Black Forest Railway (Baden)

Offenburg-Singen (Hohentwiel)
Route number :	4250
Course book section (DB) :	720
Route length:	149.139 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV, 16.7 Hz  ~
Top speed:	140 km / h
Legend from Mannheim Hbf 0.000 Offenburg 159  m to Basel Bad Bf 2.080 Offenburg district school center 4.100 Ortenberg 160  m 6.600 Ohlsbach 166  m 9.474 Gengenbach 172  m 15.0 Schoenberg 181  m 17,900 Biberach (Baden) 194  m to Oberharmersbach 22.725 Steinach (Baden) 209  m 26,081 Haslach 215  m 33,174 Hausach 241  m to Schiltach 35.297 Gutach open-air museum (seasonal) 36.900 Expert 281  m Rebberg tunnel (53 m) 42.3 Reichenbach Viaduct (150 m) 42.614 Hornberg (Schwarzw) 384  m 46.600 Hornberg Schlossberg 47.174 Glass carrier tunnel I (23 m) 47.248 Glass carrier tunnel II (44 m) 47,469 Glass carrier tunnel III (19 m) 47.645 Low water tunnel (559 m) 48.363 Tunnel at the 4th farmer (313 m) 48.961 Hohenacker Tunnel (41 m) 49.233 Tunnel at the 3rd farmer (89 m) 49.452 Letschenberg Tunnel (130 m) 49.777 Röllerwald tunnel (162 m) 50.526 Eisenberg Tunnel (792 m) 51.502 Spärletunnel (80 m) 52.100 Low water 550  m 51,862 Obergiestunnel (175 m) 52.269 Hippensbach tunnel (265 m) 52.717 Kurzenberg Tunnel (324 m) 53,441 Mühlhaldetunnel (64 m) 53.785 Losbach Tunnel (185 m) 54.240 Trout tunnel (64 m) Kaisertunnel (31 m, removed in 1925) 55.139 Großhalde tunnel (327 m) 56.049 Triberg 616  m 56.464 Small Triberg Tunnel (92 m) 56.678 Great Triberg Tunnel (835 m) 58.003 Gummambstunnel (339 m) 59,046 Seelenwaldtunnel I (48 m) 59.245 Seelenwaldtunnel II (69 m) 59.637 Seelenwaldtunnel III (195 m) 60.100 Triberg soul forest 686  m 60.908 Gremmelsbach tunnel (912 m) 62,047 Gaisloch tunnel (54 m) 62,427 Hohnentunnel (328 m) 63.245 Grundwaldtunnel (381 m) 63.700 Nussbach 750  m 63.845 Krähenloch tunnel (224 m) 64,211 Sommerberg tunnel (52 m) 64.660 Farrenhalde tunnel (313 m) 65.220 Steinbi Tunnel (63 m) 65.632 Tannenwald tunnel (167 m) 65.955 Tannenbühl tunnel (25 m) 66.212 Slate pile tunnel (93 m) 66,556 Sommerautunnel (1697 m) 68.504 Sommerau (Black Forest) 832  m 71,313 Sankt Georgen (Schwarzw) 806  m 75.200 Peterzell - Koenigsfeld 777  m 81.800 Kirnach - Villingen 729  m 85.857 Villingen (Schwarzw) 704  m to Rottweil 88.700 Marbach (Baden) 696  m to Bad Dürrheim 88.889 Marbach West 90.810 Brigachtal -Kirchdorf 91.400 Klengen 689  m 91.597 Brigachtal-Klengen 94.417 Donaueschingen - Grüningen 686  m 96.774 Donaueschingen- Aufen 682  m 98.832 Donaueschingen-Mitte / settlement 99.768 Donaueschingen 677  m to Freiburg im Breisgau 103.500 Poking 106.300 Neudingen 110.200 Gutmadingen 112.993 Geisingen 115.300 from Blumberg-Zollhaus 115.545 Hintschingen ( Abzw , former train station) 662 m 117.727 Immendingen - rooms 119.007 Immendingen 658  m to Plochingen 122.087 Möhringer Tunnel (180 m) from Tuttlingen 123.856 Hattingen (Baden) 690  m 124.166 Hattinger Tunnel (900 m) 129.800 Talmühle (Baden) 134.622 Narrow 518  m 137.299 Welschingen - Neuhausen 490  m 140.749 Mühlhausen (b Engen) 455  m 143.400 High crows 147.627 Singen (Hohentwiel) State Garden Show Beuren-Büßlingen-Singen (Hohentwiel) von Beuren-Büßlingen (until 1966) from Basel Bad Bf 149.139 Singing (Hohentwiel) 434  m to Etzwilen to Constance Swell:

The Black Forest Railway is a double-track , electrified main line in Baden-Württemberg . It runs from Offenburg across the Black Forest to Singen am Hohentwiel .

