Narrow Gauge Railways

German Narrow Gauge Railways

Weisseritztalbahn railway Saxony

The Weißer Valley Railway (Weißeritztalbahn) is a steam operated 750mm narrow gauge railway in Saxony, Germany. The line connects Freital, near Dresden, with Kurort Kipsdorf, in the Erzgebirge mountains, and follows the valley of the Red Weißeritz.

The line was the second Saxon narrow gauge railway to be built, and is also considered to be the oldest public narrow gauge railway in Germany still in operation.

Since 14 September 2004, the line has been operated by Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft mbH (Saxon Steam Railway Company, formerly BVO Bahn), a company that also operates the Fichtelberg Railway and Lößnitzgrund Railway.

It was badly damaged by major flooding in 2002 but is now (2017) fully operational again although
on the occasion of my visit it was only open to Dippoldiswalde.

2015

	Freitel-Hainsberg joint station exterior		Freitel-Hainsberg joint station
	99 1746 at Freitel-Hainsberg		En route alongside the Red Weisseritz river
	En route alongside the Red Weisseritz river		en route
	Dippoldiswalde station		99 1746 running round at Dippoldiswalde
	Dippoldiswalde station building exterior		1746 ready to depart Dippoldiswalde
	1746 outside the shed at Freitel-Hainsberg		Freitel-Hainsberg

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