Saxon-Thuringian Railway Company

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The Saxon-Thuringian Railway Company was a railway company based in Greiz . It was the owner and operator of the Wolfsgaerth – Weischlitz railway ("Elstertalbahn").

history

Greiz had a rail link through a short since 1865 branch line , which in Neumark at the Leipzig-Hof railway began. The Saxon-Thuringian Railway Association, founded in 1868 by citizens of Greiz, also called for a connection through the Elstertal from Gera to Plauen . However, the crossing of the state border between the Principality of Reuss Older Line and the Kingdom of Saxony was problematic, as the sovereign interests of both states had to be taken into account when building the railway.

On March 23, 1872, the Saxon-Thuringian Railway Company, which had emerged from the association, was finally granted the Reuss older line concession, and on April 13, 1872 also that of the Kingdom of Saxony. Weischlitz was intended as a connection point with the Saxon state railway network ; the originally planned continuation to the Bavarian Hof was not approved.

The section from Wolfsfahrzeugth on the Gera-Eichichter Bahn to Greiz went into operation on July 17, 1875. The second section, the line from Greiz to Plauen, was opened on September 8, the last section to Weischlitz followed on September 20 of the same year.

After the bankruptcy of the construction company Pleßner & Co. from Berlin, the company soon found itself in a financial emergency. In order to avoid buying a loan of two million Thaler, the route was offered to the Kingdom of Saxony for purchase. On July 1, 1876, the Saxon-Thuringian Railway Company became part of the Royal Saxon State Railways .

Locomotives

→ See main article: Sächs.-Thür.Eb. - Osterland to Elsterberg

sä. No. 2710; former PLAUEN of Sächs.-Thür.Eb.

In 1874 the Saxon-Thuringian Railway procured eight type 1B n2 locomotives from Schichau in Elbing for its route . They were almost exclusively named after locations on the Elstertalbahn. In 1876 they came into the ownership of the Royal Saxon State Railways, which classified them in the class Schi III (later II). They were retired between 1914 and 1922.

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