In contrast to the " Württemberg Black Forest Railway " between Stuttgart and Calw , it is also called the Baden Black Forest Railway. The route is 150 kilometers long, overcomes 650 meters in altitude and leads through 39  tunnels . The 40-kilometer ascent from Hausach to Sankt Georgen is particularly noteworthy in terms of structure and landscape . The gradient of the entire section remains below 20 per thousand and therefore does not contain any steep sections .

The Black Forest Railway was built between 1863 and 1873 according to plans by Robert Gerwig . To this day, the route runs through the Black Forest as the most important railway line and, together with the Frankenwaldbahn , the Filstalbahn on the Geislinger Steige and the Schiefen Ebene in Upper Franconia, is one of the four double-track mountain railways in Germany.

Geographical and economic importance

The route across the Black Forest shortened the distance Offenburg - Singen , which was previously connected by the Badische Hauptbahn via Basel , from 240 to 150 kilometers.

The route was also important for the communities in the southern Black Forest , which were only opened up by the railway in a contemporary way. For many places that until then could only be reached by horse and cart, this was the key to industrialization . From the end of the 19th century to the First World War , the watchmaking industry in the Black Forest experienced an economic climax that still shapes this economic area today. The beneficiaries were not only the direct neighboring communities of St. Georgen , Triberg , Hornberg , Villingen-Schwenningen and Donaueschingen , but also Furtwangen and Schramberg , which were nearby. The railway was also very important for the development of tourism.

The regional express connection Karlsruhe - Konstanz , known as the Black Forest Railway , and a branch of the SWEG in the western section runs here today for local rail passenger transport . In long-distance traffic , a pair of intercity trains on line 35 with the name “Bodensee” runs between Konstanz, Cologne , Münster and Norddeich Mole . There are also tourist offers that cover the most scenic section z. B. travel with steam-hauled special trains.

In the transport of goods , there are several features, including a several times a week with tank cars compound formed between Offenburg and Villingen.

history

planning

The first plans for the construction of a railway line that would cross the Black Forest centrally were made as early as the 1840s. However, these were initially discarded because the locomotives that were only available at the time and were still relatively inefficient would have required a flat, technically highly complex and unaffordable route.

Originally, such a railway line was supposed to serve as a feeder line to the Gotthard Railway via the first German - Swiss border crossing at Waldshut and Koblenz . However, the geological problems in the Wutach Gorge prevented the construction of the railway from Donaueschingen going south, instead the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen was bypassed in a wide arc and Singen , not far from Lake Constance , was determined to be the final destination.

After Offenburg was determined as the starting point and Singen as the end point, three variants were examined:

1. the Bregtallinie via Furtwangen and along the Danube source river Breg,
2. the summer line via Hornberg and Triberg ,
3. the Schiltach line via Wolfach , Schiltach and Schramberg .

Since the Bregtall line was too expensive in terms of construction, it was the first to be rejected. From a structural point of view, the Schiltach line would have been the simplest of the three variants, but the town of Schramberg , which belongs to Württemberg and over which this line would have passed, was a thorn in the side, as the Black Forest Railway was supposed to run exclusively over the "domestic" area of ​​the Grand Duchy of Baden . In addition, this route would have given the Schramberger watch industry a considerable advantage over the Baden competition in Furtwangen , which Baden was not interested in. For these political reasons, the summer line was awarded the contract. The planning and construction were in the hands of the railway engineer Robert Gerwig.

→ Main article : Robert Gerwig

construction

Map of the technically most demanding section near Triberg

Since the middle section of the route required a long planning phase and, due to the numerous tunnels, required the greatest structural effort, the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways decided to start with the two "ends" from Offenburg to Hausach and from Engen to Singen. Construction work began in April 1865. The construction between Offenburg and Hausach was unproblematic, as the Kinzig valley could be used here. A new bed only had to be dug for the Kinzig above Gengenbach .

