wDH Jung 13895 1965 Köf III      

Zeller + Gmelin GmbH, Schloßstraße, Eislingen/Fils

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDM Unimog/
Ries
26980 1979        

17/6/1999

Zementfabrik E.Schwenk Nachf., Allmendingen

The Vollert handles trains of brown coal that come in from Rheinbraun, near Köln.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Gmd 5174 1960 Köf II     (a)
  4wDH Vollert 81/29 1981 DR1000   40t  
(a) ex DB, 323 740-1.

Heidelberger Portland Zement, Schelklingen

This works opened in 1901.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Gmd 5113 1959 Köf II    
  4wDH Gmd 5482 1971 D05B    
  4wDH Vollert 82/111 1983        

Heidelberger Portland Zement, Blaubeuren

The works has been closed and was being demolished. The man at Heidelberger Zement in Leimen said that the old Gmeinder came from the Schelklingen works, but I am fairly sure that it really came from this works.

Eduard Merkle & Co., Blaubeuren-Altental

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDM Unimog/
Ries
14755 1970?        

Ulmer Weißkalkwerke Kurt Mühlen & Co., Werk II, Herrlingen

This loco is preserved near the works canteen.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Gmd 4763 1954       Pvd

Ulmer Weißkalkwerke, Werk I, Blaustein-Ehrenstein

The previous evening I passed this works and saw the Deutz standing in the yard, near the main road. However this morning it was not visible. However it must have been inside the small loco shed, near the DB Bahnhof. I could see no sign of the Unimog that is supposed to be here or at Herrlingen.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
812 4wD Deutz 57788 1965 KK140B      

Kieswerk, Senden

This works had a line that ran from the DB, through the southern edge of the town, to the works. However the works is long closed and all the track has gone.

Alpines Hartshotterwerk G.Kässbohrer und Sohn GmbH & Co., Werk Wüllenstetten, Industriegebeit Vöhringen

The works is beside the main road between Senden and Vöhringen.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
541 0-4-0DM Deutz 56863 1958 A4L 514R    

Wieland-Werke AG, Vöhringen

This works still has a lot of rail traffic, which comes in via a line from the DB, across the main road, and through the back streets of the town. They had finished for the day, and I could not see if they still have their own loco.

Chemische Fabrik Grünau, Illertissen-Au

The works still has some rail traffic, but I could not see if they have a loco.


18/6/1999

Haindl Papier GmbH, Schongau

The works still has a lot of rail traffic, but the gateman said they no longer have their own locos. All rail work is now handled by Augsburger Localbahn locos, under contract.

Augsburger Localbahn, Schongau

The AL has running rights over the DB, and I saw these two locos at the DB Bahnhof. 43 was standing in the yard, while 42 arrived with a freight train from the direction of the paper mill. They then combined two trains into one long freight and set off northwards double-headed.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
42 Bo-BoDH LEW
Reb.ADtranz
    V100      
43 Bo-BoDH LEW
Reb.ADtranz

16385*

1999
V100      
* This is probably the same as the old LEW works number.

Bergbaumuseum, Am Tiefstollen (?), Peißenberg

The steam loco was stored under a plastic sheet in the yard.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-6-0T KM

17578

1949        
26 4wDM Deutz

46335*

1942

MLH 332

25ps 6.6t (a)
80 4wDM Deutz

55973

1956

MAH914G

     
(a) ex BHS Peißenberg, I-Nr.16115.
* There are two works plates on this loco; the one on top looks original and gives the works number as 46335, while plate on the side says 46336, but has been removed and then replaced and so it was probably taken from another loco.

Torfwerk Georg Faltermeier, Weilheim/Obb.

The works now only seems to be used internally, to carry peat a short distance from a stock pile to the tipping point in the works. The track out to the fields has not been used for quite some time.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDM Jung

12425

1963

EL110

     
  4wDM Diema

2982

1968

DS14/5

17ps 2.8t (a)
(a) this loco also carries plates for "Gebr.Eckert, München" and "Fritz Kirchhoff, Baumaschinen, München-Nürnberg".

