Franconian Switzerland steam train

Franconian Switzerland steam train
Basic information
Company headquarters	Ebermannstadt
Web presence	https://www.dampfbahn.net Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz e. V.
legal form	Registered association
Seat	Ebermannstadt
founding	April 16, 1974
Board	Johannes Füngers
Operations management	Michael Frank
Lines
Gauge	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
railroad	Ebermannstadt – Behringersmühle
Length of line network
Railway lines	15.5 km

Museum railway in the Wiesent valley

The steam train Franconian Switzerland e. V. (DFS) is a non-profit association that has existed since April 16, 1974 and is based in Ebermannstadt .

Club goals are:

• Establishment, operation and maintenance of a museum railway on the former Ebermannstadt – Behringersmühle line in the Wiesent valley
• Acquisition and preservation of historic rail vehicles, particularly with reference to the Ebermannstadt – Behringersmühle branch line
• Organization of lectures, guided tours, trips and exhibitions

The association has also had a license to operate a railway since 1980 and has been an approved railway transport and infrastructure company since then . The DFS is the oldest museum railway in Franconia .

Between May 1st and October 31st, the trains of the museum train run according to schedule on Sundays and public holidays. For museum operations, DFS has a fleet of four steam locomotives , one accumulator locomotive, four diesel locomotives and one diesel railcar, as well as a number of historic passenger carriages, especially blunderbusses and conversion wagons .

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  V 60 114 (2008)

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  Passenger train with 2 V 36 in the area of Streitberg (2018)

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  V 36 123 with passenger train (2008)

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  135 069 with sidecar (1985)

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  ELNA 6 No. 4 in Ebermannstadt (2018)

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  VT 133 001 (2016)

literature

• Günther Klebes: Left and right of the Wiesent Valley Railway . European Library, Zaltbommel 1984, ISBN 978-90-288-2801-8 .
• Richard Neun: The Ebermannstadt-Behringersmühle Museum Railway . Hans Falkenberg Verlag , Haßfurt 2004, ISBN 3-927332-24-0 .

Web links

Commons : Steam Railway Franconian Switzerland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the association
• SNB-AT DFS 2018 (PDF)
• SNB-BT DFS 2018 (PDF)
• NBS-AT DFS 2010 (PDF)
• NBS-BT DFS 2013 (PDF)
• List of charges for infrastructure use 2018 (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steam Railway Franconian Switzerland e. V. - Contact
2. ↑ registered in the register of associations of the Bamberg District Court