Local train

A few local trains of Thuringia - most are short and comprise elderly stock

 

 

  

 All above from Peter König

Excursion train from Berlin, these began in the ‘30s and brought visitors from the city to the healthy, unpolluted small towns of rural Germany. Coaches were hauled up the incline from Ilmenau by BR94 and the branch loco brought them down the branch, the practice continued until closure.

This lovely old Fleischmann D-zug coach needs minimal alterations.

89 6020 August ‘58 at Rennsteig, used from ‘50 onwards: Gotha, Saalfeld, Arnstadt, Sangerhausen.

Typical passenger vehicles of the SEG

The SEG used similar vehicles to the Bi-type cars that remained in service until closure.

The Wettiner VT135 535 was introduced in the 1930s

 

Books about the Frauenwaldbahn

 

Kleinbahn means little in the sense of short, in this case only 4.9 km (3 miles). It was a normal gauge extension of a Y which served Rennsteig (see map) in the wooded hills of the Thüringer Wald and lasted from 1912 to 1965. The railcar shown was built in 1912, although a Bn2 tank loco with road number 5 plus passenger cars and goods cars was also employed. This loco was supplemented by one obtained from the Kleinbahn Neuhaldensleben–Weferlingen, likewise a Bn2t. After WW2 steam locos worked the line until 1960 when diesels took over.  The former roadbed is accessible today as a Wanderweg (walking track).