Narrow-gauge railway of the Franzensbader Moorbad

Narrow-gauge railway of the Franzensbader Moorbad
Narrow-gauge railway at the unloading point Unloading point at the mud bath (access prohibited)
Western section (orange)
Route length:	0.5 km
Gauge :	600 mm ( narrow gauge )
Legend 0.0 Mud bath (Slatinné Lázně) Cheb – Oberkotzau railway line Schladabach 0.5 Bog pits

The narrow-gauge railway of the Franzensbader Moorbad is a 0.5 km long field railway with 600 mm gauge from the mud bath to the moor pits in Františkovy Lázně in the Czech Republic .

business

Since the 1960s until today, bucket chain excavators have been used to transport peatland on broad gauge tracks . The moor extracted in the peat pits is loaded directly from the excavator into the narrow-gauge railway wagons, which then transport the moor to the moor mill at the mud bath. There the moor is processed into granules through perforated grids. The mud bath (Slatinné Lázně) and its narrow-gauge railway are operated today ⁽²⁰¹⁹⁾ by Lázně Františkovy Lázně as (Bad Franzensbad AG).

Route

The route begins at the moor bath at a fenced off unloading point, which is visible from the park but not accessible to the public. It leads through a gate at the Palliardi spring into the park and runs along the Schladabach to a gate at the railway bridge that it crosses. It used to branch in the moor area to the moor pits south of the Schladabach, but now ends at the moor pits north of the Schladabach.

Rail vehicles

Two diesel locomotives, nine tipping trucks and one flat truck are used.

Web links

Commons : Narrow-gauge railway of the Franzensbader Moorbads  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Romana Omáčková: Natural mineral springs in Franzensbad - sulfur-ferric peat - or mud is not mud. Classification, definition, properties, application. Franzensbader Blätter No. 4, 2018, pp. 3–4.
2. ^ Feldbahnen Skalna (Soos) and Franzensbad.
3. ↑ Route, 2011.

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 50 ″  N , 12 ° 21 ′ 21.6 ″  E