Intro

 The why and wherefore

 

Finding a back story can be problematic, the profile must be a very small station in Thuringia preferably on the northern edge of Thuringia Forest, an area bounded by Ilmenau, Grossbreitenbach und Bad Blankenburg region is known for its exposed rocks, pretty villages and scenery, add numerous venues for refreshment.

 

 

There are a number of branchlines, although many have been long closed, The Köditzberg–Königsee railway (KKB) was a railway line in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, which connected the city of Königsee to the railway network. Shortly after the opening, voices from the industry were heard, which demanded an extension of the railway line beyond Königsee to Gehren in the west to the Ilmenau–Großbreitenbach railway.  

 

The line to Grafenwalde was completed in 1910, it was classed as a Kleinbahn with an initial weight limit of just 12t, which was upgraded in 1917 to 16,8t in order to accomodate the T9.3 that supplemented the line's T3 which pulled a BCPwPosti that Lindner built in 1912 for the line's owners. 

 

From 1962, a diesel locomotive of the V15 series operated until the closure together with a Wismar TypB railbus locally known as Molly.

 

Layout

The layout

 

Buildings

The ‘inspiration’ for the station was not located in Thuringia but it is built in the Prussian style, common enough in many areas. On such a small layout there are just a few complete structures, the station group and loco shed.

Workbench

This is a rather playworn Fleischmann BR64 that had been titivated with Weinert items bit very badly painted. It was stripped and rebuilt with a new decoder.

A spare body of a DR version was used to check clearances after repairing the mechanism.

 

 

 

The old body mechanism works perfectly with the DR body, it will be detailed with additional pipework.

BCPwPosti

 

 

In 1912, the BCPwPosti was supplied by Lindner to the KKK (Kleinbahn Köditzberg–Königsee)where it was used a combination vehicle on the line until closure. The model is a kit from Lok-Schlosserei

 

Currently being completed

 

 

 

Stocklist

Locos

 

 

 

Passenger Stock

After the takeover by the DR (German State Railway) on April 1, 1949, passenger cars from the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German State Railway) were used on the line. Until the service was discontinued in July 1967, both the green or red and white Bi-type cars were mostly used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goods

The lack of any significant industry served by the line is reflected in the use of general goods wagons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ilmenau-Rennsteig