Germany - June 1999

Revised 17 August 1999

Information written in italics is from other sources (previous visits, other visitors, etc.), and was not obtained during these visits.

The pictures can be seen by clicking on thesymbol.

10/6/1999

FRANCE

Le Shuttle, Eurotunnel

A yellow and green Zephir road/rail tractor was seen shunting at the terminal, just after coming out of the tunnel.

11/6/1999

GERMANY

Akzo Chemie, Hainsburg-Oberbruch

I saw this loco come out of the works, cross the road, and go down to the DB connection to collect some wagons.

Sophia Jacoba GmbH, Hückelhoven

This place was very quite, with no locos in sight. The big circular building at the end of the line is still standing, but a lot of other building there have gone, and there were no wagons on any of the track.

Siemens AG, Verkehrstechnik Prüfcenter Wegberg-Wildenrath, Wegberg-Wildenrath

The old RAF base has now become a railway test centre for Siemens, with a large electrified track circuit. I did not get inside the main area, as they were having a 'City Sprinter Roll-Out', to show their new wonder to the press. However I was able to see one of their new silver ICE units making runs round the out track.

Boral Keramik Wand und Boden, Mennrather Straße, Mönchengladbach-Rheindahlen

The place seemed closed and all the 600mm gauge track has been lifted. They was no sign of the two diesels that were said to be stored here.

Walzwerk Euskirchen (WEG), Euskirchen-Euenheim

The works has closed and was being redeveloped. The rail connection to the DB has recently been lifted.

Ingrid Hütte, Kurt Wokan, Georgstraße, Euskirchen

The works has been completely demolished and a new Aldi store built on the site. It is still possible to see a bit of track at the back of the site, where it used to connect with the DB.

Procter & Gamble GmbH, Euskirchen-Wüschheim

There is still rail traffic here. However they had closed for the day, and if there is a loco, then it was locked inside the main building.

12/6/1999

Hoogovens Aluminium, Friedrich Wöhler Straße, Bonn-Tannenbusch
(f. Vereinigte Aluminium Werke AG (VAW))

Rhein-Sieg Eisenbahn GmbH, Bonn-Beuel

This enthusiast group operates trains over the former Kleinbahn Beuel-Großenbusch, and has nothing to do with the old, narrow gauge RSE. They have some railcars and two working locos, with a third dumped and being stripped for spares. There is also an old Unimog dumped in the yard.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
D7	0-4-0DH	LKM	251101	1956	N4
V14	0-4-0DH	LKM	261465*	1965	V22
	0-4-0DH	LKM	262082	1968	V22			(a) oou
	4wDM	Unimog						oou
* (a)	has 261561 on the side rods. ex Schmalspurmuseum Rittersgrün; ex VEB Papierfabrik Antonsthal.

Jorg Seidel, Bonn-Beuel-Limperich

This loco is the property of an enthusiast and is stored at the end of an old DB industrial branch.

Dyckerhoff Cement, Bonn-Oberkassel

The works is closed and demolished.

Didierwerke AG, Werk Niederdollendorf

Rail traffic ceased - no sign of any locos.

Arbeitskreis Eifelbahn e.V., Linz/Rhein

This preservation group split away from the original Eifelbahn group and has their equipment in a shed at the DB yard.

Lemmerz GmbH, Königswinter

The people at Arbeitskreis Eifelbahn say that this firm have a Unimog.

Solvay, Bad Hönningen
(f. Kali-Chemie AG)

These locos belong to either Solvay Barium Strontium GmbH or Solvay Interbox GmbH - both names are on the gate!

Hilgers AG, Rheinbrohl

This firm went bankrupt, and now various parts of the site are being used by other firms, including Litterer. There is no longer any rail traffic, but the track is still there, and climbs up to the DB by means of a zig-zag. The loco still sits next to the DB main line, and the end of the reversing point. It has not been used for a long time, but is in quite good condition.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	0-4-0DM	Deutz	56299	1956	A4L 514R			oou

Dr.Ludwig GmbH, Werk Concordia, Ransbach-Baumbach

This ancient loco is still in use, but has been fitted with a modern Deutz V8 engine, driving through belts to the original transmission.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	0-4-0DM	Deutz	8827	1929	PMV230R

KCH Keramik GmbH, Siershahn

The gateman said that they now only have a Unimog.

