Moravian border railway
The kk privileged Moravian Border Railway (MGB) was a railway company in Austria whose routes were in what is now the Czech Republic . The main route of the company led south of the Jeseníky Mountains from Sternberg via Mährisch Schönberg to Lichtenau on the Prussian border.
history
On September 11th, 1871 the company Gebrüder Klein , Messrs Eduard Oberleithner, Karl Oberleithner, Alois Schulz, Ignaz Seidl , Carl Siegl sen. , Franz Leischner and the company Hielle & Diettrich “ the right to build and operate a locomotive train from Sternberg in connection with the Moravian-Silesian Northern Railway via Mährisch-Neustadt, Mährisch Schönberg, Hannsdorf and Grulich to a point on the Wildenschwert – Mittelwalde railway line next to the Austrian one - Prussian border "granted.
The Moravian Border Railway was founded on March 3, 1872.
From August 1, 1883, the kk Staatsbahnen (kkStB) took over the management of the MGB routes. In 1895 the company was nationalized. The vehicles and routes were transferred to the property of the kkStB.
stretch
- Hohenstadt – Zöptau (acquired June 1, 1872)
- Blauda – Nieder Lipka (born October 5, 1873)
- Sternberg – Mährisch Schönberg (born October 15, 1873)
- Nieder Lipka – Lichtenau (born January 14, 1874)
Locomotives
| Locomotives of the Moravian Border Railway | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | image | number | Manufacturer | Construction year | design type | kkStB no. | Remarks | |
| 1-2 | 2 |
Sigl / Vienna Sigl / Wr. Neustadt |
1872-1873 | C n2 | 90.01-02 | Freight locomotive | ||
| 3-10 |  |
8th |
Locomotive factory Floridsdorf Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik |
1873 | C n2 | 49.01-08 | Freight locomotive | |
| 11 |  |
1 | Sigl / Wr. Neustadt | 1872 | C n2 | 55.01 46.17 (from 1888) |
Freight locomotive, identical in construction to Archduke Albrecht-Bahn 1–16 | |
literature
- Siegfried Bufe, Heribert Schröpfer: Railways in the Sudetenland , Bufe-Fachbuchverlag, Egglham 1991, ISBN 3-922138-42-X
- Zdeněk Hudec u. a .: Atlas drah České Republiky 2006-2007 , 2nd edition; Publishing house Pavel Malkus, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1