Hartsteinwerk Weidenfels (HWW), Eschenlohe

This location is at the end of a long, electrified DB siding running north from the Bahnhof. The stone comes from a quarry a long distance to the west, on the far side of the valley near the village of Schwaigen. It is transported to Eschenlohe by a long cable way.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Lok.Nr.1 4wDH Jung

13143

1959 Köf II      
Lok Nr.II 4wDH Gmd

4669

1951 Köf II     (a)
(a) ex DB, 323 071-1.

Spielplatz, Penzberg

The loco that was here has now gone.

Layritz, Penzberg

There is still rail traffic here. I did not get inside, but I could see two main line locos (class 218?) standing in the yard, and there were also bits of several Köf's.

Ebenhausen

There is no sign of Ferrum here, or any sign of where a loco could work!

Höllriegelskreuth

The locos that was reported at Isar-Amper-Werke, Kraftwerk Höllriegelskreuth here may belong to Peroxyid Chemie GmbH, who have a works by the Bahnhof, with a rail connection. However I could not see if there are still any locos here. There is an Isar-Amper power station here, but it is hydro-electric station, at a much lower level, and appears never to have had a rail connection. It is possible that the locos worked at another Isar-Amper station, which has now been demolished, and replaced by the Peroxyid Chemie works.

Georg Fritzmeier GmbH & Co.KG, Großhelfendorf

The connection to the DB does not appear to have been used for some time, although the track in the works is still worked. This loco now seems only to be used internally, carrying material on an old flat wagon between the two sections of the works, on opposite sides of the road.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wD OK 26253 1963 MV3   13t

19/6/1999

Preymesser (?), Oskar von Miller Straße, Gewerbegebeit Ost, Eching

It is not certain this firm is Preymesser, as there are no signs on the buildings or gate, just a small board pointing down the road that ends here. Preymesser may just be the road hauliers for this works. A road/rail Unimog was standing in the yard.

München-Hasenberge

The preserved narrow gauge loco has now gone.

Raab Karcher, Neußer Straße 9, München

This tanklager has closed and is being demolished. Several works along Neußer Straße were once rail connected, but now all the track south of the Frankfurter Ring has been lifted.

Klöckner-Rohstoffe, München-Moosach

There was no sign of a scrapyard here, and all industrial track in this area is now out of use or lifted.

Spielplatz, Benedikterstraße, München-Pasing

The loco that was preserved here has now gone.

Thyssen-Dück, Rupert-Bodner-Straße 25, München-Aubing
(f. Dück)

This scrapyard was closed for the day, but the loco could just be seen over the fence.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wD Essl     Bern?      

Krauss-Maffei, München-Allach

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wD KM            

M.A.N - MTU, München

This works now belongs to Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace, MTU München, but I could not see if they still have locos.

Volkschule, Konrad-Celtis-Straße 44, München-Sendling

Gauge : narrow

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-4-0T Hen 22271 1934       (a) Pvd
(a) ex L.Moll, München, /1971.

20/6/1999

Zugspitzbahn, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

This loco stands beside the car park, at the bottom station.

Gauge : 1000mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
2 4wE AEG 4269 1929       Pvd

Öchsle Schmalspurbahn e.V., Ochsenhausen

This narrow gauge line is now operated by a preservation group, who run tourist trains down to the DB connection at Warthausen, and I made a round trip on the line. There was a "stadtfest" going on in Ochsenhausen when I was there, so there were plenty of passengers for the trains!

Gauge : 750mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
99 716 0-10-0T Hart 4673 1927       IS
  0-6-2T Krauss L 3816 1898 U2?     (a)
V15 908 0-6-0DH Gmd 4227 1946 HF130C      
137 343 1-Bo-1 D            
(a) ex (ÖBB, U2 ?); completely dismantled for repairs.

Öchsle Schmalspurbahn e.V., Warthausen

These two locos were standing at Warthausen.

