Plausible fiction
Please note the layout is NOT a copy of any particular location but it is based certain elements of Frauenwaldbahn that ran from Rennsteig to Frauenwald.
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Reality
From
1913 to 1965, it connected the Plaue–Themar railway with the village of
Frauenwald on top of a ridge in the Thuringian Forest. The community of
Frauenwald is located at an altitude of 760 m on the ridge of the and
belonged to the land of Prussia
with the district of Schleusingen until 1945. Due to the remote
situation, the local business had great difficulty in asserting itself.
For this reason, the municipality has been trying to connect to the
railway network since 1893.Construction
began in the spring of 1913, and on the 11th November 1913 the line,
which is only 4.8 km long, was opened in November 1913. Despite the
economies, the results fell short of expectations. A
glassworks as the most important convenience ceased operations at the
beginning of the First World War.
From
1937, special trains of the Deutsche Reichsbahn also came to the light
railway, which transported holidaymakers to the village of Frauenwald.
The first special holidaymaker was a KdF train from Wroclaw on 17
January. June 1934. In 1944, on day three and Sundays, two pairs of
trains ran.
The
railway survived the Second World War, in 1949, the railway was
nationalised and the operation was taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn. In the early 1950s, tourism in the Thuringian Forest increased sharply. In 1952, continuous express trains
from Berlin were led to the Thuringian Forest for the first time. In
Rennsteig, the train consisting of four-axle express train car was
split. Three cars continued to ran to Schmiedefeld, the other three were transported from one to Frauenwald.
In
1960, the 89 5901 was retired due to a cylinder damage and replaced by a
diesel locomotive of the series. From 1962, a class V 15 diesel
locomotive ran until the closure.
On the 13th In February 1965, the line had to be closed due to
snowdrifts and the trains had to be replaced by buses. The railway
operations were then not started because no funds were available for the
required renovation.
In 1998 the line was dismantled
and the former roadbed is accessible as a Wanderweg.
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