Narrow-gauge railway Grundhof – Befort

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Grundhof – Befort
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Minimum radius : 100 m
Top speed: 15 km / h
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 0.224 Grundhof
(connection to the Ettelbrück – Grevenmacher route ) 		172 m
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 1,825 Hairpin 1 216 m
   
 3.139 Hairpin 2 249 m
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5.537 Hairpin 3 322 m
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6.700 Quarries
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7.255 Befort 368 m
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The narrow-gauge railway Grundhof – Befort was a meter- gauge narrow - gauge railway in Luxembourg . The approximately 7 km long railway line led from Grundhof in the Sûre valley to the heights of the southern Ardennes .

history

The railway line was built by the Prinz-Heinrich-Eisenbahn- und Erzgrubengesellschaft , three switchbacks had to be created to overcome the difference in altitude of around 200 m .

The narrow-gauge railway was opened on November 8, 1904, from Grundhof to the quarries. Initially, the line was only used to transport the sandstone that was broken at Befort and Reisdorf . On November 6, 1911, the extension from the third hairpin to Befort was opened and from then on, passenger services were also carried out. Traffic on the narrow-gauge railway was stopped in 1948.

Two tank steam locomotives of the N series were specially procured for the route . Several two-axle wagons were available for passenger traffic, while goods traffic was carried out with trolleys .

literature

  • Ed Federmeyer: Narrow Gauge Railways in Luxembourg , 1991

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