Geesthacht Railway Working Group

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Danish steam locomotive Q350 of the GE - "Karoline"

The Geesthacht Railway Association (GE) was founded by railway enthusiasts and railway workers in April 1975 and entered in the register of associations of the city of Geesthacht . The aim and purpose of the association is to keep the history of the Bergedorf-Geesthacht Railway (BGE) alive and to keep the small train operation in the memory of the public .

activities

Vehicle fleet

BGE vehicles that were still in existence were tracked down and acquired all over West Germany. A BGE locomotive was no longer available, the last remaining locomotive was owned by the Braunschweig Railway Friends. Thus, a retired diesel locomotive of the AKN the first train of GE. In 1976 the first steam locomotive was acquired and used.

1981 the DSB locomotive Q 350 , called "Karoline", was added from Denmark . This D-coupler was built in 1945 by the Frichs locomotive factory in Aarhus as a shunting locomotive for use in large shunting yards. This Dn2t (wet steam) machine has a net weight of 43 t (service weight including all supplies 56 t), an output of around 550 hp and reaches a top speed of 45 km / h. The drive wheel diameter is 1,250 mm, the length over the buffers (LüP) 10,340 mm.

On June 9, 2019, the locomotive was badly damaged in an accident at a level crossing . A car drove the locomotive, which was already on the crossing, into the engine from the side.

Today the association owns a total of six locomotives and 20 cars. A MaK type 240 B diesel locomotive was acquired in February 2007 and transferred to Geesthacht. Among other things, this locomotive is intended to serve as a reserve and inexpensive alternative for the Q350 locomotive for special trips. The diesel locomotive is used in the blue color of the former BGE.

Days of traffic

The association runs special trips six weekends a year. The journey leads over the BGE route from Geesthacht or from Krümmel to Bergedorf Süd and back again. The stations are Krümmel - Freizeitbad - Geesthacht - Escheburg - Börnsen - Bergedorf Süd. The journey time is about an hour and ten minutes.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geesthachter Eisenbahn ev: Please board ... on the route of the former Bergedorf-Geesthachter Railway. Timetable 2012.

Coordinates: 53 ° 26 '2 "  N , 10 ° 21' 54"  E