Saatziger small railways

Saatziger small railways
Map of the Saatziger Kleinbahnen
Stargard (Pom.) - Alt Damerow – Daber
Course book range :	113j (1940) , 126d (1944)
Route length:	42.1 km
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend Railway lines to Stettin , Schneidemühl , Küstrin and Kreuz 0.0 Stargard small station Stargard Szczeciński Wąsk. to the state railway 5.1 Saarow Żarovo Him (Ina) 5.9 Luebow Lubowo 8.3 Mulkenthin Małkocin 12.3 Storkow Storkówko 14.4 Lenz Łęczyca Reichsstrasse 163 ( Droga wojewódzka 106 ) 18.1 Old Damerow Stara Dąbrowa Railway line to Trampke (Trąbki) Reichsautobahn Berlin – Königsberg ( Droga wojewódzka 142 ) 21.8 Müggenhall Białuń 23.8 Sassenhagen Chlebówko 27.2 Sassenburg Khlebovo 32.1 Kannenberg Kania 37.4 Breitenfelde Dobropole 39.8 Hospital Vorwerk Zapłocie 42.1 But south Dobra Naugarder Bahnen to Naugard Regenwalder Bahnen to Regenwalde and Labes
Alt Damerow – Trampke – Kashagen – Dramburg
Course book range :	113j (1940) , 126d (1944)
Route length:	57.7 km
Legend after Stargard (Pom.) 0.0 Old Damerow Stara Dąbrowa after Daber 2.9 New Damerow village Nowa Dąbrowa Wieś 3.8 New Damerow Nowa Dąbrowa Reichsautobahn Berlin – Königsberg ( Droga wojewódzka 142 ) 4.8 Uchtenhagen A. Krzywnica 5.8 Uchtenhagen B. Kępy Krampehl (Krąpiel) Reichsstrasse 158 ( Droga krajowa 20 ) Stargard Szczeciński – Gdańsk 10.1 0.0 Trampke station Trąbki Wąsk. Nonnenbach (Krępa) 2.8 Marienfließ Marianowo 5.7 Books Wiechowo 10.0 Mössin Mosina 12.2 Kempendorf Kępno 14.4 Kashagen (wedge station) Kozy Railway line to Jacobshagen – Klein Spiegel 16.8 ball Biała 20.1 Klein Lienichen Linówko 26.3 Nörenberg Insko Wangerin - Reetz street ( Droga wojewódzka 151 ) 32.7 Grass lake Studnica 34.5 Tassel Chworstno 37.4 Zamzow Ziemsko 42.0 Golz Woliczno Reichsstrasse 158 ( Droga krajowa 20 ) Ruhnow – Konitz railway line 45.1 Janikov Jankowo 47.6 Dramburg small train station Drawsko Pomorskie Wąsk.
Kashagen – Klein Spiegel
Course book range :	113j (1940) , 126d (1944)
Route length:	19.6 km
Legend from Trampke 0.0 Kashagen Kozy to Dramburg 2.9 Jacobshagen Dobrzany Stolen Ihna (Pęzinka) 5.2 Ihnathal Inica 7.6 Constantinople Dolice 10.7 Butow Bytowo 14.7 Big silver Sulibórz Wangerin - Reetz street ( Droga wojewódzka 151 ) 17.4 Klein Spiegel Dorf Pożradło Wieś 19.6 Small mirror good Pożradło Dwór

The Saatziger Kleinbahnen stock corporation added to the Saatzig district in Pomerania east of the Oder , the development of which began in 1846 with the construction of the Stettin – Stargard line by the Berlin-Stettiner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft . The company initially ran the company Lenz & Co. , then the small railroad department of the Provincial Association of Pomerania in Stettin and their successors.

history

The Stargarder Kleinbahnhof 1903

The Lübow stop in 1910

The starting point for the meter-gauge small railway lines was the small train station in the independent city of Stargard, which was the seat of the district administration for the Saatzig district . The connection between the state train station and the small train station in Stargard was served by a two-kilometer connecting line that was laid out in standard gauge. The first section, opened on January 14, 1895, turned north and then east via Alt Damerow to Trampke, the intersection with the state railway in the direction of Köslin , until it reached Zamzow in the east of the district. In Alt Damerow, a line to Kannenberg branched off from May 12, 1895, and was extended on November 1, 1895 in the neighboring Naugard district to Daber (24 km). There it was connected to the meter-gauge Regenwald Kleinbahnen in 1896 and to the standard-gauge Naugarder Kleinbahnen in 1902 .

The main line, which had received a 20 km long branch line from Kashagen via Jacobshagen to Klein Spiegel Gut on August 20, 1896 , was extended on October 1, 1897 from Zamzow to Janikow in the neighboring district of Dramburg . Although it was already possible to change to the state railway to Dramburg in Janikow , from November 15, 1910, the small railway continued independently for another 2.5 km to the district town of Dramburg. Here the small train station was two kilometers from the state train station and closer to the city center than that.

The entire network now covered a length of 122 kilometers. In 1939, twelve locomotives were available for this, seven of which were of the Lenz type i , two multiple units ( SKB T 1 and 2 ), thirteen passenger and five baggage cars and 170 freight cars.

At that time the main shareholders were the Prussian State, the Province of Pomerania, the Saatzig District and the city of Stargard. In 1940 the Saatziger Kleinbahnen, like all Pomeranian small railway operations, were combined in a public corporation under the name Pommersche Landesbahnen and referred to as Saatziger Bahnen, which were administered by the State Railway Authority in Stargard.

Goods could be handed over to the state railway in Stargard and Trampke. In the early years all goods had to be reloaded, in the last few years trolleys were used. A depot was located in Nörenberg.

Operation under Polish administration

The operation was continued by the Polish administration after 1945. However, in 1945 the Dobrzany – Pożradło Dwór junction was closed. The rails were dismantled immediately. Freight traffic between Ińsko and Drawsko Pomorskie was discontinued in 1961 and the route was dismantled.

The Stargard Szczeciński – Dobra and Trąbki – Ińsko routes were still operated by passengers. From 1985, new MBxd2 railcars were even procured for this purpose. Passenger and freight traffic was discontinued on the Trąbki – Ińsko line in 1996 and on the Stargard Szczeciński – Dobra line in 2001.

The locomotives 51J and 52Jh (Tx7-3501 and 3502) were preserved as a museum after the lines were closed. Today they are on exhibit in the Gryfice Narrow Gauge Railway Museum .

literature

• Wolfram Bäumer, Siegfried Bufe: Railways in Pomerania. Bufe; Egglham, Munich 1988; ISBN 3-922138-34-9 , pp. 173-181
• Deutsche Reichsbahn: German course book. January 21, 1940 issue ; Reprint: Bobingen, 1988; ISBN 3-921304-76-8

Web links

• Course book from 1944 (route 126d)
• Historical pictures of the Trabki – Insko section
• Saatziger Kleinbahnen (Stargardzka Kolej Dojazdowa) driver's cab ride 2000