Gauge : 1435mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDM Gmd 1623 1936 Köf I     Pvd

Gauge : 750mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Px48 1913 0-8-0             (a) oou
(a) ex PKP, Px48 1913.

  ? , Industriestraße 6, Mittelbiberach

This loco was just dumped on a short piece of track, outside this works, which carries no name of the owner. The loco was in a terrible condition and thick with rust.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-6-0F Essl 4685 1946       Pvd?

21/6/1999

Bad Wurzach

I could find no trace of Torfwerk Haidgau, which is supposed to be near this town.

Bad Waldsee

A loco has been reported as preserved at Schwäbische Eisenbahn, Bahnhof Durlesbach, but I could find no sign of this station, or any area of the town called "Durlesbach".

Torfwerk, Bad Schussenried

This former torfwerk is now a gravel pit operation. There is still a line from the DB, but this has not been used for a long time, and was probably worked by the DB anyway.

Postamt, Schussenrieder Straße, Bad Buchau

The loco was inside a plastic tent, being shot-blasted and then repainted.

Gauge : 750mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
99 637 0-4-4-0T Essl 3294 1904       Pvd

SWH Shredderwerk Herbertingen GmbH, Eisenbahnstraße, Herbertingen

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Schöma 2375 1961 CFL150DR 170ps 24t

Zollern Fürstlich Hohenzollernische Werke Lauchertal GmbH & Co., Lauchertal, near Sigmaringen

The gateman told me that they now only have a Unimog.

Torf- und Erdenwerk Kneer GmbH, 88271 Wilhelmsdorf-Pfrungen

The works is still going, but the feldbahn has not been used for some time, although the owner said it might be used again in the future. The Diema is the only really serviceable loco, and stands on the line with Deutz 13452. The other two Deutz locos are in terrible condition and have long been dumped in the corner of a small machinery yard, near the end of track.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDM Diema 1684 1954 DS22 28ps   oou
  0-4-0DM Deutz 13452 1935 OME117F     oou
  0-4-0DM Deutz     OMx117     Der
  0-4-0DM Deutz     OMx117     Der

Stora Enso Baienfurt GmbH, Baienfurt

The company was started in 1872 as Papierfabrik Baienfurt AG. It was taken over by Feldmühle AG in 1968 and Stora Carton Board GmbH in 1990. On January 1st 1999 it became Stora Enso. The steam loco had just come back from a major overhaul at Lok Service Burkhardt in Hinwil, Switzerland and looked very nice. It was due to work during the Baienfurt Stadtfest on 27th/28th June, which it does each year.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
FÜSSEN 0-6-0WT Krauss 2051 1889       Pvd
  4wDH Deutz 58114 1966 KG230Bex    
72 4wDM Unimog/
Ries
99103 1983        

Bahnhof, Aulendorf

The loco stands opposite the station. The local model engineering club have a multi-gauge running track around the loco, and operate their miniature steam locos here at weekends.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
50 1650 2-10-0 KM 16193 1941       Pvd

22/6/1999

Hammerwerke Fridingen GmbH, Fridingen

The works lies just north of Fridingen, on the road to Bärenthal.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
LOK 1 4wDH Gmd 5428 1970 D05B      

Tegometall GmbH, Rudolf Bohnacker, Auenbachstraße, Sauldorf

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Hen 30878 1965      

Tegometall GmbH, Rudolf Bohnacker, Radolfzell

There was no sign of this works or any locos.

Great Lakes Chemical Konstanz GmbH, Konstanz

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Nr.373 4wDH Krupp 1382 1935 Köf II      

Hämmerle Recycling GmbH, Max-Stromeyer-Straße, Reichenaustraße 13-19, Konstanz

The loco has gone, and one of the men said it was "scrapped 15 years ago".

Kverneland, Gottmadingen
(f. Greenland; f. Maschinenfabrik Fahr AG)

The gateman said there are no locos here now, and I could see no sign of any.