The construction work between Engen and Donaueschingen was much more complex, as the watershed between the Rhine and the Danube required the construction of the Hattinger Tunnel through the Jura limestone. Between the municipalities of Pfohren and Neudingen , the Danube also had to be laid over a length of around 240 meters.

In order to leave the Danube valley in the direction of Hegau to the south, two options were investigated: One route should separate from the Danube at Geisingen , and another at Immendingen . Gerwig finally gave preference to the Immendingen variant, as the railway construction was easier here.

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 delayed the construction work as the German workers were drafted into the military and the Italian construction workers were dismissed. But construction work was resumed as early as 1871.

From the outset, the entire line was laid out on two tracks, but initially only a single track was expanded. It should take until November 1921 before the entire length of the line could be used on two tracks. The Hausach – Villingen section was the first to be expanded to two tracks by 1888, because the low speed on the ramp between Hausach and St. Georgen and the associated low line capacity required it most.

There were plans to connect the Elz Valley Railway from Freiburg to Hausach via Elzach . However, the project was never implemented.

1866 to 1920: Operation under the Baden State Railways

Engen train station around 1900

Offenburg station - start of the Black Forest Railway

In 1866 the two sections of the Offenburg – Hausach and Engen – Singen routes were opened. In Singen and Offenburg there was a connection to the Badische Hauptbahn . On November 10, 1873, the Black Forest Railway was then passable in its entire length.

In passenger transport , five pairs of trains initially ran daily between Offenburg and Konstanz, and three more pairs of trains were added in the Villingen – Konstanz section. In addition, there was an express train that traveled the Konstanz – Immendingen section, but then turned its head and drove over the Gäubahn to Stuttgart, and a train from Offenburg to Singen. The latter took about four hours.

The timetable on the Black Forest Railway was continuously compressed until around 1900 . Even the freight transport increased significantly during this period. From the summer of 1906, several express trains drove over the route. They also included international trains on the routes Amsterdam - Konstanz , Ostend - Konstanz and Frankfurt am Main - Chur . However, these long-distance trains were soon discontinued.

After the outbreak of the First World War , the timetable was increasingly thinned out. In the summer of 1918, for example, there was only one passenger train left. On May 24, 1918, an ammunition train exploded near Gutach (Black Forest Railway) .

→ Main article : Gutach railway accident (Black Forest Railway)

1920 to 1945: Operation under the Deutsche Reichsbahn

Singen station - the end of the Black Forest Railway

Reichenbach Viaduct in Hornberg (left in the picture)

When the Deutsche Reichsbahn was founded in 1920, Prussian P 8 steam locomotives were also used on the route from 1922 .

On February 4, 1923, French troops occupied Appenweier and Offenburg. During this time, passenger trains ended in the municipality of Ortenberg south of Offenburg . There was also a pair of express trains that ran between Hausach and Konstanz. The previous through traffic of the Black Forest Railway had to be diverted very laboriously. After Appenweier and Offenburg were released on December 11, 1923, all trains on the Black Forest Railway were able to run to Offenburg and, if necessary, further north.

In order to be able to increase the efficiency of the Black Forest Railway even further, from 1924 the Reichenbach Viaduct in Hornberg was replaced by a new, more efficient bridge structure, as the previous viaduct was no longer able to meet the requirements. The successor was put into operation at the end of October 1925 after a construction period of 17 months. In 1925/6 the only 31 meter long Kaiser tunnel was cut open and removed. During the work on March 23, 1926, when it was raining heavily, there was a landslide at this point, so that the Reichsbahn refrained from further, planned tunnel openings.

The Hegaubahn , a shortcut between Engen and Schaffhausen planned until the Second World War, was not realized. A freight train with concentration camp prisoners from Haslach was supposed to be driven to Schömberg near Balingen. The military commander Erwin Dold refused to give the order, citing the prisoners' health. After 20 minutes of absolute silence in the station, the station board announced, after consulting the Reich Railway Directorate, that a passenger train was being made available. In the final phase of the Second World War , traffic was stopped on April 22, 1945 when a pillar of the Reichenbach Viaduct was damaged. Only a few weeks later, after the end of the war, it could be repaired, so that operations on the Black Forest Railway were resumed on June 30, 1945.