Rheinisch-Nassauische Lagerei und Spedition GmbH, Hafen Niederlahnstein

13/6/1999

Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum e.V., Am Römerhof 15a, Frankfurt/Main

No.2 was giving rides in the local park, while the compressed air loco was moving around the yard.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
1	0-4-0WT	Heilbronn	393	1900
2	0-4-0WT	Hen	20517	1925				IS
(5)	0-4-0WT	Jung	9295	1941
6 HFS 026	0-4-0WT	Hen	24011	1939
(7)	0-6-0T	Dcv	1593	1915
1 (10)	0-6-0T/T	Jung	10142	1950	HF110C			(a)
2 (11)	0-6-0T/T	Jung	10137	1952	HF110C			(a)
312	0-8-0T	Borsig	8836	1914
(JACOBI)	0-6-2WT	Jung	989	1906
D3	0-4-0DM	Deutz	56349	1956
06 801	0-4-0DM	LKM	248837	1957	Ns2f
	4wDM	Diema	3174	1971	DTL30/1.2		4.5t
	0-4-0PM	BLW	49581	1918
	4wD
	4wD	OK	(9193	1939?)
	0-6-0DH	Gmd	4313	1947	HF130C
	4wDM	Hatlapa	3683	1947	Kuli
	4wDM	Moës	4433	1930
	0-4-0DM	Demag	2419	1939
	4wDM	Guldner?
	A-1 BE	Schalke	54920
5904	1957?
	4wE	SSW	2212	1925
	0-4-0CA	ZPCHS, Prague	122	1958
(a)	ex Orissa Cement Works, India.

.Gauge : 500mm

14/6/1999

Stadtwerke Worms, Hafenbahn, Hafenstraße 4, Worms

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
Lok 1	0-6-0D	KM	18156	1955
	4wD	Gmd	5476	1972	D25B			(a)
(a) ex Procter & Gamble, Worms.

Röhm GmbH, Worms

Procter & Gamble GmbH, Mainzer Straße 176, Worms

I could not get in here, as the firm were just about to announce the workers a major loss of jobs! However the gateman said that that they had sold one of their locos to the Hafenbahn (see above) and now had only one loco left. I could see this loco standing in the works.

Chemie Werk Weinsheim GmbH, Zollhaus, Worms-Weinsheim

This works was connected to the DB line from Worms to Grünstadt. However the line has been closed and lifted from Worms as far as Offstein, and so there is no longer any rail traffic from the works.

Südzucker AG, Obrigheim-Offstein

This works is at the end of the remaining section of the Grünstadt - Worms line. It was founded c1870-80 and the company was one of the founders of Südzucker in 1926.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	6wD	Jung	14161	1972	RC 43 C		51t	(a)
(a)	ex Werk Waghäusel, new to W. Rochelsberg, Werk Rheinhausen, later Werk Krefeld Gellep.

Modelleisenbahnclub Mannheim-Ludwigshafen 1962 e.V., Sandhoferstraße, Mannheim-Waldhof

This loco and some coaches were stored in the yard of the depot of Bahngesellschaft Waldhof AG (see below)

Bahngesellschaft Waldhof AG, Sandhoferstraße, Mannheim-Waldhof

The Unimog was standing in the yard, and there could have been more locos in the shed. 495 was seen shunting at the nearby works of PWA.

BASF, Max-Plank-Straße, Mannheim-Friesenheimer Insel
(f. Erdölraffinerie Mannheim GmbH)

I could not get in here, but the gateman told me that they still have one loco. However there seems to be very little rail traffic now.

Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim-Waldhof
(f. Boehringer)

The loco could be seen at the back of the works, just inside the fence. However there does not seem to be very much rail traffic here now.

Rütgers Organics GmbH, Sandhofer Straße 96, Mannheim-Waldhof
(f. Weyl)

I could not see if this firm still have a loco.

Kampffmeyer Mühlen GmbH, Werk Hildebrandmühlen, Hombuschstraße, Mannheim-Friesenheimer Insel

Klöckner Rohstoffe (?), scrapyard, Inselstraße, Mannheim-Friesenheimer Insel

It is not certain that this yard still belongs to Klöckner, although they did once have a scrapyard here, with this loco.

Litterer Korrosionsschutz GmbH, