Feistritzwaldbahn

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Feistritzwaldbahn
Steinhaus am Semmering - Rettenegg
Gauge : 600 mm ( narrow gauge )
Geographical data
continent Europe
country Austria
state Styria
Route-related data
Legend
   
 0.0 Steinhaus am Semmering 838  m above sea level A.
   
 Loading station from the southern runway
   
 1.1 Stutzgleis fire department depot
   
 1.3 Heating house stone house
   
 4.3 Ignaz Ganster
   
 5.0 Water station
   
 6.4 Fröschnitz Bremsberg route,
   
 Inclined elevator valley station
   
 7.3 Bremsbergkopf Bremsberg route, 1273  m above sea level A.
   
 Inclined lift mountain station, saddle track
   
 9.1 Saddle track water station
   
 10.2 Saddle station 1298  m above sea level A.
   
 Elevator route mountain station
   
 10.9 At the river 1175  m above sea level A.
   
 Elevator route valley station
   
 11.6 Regina shower loading area
   
 11.9 Graf Kreuz loading area
   
 12.8 Weiche Wallner (Archdiocese) 1075  m above sea level A.
   
 14.6 Schusterwiese (Kropfbrunn)
   
 15.5 Frauenwald 1002  m above sea level A.
   
 16.2 Ohrwaschlgraben 975  m above sea level A.
   
 17.3 Miesegg 932  m above sea level A.
   
 20.2 Charcoal burning 868  m above sea level A.
   
 21.0 Ownership limit
   
 22.2 Rettenegg 862  m above sea level A.

The Feistritzwaldbahn , also called "Frauenwaldbahn" or "Waldbahn Steinhaus - Rettenegg", was a forest railway between Steinhaus am Semmering and Rettenegg in Styria and was operated until 1958.

Plant of the railway

The special feature of the narrow gauge - railway with a track width of 600 mm, the two were inclined elevators with which the cars from the top to the Feistritztal Feistritzsattel were drawn and the Fröschnitzsattel via the brake mountain in the Fröschnitzgraben. This section of the route with the remains of the brake house is clearly visible in the forest near the Fröschnitzsattels. Remnants of the Bremshaus can still be seen. The embankment of the steep section is overgrown, but significantly raised and built with stones.

Route

The starting point of the route with a total length of 22 km was the Steinhaus am Semmering train station , which is still a stop of the Semmering Railway today. Starting from Steinhaus station, the train first led under the Steinhaus viaduct of the Semmering Railway, past Steinhaus and the Alfred Hut , on into the Fröschnitzgraben. The slope from the Fröschnitzgraben to the Fröschnitzsattel was mastered over the Bremsberg with the help of an inclined elevator. Today's long-distance hiking trail 02 follows the top section from Fröschnitzsattel to Feistritzsattel . From the Feistritzsattel down to the Ambach there was again a water-powered inclined elevator. From Ambach, the route followed the upper reaches of the Feistritz via Frauenwald to Rettenegg. The embankment can still be seen well today in some sections.

history

The builder and owner of the forest railway was the forest administration Graf Karl Lanckoronski , which owned extensive forests in the upper Feistritz valley and had the railway built in several sections between 1902 and 1917. The forest enterprise should be run according to modern criteria. Therefore the forest property was systematically developed by the forest railway. In addition to the transport of wood from the forest administration, there was also limited public freight transport for the residents of the railway. The transport of people was expressly prohibited. After the Second World War, around 7 km of forest roads and 1.7 km of paths for interested parties were laid, which ultimately made the forest railway superfluous.

Locomotives

A sable steam locomotive similar to the forest railway locomotives
locomotive commitment
Sable 115/10 1910-1958
O&K 566/00 1918–
BMMF 741/18 1918-1958
BMMF 742/18 1918-1958
Krauss Linz 7480/18 1918-1958
Decauville 6086/26 1947-1958

All of the rolling stock was scrapped after operations ceased in 1958. No vehicle was preserved.

literature

  • Manfred Hohn , Waldbahnen in Austria, Slezak publishing house 1989, ISBN 3-85416-148-4 .
  • Bernhard A. Reismann: History of the community Spital am Semmering, a cultural landscape and its people, Volumes I and II, Community Spital / Semmering 2010, p. 299.

photos

  • Display board Feistritzwaldbahn on Feistritzsattel

  • The Steinhaus Viaduct, at the top the Semmering Railway , below the Feitritzwald Railway; the remains of the embankment are still clearly visible

  • Replica of a freight wagon at the Steinhaus Viaduct (info point Bahnwanderweg Semmeringbahn)

  • Information board for the railway hiking trail on the Steinhaus Viaduct with a brief description of the forest railway

  • Remnants of the substructure at the Steinhaus Viaduct

  • Railway line with Dürrgrabenbach crossing

  • Ramp to the Steinhaus Viaduct at Steinhaus No. 27C

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