August Schuler GmbH, Industriestraße 5, Singen

421 was standing outside the yard, beside the road. I could see the top of another loco dumped in the yard, but could not get inside.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
421 4wD Schöma 2411 1961 DFL40DRex    
  4wD (Gmd 888 1933?)       oou

Eisenbahn-Freunde Hegau e.V., Singen

This loco was stored for preservation at the Guterbahnhof.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
194 051 Co-CoE AEG 5330 1941 E94     stored

23/6/1999

Breisgauer Portland Cementfabrik GmbH, Geisingen

There has been no rail traffic here for quite some time; the loco's 'NU' was due on 30/9/1991.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Nr.293 4wDM Deutz 55255 1952 A6M 517R 107ps   oou

August Schuler GmbH, Deißlingen

This scrapyard is right next to the Bahnhof. Schöma 3241 and the Gmeinder were the working locos, while the other Schöma was in reserve, and the O&K out of use.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDM OK 20395 1933 RL3     oou
  4wDM Gmd 5082 1958   50ps   (a)
  4wD Schöma 3106 1968 DFL60DR     (b)
  4wDH Schöma 3241 1970 CFL40DZR 16ps 15t (b)
(a)
(b)
ex Westdeutsche Erdölleitungs-Gesellschaft.
ex Schuler, Singen.

Knauf Gips, Deißlingen-Laufen

There is still rail traffic here, but the loco is out of use and stands at the end of the sidings.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
1 0-4-0DM Ruhr 1482 1936 ND75Z     oou

St.Blasien-Urberg

There was no sign of the mine belonging to Fluß- und Schwerspatwerke Pforzheim GmbH that used to be here.

Sedus Stoll AG, Dogern

This firm still have a rail connection, but no loco.

Albbrück

The paper works is now called Albbrück Papier and seems to be a subsidiary of MD Papier, as their sign is also at the main gate. I could not see if they still have locos, although there is still rail traffic.

H.C.Starck GmbH & Co.KG, Niederlassung Laufenburg, Werk Rhina, Laufenburg

The company has two works on the west side of Laufenburg, but only Rhina now has any locos. The line runs from the DB, across the main road, and up a side road to the works. There is very little activity at this works after 2.30, so visits should be made in the morning.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Betr.Nr.196 LIESEL 4wDH Krupp 3855 1960     28t  

Aluminium Rheinfelden GmbH, Rheinfelden

This loco still sits out of use in a corner of the works, next to the DB main line, where it has been for years.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
412 4wDM Breuer 3038 1951 Typ V     oou

Heidelberger Zement AG, Kalkwerk Istein, Efringen-Kirchen

The locos can be seen very easily from the platform of Bahnhof Istein.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Lok Nr.: 141 0-4-0DM Deutz 56853 1958 A4L 514R    
Lok Nr. 441 4wDH OK 26212 1962 MV6b    

Breisbauer Portland Cementfabrik GmbH, Werk Kleinkems

The works has been closed for some time, and the loco stands inside the main building, next to the DB.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-4-0DM Deutz 57248 1960 KS55B     oou

Karl Richtberg KG, Neuenburg-Richtberg

This big timber yard is very easy to get into, as there are no fences. A man from the office caught me, but the only thing he wanted me to tell him was who told me that there were locos here - obviously they don't like publicity!

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
BNR.381 4wD Schw 10780 1938 LDF110     oou
BETR NR 164 4wDH Deutz 56218 1956 A4L 514R   20t

24/6/1999

Wehrle-Werk AG, Bismarck Straße, Emmendingen

There is a line to the DB that runs through the houses and streets, and halfway along the line there is a small depot, which is also used by the Eisenbahnfreunde Breisgau to store their loco. The track was very overgrown with weeds and it looks as if the company don't use the line very much, although they did make a run down to the depot to get something. I think they mostly use the railway internally, to take stuff from the main works to a yard on the other side of the road. They only have about 3 wagons, which are really just underframes with no bodies. The loco was originally red, but has never been repainted and the colour has now faded to pink.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Betr-NR.149 0-4-0D Deutz 56894 1958 A4L 514R 55ps 14t

Eisenbahnfreund Breisgau e.V., Weinstockstraße, Emmendingen

This loco was at their depot on the private line of Wehrle-Werk (see above).

