13 December 2014

Visits to the Eisenbahn Museum Schwarzenberg, Museumsbahn Schönheide and the Fichtelbergbahn. I also ran into two mainline steam trips I wasn't expecting.
DSC6750 Kretscham-Rothensehma station on a particularly grey morning. : Germany DSC6752 A helpful board at Kretscham-Rothensehma. : Germany DSC6759 The line is visible from the car park at the Diska supermarket in Neudorf. This is the 08:35 from Kurort Oberwiesenthal behind 99 1772. : Germany
DSC6768 The standard gauge station at Schwarzenberg. : Germany DSC6777 Schwarzenberg had a small depot which has now been turned into a nice museum. : Germany DSC6778 A sectioned boiler from a 750mm gauge VIK. : Germany
DSC6781 U foundation ring on the IVK boiler. : Germany DSC6783 To my surprise I found 50 3616 being prepared for a pair of Christmas trains. : Germany DSC6787 DR Class 50.35-37 50 3616 and train at the Eisenbahnmuseum Schwarzenberg. : Germany
DSC6794 At the rear of the train was 112 565. Plenty of leaks from the steam heat too.... : Germany DSC6796 Railcar 772 367 is part of the collection at the Eisenbahnmuseum Schwarzenberg. : Germany DSC6805 Inside the shed are locos and a number of other items. In this view the locos are 52 8183, 58 3039 and 94 2105. : Germany
DSC6809 Steam, diesel and something which looks like a car on rails. : Germany DSC6811 94 2105, a 0-10-0t built for freight work in the Erzgebirger mountains. It is a DR loco based on the Saxon class XI HT. : Germany DSC6814 2-8-2t 86 1049 and 0-10-0t 94 2105. : Germany
DSC6816 A sectioned injector. : Germany DSC6817 94 2105 at the Eisenbahnmuseum Schwarzenberg. : Germany DSC6826 Inside the shed at Schwarzenberg. 86 1049 is on the left and 58 3049 on the right. : Germany
DSC6827 58 3049 on the left and 52 8183 on the right. : Germany DSC6835 52 8183, 58 3040 & 94 2105. : Germany DSC6838 DR Diesel Hydraulic 118 776. : Germany
DSC6841 50 3616 waiting time at Schwarzenberg. : Germany DSC6850 Eisenbahnmuseum Schwarzenberg has a decent collection of stock and other items. : Germany DSC6854 Meyer IVK 0-4-4-0t 99 582 runs round its train at Schönheide. : Germany
DSC6860 99 582 alongside the shed at Schönheide. : Germany DSC6869 99 582. : Germany DSC6871 The original station site at Schönheide (Mitte) was up by the red brick building (the old station building). Museumbahn Schönheide can't access it due to the industrial units built on the trackbed necessitating a new station further back down the line. : Germany
DSC6874 99 582 beside Schönheide depot. : Germany DSC6879 99 582 between duties at Schönheide. : Germany DSC6892 The station and yard at Schönheide. : Germany
DSC6899 Inside Schönheide were 2 more Meyers, 99 516 on the right is a runner but on the left 99 585 isn't. : Germany DSC6901 99 516, just the sort of loco which would have been shedded here in DR days. : Germany DSC6909 Inside Schönheide shed. : Germany
DSC6925 Like many preserved lines there is equipment piled up waiting to be used again. : Germany DSC6927 Spares and so on at Schönheide. : Germany DSC6933 Details inside the nicely presented carriages. : Germany
DSC6937 Neuheide station has a ground wagon body as a station building. At one time this was named Schönheide Nord. : Germany DSC6939 Ready to leave Neuheide. : Germany DSC6943 At Stützengrün the loco has to run round. From here it propels its train to the line's terminus. : Germany
DSC6944 Stützengrün station, formally Halte[unkt Stützengrün which served the factory which still surrounds the station. : Germany DSC6960 99 582 ready to propel its train from Stützengrün. : Germany DSC6969 At the terminus of the line, this is Stützengrün-Neulehn a new station built in preserved days. The line is served beyond here, primarily due to the absence of a lengthy viaduct. : Germany
DSC6982 Back at Schönheide 99 582 runs round its train. : Germany DSC6989 99 582, with some significant steam leaks, climbs towards Stützengrün with the 14:05 from Schönheide. : Germany DSC6997 The 14:05 from Schönheide climbs towards Stützengrün. Behind 99 582 is a good indication of the terrain this line, which once ran from Wilkau-Hasslau to Carlsfeld, had to cross. : Germany
DSC6999 Stützengrün-Neulehn station. : Germany DSC7013 99 582 heads away from Stützengrün-Neulehn with the 14:30 to Schönheide. : Germany DSC7016 Down the hill from Schönheide is Schönheide Ost. This no closed station was on the line from Aue which was severed by a reservoir in the 1970s. It is now the intended destination of a tourist operation. : Germany
DSC7019 No more trains in the direction of Aue, Schönheide Ost. : Germany DSC7023 Having driven back to Schwarzenberg I had hoped to find 50 3616. When I saw steam I smelt success, but instead I found another mainline operation instead! : Germany DSC7027 52 8154 runs round at Schwarzenberg. It had brought a tour in from Leipzig. I was to catch up with 50 3616 later in the day. : Germany
DSC7048 Back at Neudorf on the Fichtelbergbahn 99 1772 was caught on the the 16:37 from Cranzahl. : Germany DSC7061 The 16:37 from Cranzahl, hauled by 99 1772, stands at Kretscham-Rothensehma. : Germany DSC7083 And 99 1772 at Hammerunterwiesenthal with the 16:37 from Cranzahl to Kurort Oberwiesenthal. : Germany
DSC7090 Hammerunterwiesenthal church. : Germany DSC7103 Through the power of the internet I discovered 50 3616 was running between Schwarzenberg and Schlettau. I arrived just as the 50 was running round. : Germany DSC7104 50 3616 at Schlettau. The passengers where entertained here. : Germany
DSC7107 50 3616 at Schlettau. Being Germany there was no problem going anywhere to photograph the loco. : Germany DSC7129 50 3616 at Schlettau. : Germany DSC7132 Waiting departure time at Schlettau. : Germany
DSC7145 50 3616 and signals at Schlettau. : Germany DSC7164 With the road pulled off 50 3616 gets ready to depart for Schwarzenberg. : Germany DSC7166 Just before departure from Schlettau. : Germany