1949 to 1993: Operation under the Deutsche Bundesbahn

Level crossing in Gengenbach

From the summer timetable in 1955, rail buses ran for the first time on the Black Forest Railway and a year later a diesel locomotive was used on the route for the first time. In 1962, diesel locomotives of the V 200 series replaced the steam locomotives that had previously been in use  - especially the 39 series  - without this leading to a significant increase in performance. That is why the line was electrified in the 1970s. This was very time-consuming, especially in the numerous tunnels, as the track had to be lowered 60–80 cm. The many relatively steep stretches meant that locomotives with additional electrical resistance brakes of the 139 series were primarily used on the Black Forest Railway . Also in the 1970s, several train stations and stops were shut down.

Stop "Donaueschingen Mitte / Siedlung" of the ring train

From 1989 the Interregio line ran from Konstanz via Offenburg, Karlsruhe , Heidelberg and Frankfurt am Main to Kassel Hbf . The Interregio trains on the Black Forest Railway ran every hour with Regional Express trains on the Konstanz – Offenburg route, so that there was an hourly service. So-called “line exchangers” and “line extenders” offered direct interregional connections to Berlin , Hamburg , Lübeck and Stralsund from the mid-1990s .

1994 until today: Operation under the Deutsche Bahn AG

Seehas -Zuggarnitur the station Engen , 2007

Regional express at the Triberg Seelenwald transfer point

Tank car train Offenburg – Villingen

The rail reform enabled private railway companies to access the DB AG network and thus also the Black Forest Railway . Since May 24, 1998, trains operated by the Ortenau-S-Bahn GmbH (OSB), a subsidiary of SWEG , have been running between Offenburg and Hausach . In 2014 the Ortenau-S-Bahn GmbH was dissolved and the SWEG took over their traffic, but the journeys continue to be operated under the name “Ortenau-S-Bahn”. Today these trains run every hour from Offenburg via Hausach and Kinzigtalbahn to Freudenstadt or, since the 2014/2015 timetable change, via the Gutach open-air museum stop at Vogtsbauernhof to Hornberg . In addition, trains of the Mittelthurgau Railway called Seehas ran between Engen and Konstanz , which were linked through Constance to Switzerland .

In 2001 a new stop was built for the Ortenau S-Bahn at the Offenburg District Vocational School. At the 2001 timetable change, the IR was discontinued except for two pairs of trains and initially replaced by trains of the newly created Interregio-Express (IRE) train type on the Karlsruhe – Konstanz line (later running as RE). The RE were also extended in the train route to Karlsruhe. At the end of 2002, the two remaining IR train pairs were converted with the abolition of this type of train InterCitys (IC). The Black Forest Railway is now almost exclusively served by local transport.

Since 2003 the sections between Donaueschingen and Villingen and since 2004 between the Wutachtalbahn branch at Hintschingen and Immendingen Bahnhof have been part of the ring train system of the districts of Tuttlingen , Rottweil and Schwarzwald-Baar . For this purpose, several breakpoints were reactivated and new breakpoints created.

In 2003, the regional rail services between Karlsruhe and Konstanz were put out to tender across Europe by the state of Baden-Württemberg . In 2004, the tender was won by DB Schwarzwaldbahn GmbH , a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG , which was merged with DB Regio AG before operations began (with retroactive effect from January 1, 2006).

Since December 10, 2006, trains made up of class 146.2 locomotives and fourth-generation double-decker cars with 55 cm center entrances and the “Schwarzwaldbahn” label, which are equipped with air conditioning and air suspension, have been running on the Black Forest Railway . That increased the number of passengers by 30% within a year.

route

Geographical course

simplified elevation profile of the Offenburg – Donaueschingen section

From Offenburg to Hausach, the Black Forest Railway follows the Kinzig , at Gengenbach sometimes even directly on its banks. The section Offenburg – Gengenbach leads past extensive vineyards until they gradually reduce in the increasingly narrow Kinzig valley. The route then runs to Hornberg in Gutach Valley . Afterwards, several loop loops with their numerous tunnels are passed as far as Sankt Georgen and thus several hundred meters of altitude are overcome. At Triberg there is also a so-called “three-lane view” from which this section of the route can be clearly seen.

Behind Sankt Georgen, the route follows the Brigach source of the Danube . Behind Villingen , the eponymous Black Forest is gradually abandoned and the Baar plain is crossed. At Donaueschingen station , the Black Forest Railway meets the Höllental Railway , which is the second most important railway line in the region. As far as Immendingen , the Black Forest Railway runs parallel to the Danube , which arises in Donaueschingen from the confluence of the Brigach and Breg rivers .

