Krahnenbergbahn
The Krahnenbergbahn was a funicular railway that ran from the city of Andernach am Rhein in Rhineland-Palatinate to the 216 m high Krahnenberg.
It was laid out on a single track with a turnout in meter gauge and powered by water ballast . A Riggenbach type rack was used for braking . Over a distance of 514 m, the railway overcame a height difference of 145 m. The construction of the funicular, which is up to 33.5% steep, was carried out by Esslinger Maschinenfabrik as the last funicular to be built with water ballast operation. The half-open wagons could carry 40 people, the water tanks held 5,000 liters. In the summer of 1909 it drove every hour, in the afternoon even every half hour. The journey cost 40 pfennigs back then, return tickets only 50 pfennigs.
The first operator after the opening on October 11, 1895 was Hager & Lausberg. After business interruptions (1902–1904 and around 1925) and a change of ownership, the city of Andernach finally took over the railway. She carried out the operation in the summer season until 1941. Then it was no longer accepted due to the war, especially since the railway facilities were severely damaged in 1945, the last year of the war. In 1948 the rest of the railway was dismantled and scrapped.
Web links
- Page with further information and pictures ( Memento from September 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )