Operation Schiefe_Ebene

41 018 climbing schiefe ebene 01 1066 pusher (video, 34,4 mb)



double-headed pacifics on schiefe ebene @ easter 1972.



41 018 climbing schiefe ebene, november 2016

in era of steam, ramp proved real challenge locomotives , crews. majority of trains had reinforced heavy pusher locomotives. these stationed in well-known locomotive depot @ neuenmarkt-wirsberg. included famous locomotives such drg class 95 (ex-prussian t 20) , drg class 96 (ex-bavarian gt 2x4/4), drg classes 57 (ex-prussian g 10) , 50.

in 1970s, route 1 of last stamping grounds of deutsche bundesbahn s class 01 express train steam locomotive. 2001 2004 schiefe ebene traversed modern ice-td power cars (dbag class 605) tilting technology. today line worked tilting dmus of db class 612, serve hourly regionalexpress lines of hof–würzburg , hof–lichtenfels interregio-express line nürnberg-hof-dresden.

at foot of ramp in former locomotive depot @ neuenmarkt-wirsberg station – located in neuenmarkt – german steam locomotive museum (deutsches dampflokomotiv-museum) or ddm. in upper station, in former waiting room of marktschorgast station, there small museum , information centre on history of schiefe ebene. entrance free.

marktschorgast station start of railway history trail runs along schiefe ebene , recounts history of line on display boards. walk ends @ neuenmarkt-wirsberg station. trail should walked stout footwear , can completed in few hours (length 7–8 km, hilly terrain). on road side of marktschorgast station overview board of trail; first display board on road side of former goods shed, 20 m northeast (in direction of hof) next railway yard.