From Offenburg to Hornberg the route runs in the Ortenaukreis , from Triberg to Donaueschingen in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis . The district of Tuttlingen is crossed in the area of ​​the municipalities of Geisingen and Immendingen , the remaining part is in the district of Konstanz .

Technical features

Gremmelsbach tunnel with regional express

The Black Forest Railway is the first mountain railway that has been artificially lengthened by turning in order to limit the gradient . The maximum gradient is between 20 and 25 per thousand. Otherwise (as at the beginning with the routes in the Murg and Höllental valleys, which are also located in the Black Forest ), cogwheel operation would have been inevitable.

The train overcomes a difference in altitude of more than 564 meters between the towns of Hausach and St. Georgen . The two places are only 21 kilometers apart as the crow flies , while the distance by rail is 38 kilometers.

In contrast to the many tunnels (37 alone between Hausach and St. Georgen) there is only one large viaduct in Hornberg on the Black Forest Railway . On its way from north to south, the route crosses under the main European watershed twice : in the 1697-meter-long Sommerau tunnel (between Triberg and St. Georgen) and in the 900-meter-long Hattinger tunnel (between Immendingen and Engen). The glass carrier tunnel III near Hornberg measures 18 meters and has been the shortest tunnel structure in the DB network since 2010, when the Felstort tunnel was blown up.

The safety technology on the Black Forest Railway is also remarkable. So there is every type of interlocking : starting with the mechanical one in Villingen to a relay-controlled one in Triberg to the electronic one in Immendingen.

Monument protection

Listed railway keeper's house Seelenwald - pass 58 311 with special train

The entire length of the Badische Schwarzwaldbahn as a whole is a cultural monument on the basis of Section 2 (1) of the Act for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the State of Baden-Württemberg (DSchG Baden-Württemberg). The historical significance of the railway line results in particular from its historical significance for numerous areas: civil engineering, technology, transport, social development, economy and tourism. A cultural monument includes its accessories, insofar as they form a unit with the main thing as a monument. For the ramp from Gutach (km 37.0) up to and including the Sommerau tunnel (km 68.5), the State Office for Monument Preservation of Baden-Württemberg is examining the entry in the monument book as a "cultural monument of special importance" according to § 12 DSchG Baden-Württemberg . As a result, this section of the route receives additional protection, in particular its surroundings, insofar as this is of considerable importance for the appearance of the cultural monument.

Black Forest Railway Adventure Trail

The Black Forest Railway Adventure Trail was laid out in the area of ​​the Triberg community. The starting point is the Triberg train station , where an exhibition on the history of the railway line is shown in the reception building . There are 16 information stations along the way that provide information on aspects of construction and traffic on the Black Forest Railway. Several spectacular viewpoints on the route are also included. The adventure trail has two stages, each about 6 km in length.

Weather-related disruptions

Due to the routing through forest areas in the high altitudes of the Black Forest, operations may cease after storms. The hurricane Sabine led on 10 February 2020 extensive damage on the track by fallen trees, are set so temporarily the operation of trains between Hornberg and Villingen had.

Model railway systems

Parts of Black Forest web were in Hausach in a model railway layout in scale H0 reconstructed. With a track length of 1,300 meters and a height difference of 1.80 meters on 400 square meters, it was the largest model layout based on a real model in Europe . The last day of opening was on January 6, 2019; it was dismantled until March 31, 2019. A supermarket is now being built on the site.

Another model railway of the Black Forest Railway has been in the Triberg Black Forest Museum since the early 1950s. This shows the N-gauge section from Niederwasser to Sommerau in the 1950s.

At the Cologne-Mülheim train station, the Cologne model railroad fans have recreated some motifs of the Black Forest Railway in H0.

