List of forest railways

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The list of forest railways can only offer a selected overview due to the large number of railways as a means of transport in forestry and their sometimes very short existence.

Forest railways in Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina

There were also various other forest railways, each of which was set up for the duration of the timber harvesting contracts in the individual logging areas.

Germany (selection)

Name of the railway route Track
wide
mm		 Length
km		 Drive
through 		from to Operation
through		 comment
Bavaria
Forest railway in the Reichswald Sebalder Reichswald reduced
Forest railway Ebersberger Forst Kirchseeon - Ebersberger Forest 43 steam 1890 before 1900 reduced
Spiegelau Forest Railway Spiegelau - Finsterau 600 + 100 1909 1960 reduced
Zwieselau Forest Railway Zwieselau - Buchenau 600 14.5 1930 1958 reduced
Neuhauser Bockerlbahn Fischhausen-Neuhaus - Spitzingsee - Waitzingeralm 600 12 Steam, benzene, cable 1919 1922 Holzwerbung Spitzing GmbH reduced
State forest railway Ruhpolding – Reit im Winkl Ruhpolding - Reit im Winkl 1000 23 steam 1922 1936/37 reduced
Bächentalbahn case 750 10.2 1930 1956 see also Tyrol , as it crosses borders
Waldbahn Weißbach on the Alpine Road Weißbach on the Alpine Road 750 ~ 3 1958 dismantled, used as a hiking trail
Brandenburg
Schorfheide forest railway Schorfheide , Döllnkrug - Höpen 600
Hesse
Eichenberger Waldbahn Eichenberg 600 0.9 1989 [1]
Rhineland-Palatinate
Wasgauwaldbahn Bundenthal - Ludwigswinkel 600 14.5 1921 1930 reduced
Saxony
Muskau Forest Railway Muskau 600 + 50 Steam, diesel 1895 Museum train
Schleswig-Holstein
Bad Bramstedt forest and moor railway Bad Bramstedt 600 1.2 diesel 1931 1977 Since 1999 Museum Railway (0.7 km) later than Kurbahn Bad Bramstedt designated [2]
Buchhorster forest railway Buchhorst 600 about 6 Solar, diesel 1912 1988 since 1988 museum railway (approx. 1.1 km)
Thuringia
Lichtenhain Forest Railway Lichtenhain / mountain railway 600 0.65 1998 [3] , [4]

Finland

Name of the railway route Track
wide
mm		 Length
km		 Drive
through 		from to Operation
through		 comment
Eskola forest railway Eskola – Haara – Teeriharju
Haara – Suokanta		 750 68.0 1920 1961
Forest Railway Evo Evo – Kailaniemi ? 23 1908 1914
Harviala forest railway 750 30th 1917 1955
Kuurila Forest Railway 750 22nd 1927 1943
Syskyjärvi – Vaaherjoki forest railway ? 10 1920 1924
Vuojoki forest railway ? 23 1912 1918

France

Austria

The list of forest railways in Austria can be found in the list of railway lines in Austria.

Poland

(all railways on the Polish eastern border from north to south)

Name of the railway route Track
wide
mm		 Length
km		 Drive
through 		from to Operation
through		 comment
Forest railway Płociczno - Gulbin - Zelwa 600 ~ 37 1916 1989 from 2001 tourism business, partially dismantled
Forest railway Czarna Białostocka - Kopna Góra - Waliły 600 ~ 32 1919 1990 partially dismantled
Hajnówka Forest Railway Hajnówka (forest railway network) 600 1916 1992 partially dismantled
Forest railway Parczew 1000 ~ 10 ~ 1965 reduced
Forest railway Rozprza ~ 15 reduced
Forest railway Zagnańsk - Nowa Słupia ~ 30 reduced
Forest railway Zagnańsk - Czerwona Góra - Suchedniów ~ 18 reduced
Forest railway Kielce - Złota Woda ~ 30 1916 1985 reduced
Forest railway Lipa - Biłgoraj ~ 63 1988
Forest railway Susiec ~ 10 reduced
Forest railway Rzepedź - Mików ~ 9 1923
1959		 1944
1994
Bieszczady Forest Railway Nowy Łupków - Majdan ~ 18 1898 1984 from 1996 tourism business
Forest railway Przysłup - Moczarne ~ 12 1964 1994 from 2009 tourism operation
Forest railway Sokoliki - Ustrzyki Górne ~ 27 ~ 1900 ~ 1939

Romania

Russia

Langholzzug, forest railway Udimski

Sweden

Switzerland

Name of the railway route Track
wide
mm		 Length
km		 Drive
through 		from to Operation
through		 comment
Sihlwald forest railway Sihlwald-Sihlzopf sawmill valley section, sections in the Sihlwald 600 ~ 12 uphill oxen and horses, downhill gravity 1876 1938 Forestry operations of the city ​​of Zurich reduced

Slovakia

  • Forest railway Hronec - Čierny Balog , museum railway
  • Vychylovka Forest Railway , museum railway
  • Forest railway Hremetske hamre - Morske Oko
  • Forest railway Kriván - Hrinova (760 mm)
  • Forest railway Ľubochňa (760 mm, electric)
  • Forest railway Vígľas - Kyslinky (Hrochotská dolina)
  • Forest Railway Zarnovica - Kłak (Kľakovská dolina)
  • Považská lesná železnica / Forest Railway Čierny Váh (Liptovský Hrádok - Kráľova Lehota - Liptovská Teplicka, 760 mm)

Czech Republic

Ukraine

Hungary

Kaszó forest railway
Romanian forest locomotive on the Steyrtalbahn

West of the Danube

  • Almamellék forest railway , tourist trains
  • Csömödér forest railway , active forest railway and tourist trains
  • Forest railway Gemenc , active forest railway and tourist trains
  • Kaszó forest railway , tourist trains
  • Forest railway Mesztegnyő , active forest railway and tourist trains

East of the Danube

Africa

South Africa

America

United States

Asia

Japan

Taiwan

Indonesia

Australia and New Zealand

Australia

New Zealand

Remarks

  1. ↑ Klaus-Dieter Korhammer, Armin Franzke, Ernst Rudolph: Turntable of the South. Munich railway junction . Ed .: Peter Lisson . Hestra-Verlag, Darmstadt 1991, ISBN 3-7771-0236-9 , p. 129-130 .
  2. ↑ fixed routes, plus approx. 14 km of mobile routes
  3. ↑ 1897 valley route to Sihlbrugg, 1938 routes in the Sihlwald
  4. ↑ Set courses