Thalham Forest Railway

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thalham Forest Railway
Route length: 8 kilometers
Gauge : 750 mm ( narrow gauge )

The Thalham forest railway was used to transport wood from the Attergau Klauswald in the Austrian municipality of Straß im Attergau .

history

During the First World War there was not enough firewood in the Linz area . On behalf of the provincial government, the Upper Austrian Railway Department was responsible for transporting wood from the Salzkammergut to the city of Linz.

The railway department Wels planned in 1920, a 10 km narrow gauge - forest railway with a track width of 750 mm from Saurüssel in the former town Pabing (today municipality Straß ) to the local train station St. Georgen im Attergau the local railway Vöcklamarkt-Attersee to build.

The forest railway was built in 1920 from the slope of the Saurüssels to the Gruber mill in Thalham and put into operation. It ran along the Klausbach to Thalham, and led through the village of Thalham to the Gruber mill. In order to minimize the construction costs, the last 2 km from the Gruber mill to the St. Georgen local train station were covered with horse-drawn vehicles by the St. Georgen municipality. The contract stipulated that the firewood had to be delivered to the local train station by November 1, 1920 at the latest, and that the railway had to be dismantled before the onset of winter.

After the winter of 1920/21 the railway was partially rebuilt, but only up to a storage area on Mondseer Straße instead of the Gruber mill. 4.2 horsepower Puch motors were used for propulsion uphill. In the steep terrain, the log or firewood carts were secured with cable winches and braked downhill.

location

literature

  • Manfred Horn: Feldbahnen in Österreich , 2011 edition, supplement forest railways .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Franz Hauser (text) and Markus Köttl (photos): Waldbahn Thalham on Atterwiki.

Web links

Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ 55.5 "  N , 13 ° 24 ′ 30.9"  E