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
EFB 34-04 0-6-0D Hen 26747 1956        

Papierfabrik August Koehler AG, Bremenwörtstraße, Hafen Nord, Kehl

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
436 4wDH Jung 13154 1959 Köf II      

ZG Raiffeisen, Südstraße, Hafen Mitte, Kehl

This loco has "Koehler" on the side, and seems to have been sold by them to Raiffeisen. There is only one siding here and little or no rail traffic.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Gmd 5181 1960 Köf II     (a)
(a) ex Papierfabrik August Koehler AG, Kehl; ex DB, 323 747-6.

Hafenverwaltung Kehl, Kehl

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH OK 26203 1963 MB5N    

Fernleitungs-Betriebs-Gesellschaft (FBG), Tanklager Legelshurst, Kork-Legelshurst

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-4-0DH Deutz 57526 1962 KS230B      

Strassenbau Fritz Vogel, Kieswerk Willstädt-Legelshurst, Kork-Legelshurst

The loco is still sitting in the sidings - rail traffic has ceased.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
B-Nr.411 4wDH Jung 13191 1960 Köf II     oou

Papierfabrik August Koehler AG, Oberkirch

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
377 4wDH Minilok 106? 1979 DH40   5.6t  
Nr.499 4wDH Gmd 5306 1964 Köf III     (a)
(a) ex DB, 332 065-2.

Ziegelfabrik Kegelmann GmbH, Benz-Meisel-Straße 31, Oberachern

Rail traffic ceased long ago and all the track has been lifted. These old locos are buried in weeds at the back of the yard, and are rather hard to find.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  4wDH Diema 2673 1964 DS20 22ps   Der
2 4wDM Diema           Der
  4wDM Diema           Der
  4wDH Diema?           Der (a)
(a) this is just a frame, with no wheels or body.

Bahnhof Achern

The station has been completely rebuilt for the new ICE line, and there is no sign of the preserved loco that has been reported here.


25/6/1999

Basalt AG, Bedesbach

The DB line north from Altenglan has closed and so there is no longer any rail traffic here.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
  0-4-0DM Deutz 47419 1951       Der

Basalt AG, Theisbergstegen

The Deutz sits right at the far end of the track, with its wheels half buried in the mud.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Betr-NR 1 10-550 0-4-0DM Deutz 57058 1959 KS55B     oou
Betr NR 2 10-551 4wDH Essl 5304 1963 Bern   25t  

Steinbruchbetriebe Rammelsbach GmbH, Rammelsbach, near Kusel

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
161 4wDE Moyse 1132 1967 BN32E 180D      

Theo Steil GmbH, scrapyard, Ostkai, Trier-Hafen

I was told they now have only one loco here.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Betriebs-Nr.1 4wDH Deutz?     Köf II     (a)
(a) the loco has a small Michelin label on each side and probably comes from them.

Michelin, Trier-Hafen

The gateman said that they no longer have any locos.

Moselstahlwerk, Trier

I was told that they still have an "ex-DB loco", but that it was away at the DB for its "inspection" (TÜV?).

GKN Walterscheidt Press- und Stanzwerk GmbH, Trier-Hafen

The gateman told me that they had got rid of their Unilok and replaced it with a Unimog - which I could see standing in the yard.

Basaltin GmbH & Co., Werk Birresborn
(f. Rheinische Provinzial-Basaltwerk und Lavawerke GmbH)

The works is beside the main road, some distance north of Birresborn village. The loco has a home-made works plate fitted inside the cab.

Name/No. Type Builder C/n. Date Class PS Weight Notes
Betr.Nr.1 4wDH Jung 13201 1960 Köf II      

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