Oelsnitz – Oelsnitz Kaisergrube railway line
| Oelsnitz – Oelsnitz Kaisergrube | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route number : | sä. OK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book range : | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 2.16 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 1.4 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 300 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Oelsnitz – Oelsnitz Kaisergrube railway was a branch line in Saxony that was only used for freight traffic . It began in Oelsnitz (Erzgeb) station on the Stollberg – St. Egidien and led to the Kaisergrube coal mine in Gersdorf . The line, opened in 1879, was shut down and canceled in the 1930s.
history
The Oelsnitz – Oelsnitz Kaisergrube line was built at the same time as the Stollberg – St. Egidien opened on May 15, 1879. The loading point at the end of the line was located directly in the shaft area of Kaisergrubenschacht II. The Concordia shaft II , the Hedwig and Friedens shafts were also connected to the route via branch tracks .
literature
- Erich Preuß , Reiner Preuß : Saxon State Railways. transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-344-70700-0 , p. 60