Fiery Elias

Museum train on the Strohgäubahn in Korntal

The “Fiery Elias” of the Vorgebirgsbahn on the Brühler Markt around 1900

The "Fiery Elias" of the Darmstadt tram on a special trip in May 2004

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Departure of the steam tram Feuriger Elias of the Darmstadt tram

Fiery Elias is an old, slang term for steam locomotives or for the railway line on which they ran, and is mostly found on smaller branch lines .

Origin of name

The name comes from the fact that the biblical prophet Elias was raptured "towards heaven" in a fiery chariot drawn by fiery horses according to 2 Kings 2.1-18  EU .

Railway lines

• Bonn - Beuel
• Vorgebirgsbahn Bonn – Brühl – Cologne
• Strohgäubahn Korntal – Weissach
• Leppetalbahn Engelskirchen – Kaiserau – Marienheide
• Eliasbahn factory railway in Dortmund-Hörde (1890–1998)
• Darmstadt - Alsbach-Hähnlein ( steam tram )
• Bröltalbahn Hennef – Bröl – Felderhoferbrücke (Bröleck) –Ruppichteroth – Waldbröl
• Kleinbahn Eltville – Schlangenbad (1895–1933)
• Local railway Ludwigshafen – Meckenheim (1890–1955)
• Kleinbahn Steinhelle – Medebach
• Greifswald – Lubmin – Wolgast (1898–1945), 750 mm narrow-gauge railway
• Weinheim – Heidelberg railway line (1890–1956)
• Field railway at the Elsenborn military training area (1901–1939)

vehicles

• Steam locomotive number 101 Schwarzach on the Selfkantbahn , formerly G 2/2 101, which operated under the name Feuriger Elias on the Eurovapor until 2004 on the network of regional transport Bern-Solothurn (RBS), formerly Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern-Bahn (SZB) and United Bern – Worb-Bahnen (VBW), on the railway lines between Worblaufen and Solothurn and between Worblaufen and Worb was in use.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kleinbahnmuseum Selfkantbahn - historic steam train - Gillrath-Schierwaldenrath, vehicles, steam locomotive 101 "Schwarzach" (accessed and corrected on September 7, 2012)
2. ↑ Archive, The fiery ELIAS at the SZB, VBW and the RBS ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed and corrected on September 7, 2012)