Kupferdreh Old Station buildings
Arriving at Kupferdreh Old Station
At Kupferdreh Old Station
At Kupferdreh Old Station
Arriving at Haus Scheppen
At Haus Scheppen
Inside the train
At Kupferdreh Old Station
At Haus Scheppen
Hespertal Bahn
| The Hesper Valley Railway (German: Hespertalbahn) is a
German heritage line running standard gauge steam locomotive services between
Kupferdreh Old Station and Haus Scheppen on the Baldeneysee lake near Essen.
As a narrow gauge
wagon way it opened up Erzgruben in 1867 and the Pörtingsiepen mine in 1877. The upgrading
of part of the line to standard gauge followed in 1918. In 1973 the line was
closed but in June 1975 the Hesper Valley Railway Preservation Society (Verein zur
Erhaltung der Hespertalbahn) saved the route and has since operated it as a
heritage railway. The top speed on the line is 15 km/h. |
2014
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Arriving at Kupferdreh Old Station |
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Arriving at Haus Scheppen |
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At Haus Scheppen |
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