Train Station "Rennsteig", Schmiedefeld, TH
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N 50° 36.930 E 010° 50.116
32U E 629837 N 5608675
The station "Rennsteig" is a station of the "Rennsteig"-railway in the Thuringian Forest. The station is one of the highest situated railway stations in Thuringia. The station lies at 747 meter height between Stützerbach and Schmiedefeld.
Waymark Code: WM9CT1
Location: Thüringen, Germany
Date Posted: 08/02/2010
Views: 20
The station was put on in 1904, the station building arose in the year 1906. Between 1913 and 1965 a small railway existed to Frauenwald which began at the station 'Rennsteig'. The last level-according holiday traffic by the railway station occurred in 1998. Today the station is used for arrangements and 'nostalgia journeys' of the steam road friends of the middle 'Rennsteig' (german: Dampfbahnfreunde mittlerer Rennsteig).
The station is a dead-end station. This was operational necessary because in the beginning on the distance spur-gear locomotives were used which had to stand to the avoidance of a snatch of the wagon coupling always down to the valley. By the switchback turn in the peak of the section the spur-gear locomotives stood without moving automatically down to the valley. In 1927 the rearrangement of the gear-wheel operation occurred to the frictional one. In addition, the drawing of the trains about the steeply sloping section was admitted, so that for driving round of the trains a suitable rail became necessary at the station. The dead-end station in the peak of the section was furthermore necessary because with steam locomotives smoke deduction must point always downwards to valley to avoid a too low water level in the steam boiler.
Since 2007 the station has a new information center for the biosphere reserve 'Vessertal' - Thuringian Forest (german: Biosphärenreservat Vessertal - Thüringer Wald).
For further information please visit the german languaged web-site of that beautiful station in the midst the Thuringian Forest. A visit is worthwhile always, insignificant which season just rules.
Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: Yes
Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes
What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: nostalgic steam engines, nostalgic electric locomitives, nostalgic diesel locomotives, regular local trains
Station/Depot Web Site: [Web Link]
If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?: Not listed
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