See also

• List of named railway lines in Germany

literature

• Richard Bitterling et al. a .: Experience in clearing the clear space for the electrification of the Black Forest Railway on the Hornberg – Sommerau tunnel route. In: Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau 7–8 / 1975, pp. 268–276
• Folkhard Cremer: How the railroad changed the Black Forest . In: Monument Preservation in Baden-Württemberg 3/2014, pp. 185–190
• Heinz Gunzelmaann: Tunnel and bridge construction measures for the electrification of the Black Forest Railway . In: Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau 9 (1972), pp. 342–347
• Heinz Hangarter: Our Black Forest Railway . the steel band over the Black Forest. Rößler + Zimmer, Augsburg 1971, DNB 740323040
• Jacob Hardmeyer: The Baden Black Forest Railway, reprint from 1886 - A train journey 120 years ago from Offenburg to Konstanz. Freiburg Echo Verlag, ISBN 3-86028-096-1
• Albert Kuntzemüller: 50 years of the Black Forest Railway. A contribution to the history of traffic in south-west Germany . In: Archives and Railways. Berlin 1923, pp. 779-820
• Jürgen Mahlbacher: The Black Forest Railway . History, sights, leisure tips. Mahlbacher, Zell im Wiesental 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-021761-6
• Martin Ruch: The Black Forest Railway - Culture and History from Offenburg to Konstanz. Reiff Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 2005, ISBN 3-922663-85-0
• Hans-Wolfgang Scharf: The Black Forest Railway and the Villingen depot. EK Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1980, ISBN 3-88255-773-7
• Klaus Scherff: The Black Forest Railway. Transpress, Stuttgart / Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-613-71166-4
• Klaus Scherff: Everything about the Black Forest Railway. Transpress, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-613-71358-1
• Wolfgang Schmidt: The electrification of the Black Forest Railway . In: Glasers Annalen - Journal for Railway Engineering and Traffic Technology 1975, Issue 10, pp. 291–294
• Carl Wilhelm Schnars : The Baden Black Forest Railway from Offenburg via Triberg to Singen (Constanz, Schaffhausen and Sigmaringen) - manual for travelers with details of the structural conditions of the railway according to official reports , Emmerling, Heidelberg, 1874
• Georg Schwach: Express trains overcome mountains: covering the Alps, Jura, Franconian Forest and Black Forest with special consideration of the electric train operation with single-phase alternating current . Vienna 1981.
• Günter Welte: The electrification of the Black Forest Railway . In: Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau 10/1973, pp. 379–387
• Günter Welte: Electric train operation on the Black Forest Railway from Offenburg to Villingen . In: Elektro Bahnen 46 (1975), pp. 180-184

Movie

• SWR: Railway romance - 125 years of the Black Forest Railway . (Episode 305, 30 ′, 1998)

Web links

Commons : Schwarzwaldbahn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Extensive information on the Black Forest Railway, including the locomotives used and freight train operations
• Detailed route description, technology, operation, graphic tunnel list
• Pictures of (almost) all tunnel portals of the Black Forest Railway
• Route recordings from the Black Forest Railway at Bahninfos-Bw

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
2. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
3. ↑ Cremer.
4. ↑ DB information on the Black Forest Railway
5. ↑ Moderated tunnel journeys in the special steam train on the Black Forest Railway .
6. ↑ J. Vanotti, H. Huber: Memorandum on the Kinzigthal-Konstanzer Railway as justification for the request to form an unnamed company on contributions, for the purpose of taking over and executing this railway company. Self-published, Constance 1847
7. ↑ Hangarter: Our Black Forest Railway , p. 31.
8. ^ Sharp: The Black Forest Railway , p. 84.
9. ↑ Manfred Bannenberg: The concentration camp commandant - The unusual story of Erwin Dold. In: WDR television. November 25, 2005, archived from the original on August 7, 2007 ; accessed on June 20, 2019 (original website no longer available). 
10. ^ Heinrich Baumann: Under the rolling wheel. Diesel operation and electrification of the Black Forest Railway . In: Eisenbahngeschichte 87 (April / May 2018), pp. 24–29.
11. ^ Vogtsbauernhof: Open-air museum in Gutach now has its own train stop - badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved December 15, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Future ideas for the railways. In: Südkurier of December 13, 2008 (accessed December 19, 2008).
13. ↑ Cremer, p. 185
14. ^ Information from the State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg v. September 9, 2016.
15. ↑ Black Forest Railway Adventure Trail .
16. ↑ Manfred Frietsch: Railway lines in the Black Forest remain paralyzed for days after storm damage. Badische Zeitung, February 12, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 . 
17. ↑ according to the website of the operator of the model railway system .
18. ↑ Patrick Merck, The last train runs Sunday evening , Schwarzwälder Bote online, December 31, 2018
19. ↑ https://www.modellbau-weber.de/downloads/SchwaBo-Triberg-2012-07-14.pdf
20. ↑ http://www.modelleisenbahnfreunde-koeln.de/

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