Lunde Railway

Lunde Railway
Opening of the Lunde Railway on April 19, 1943
Gauge :	600 mm ( narrow gauge )

The Lunde train was from a German occupying forces in World War II , built and operated as of April 19, 1943 Military - light railway in Farsund in Norway .

Route

Laying of the narrow-gauge track

The route ran from the quay in Lundevågen to the airport, with a junction to a quarry in Mabergåsen, where there was also a workshop. The construction work was directed by Captain Burwick.

Due to delivery problems, no nails were available to attach the rails to the sleepers. Therefore 11,000 nails were forged on site.

Locomotives

At the opening, two Henschel steam locomotives from the Wilh. Wahmann Tiefbau , Bochum .

No.	photo	Labeling and factory numbers
42
65		According to the Fiihrer's plan we built the LUNDE-BAHN
70		Wheels must roll for victory!
		Left Henschel Danzig (No. 17495/1929) and right Orenstein & Koppel LD2 (No. 5086/1933 or No. 7024/1936)

Unloading the locomotives in the port of Farsund

The locomotives were imported from Germany by ship and unloaded in the port of Farsund. 14 steam and diesel locomotives were used for operation, but due to a lack of fuel, these were mostly not used at the same time.

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With propaganda - slogans labeled construction train at the opening of the Lunde Railway on April 19, 1943

At the opening of the railway, a train decorated with fir branches with improvised shelters and a field kitchen for the supply of the construction workers, which were labeled with propaganda poems, was presented.

building

The station building was a large, wooden warehouse with a platform that was built between 1943 and 1944. In the post-war period it was mainly used as a warehouse. The community decided in August 2009 that it should be demolished within two to three weeks. As a result, volunteer local historians dismantled the parts of the building and stored them flat-packed in order to rebuild them in the Lista Fortress Museum.

business

Construction of the airfield in Lista with a Menck backhoe excavator

The main purpose of the railway was to transport building materials for the construction of bunkers and airfields in Lista. The German Air Force had already started construction in September 1940. They were part of a large-scale military fortification, the so-called Lista fortress, which was part of the Atlantic Wall . The first construction phase, opened in April 1941, consisted of a 1,700 by 120 meter long wooden track. The second phase of construction with a few company buildings and a 1,571 by 80 meter long concrete runway was completed in 1944. Three of the hangars built at the time are still standing today.

Web links

• Farsund lufthavn, Lista. In: Store norske leksikon . Retrieved November 18, 2019 (Norwegian). 

Remarks

1. ↑ Direction of travel (according to the building train label):
   

   Nordhassel – Osthassel
   

   Gravel pit – Hæanger
   

   Radio station – Lunde Harbor

2. ↑ ^{a b c} Propaganda lettering shown on the construction train wagon:
   

   Captain Burwick was behind it
   

   Whether it's summer or winter
   

   Whether in snow or rain
   

   always run and move
   
   

   The nails were not there
   

   You didn't know how to buy it anymore
   

   The Wahmann company was so loyal
   

   She was there day and night.
   
   

   It was forged cold and hot,
   

   And that was how you came to the diligence
   

   The nails were then lucky
   

   Altogether it was eleven thousand pieces

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} LA8AK; German fortresses: Farsund-Flekkefjord.
2. ↑ Marka skyte-og øvingsfelt and lista flystasjon.
3. ↑ Mapcarta: Mabergåsen.
4. ↑ Labeling of the cars when the light railroad opened on April 19, 1943.
5. ↑ Riving av jernbanestasjone for Lundebanen på Lista. 3rd September 2014.
6. ^ Erik Ettrup, Daniel Schellenbergen, Erik Ritterbach: Fortress Lista ( Norwegian, German ). Commentum Forlag, Sandnes 2007, ISBN 978-82-92309-71-1 . Pp. 64-66.

Coordinates: 58 ° 5 ′ 1.4 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 24.9 ″  E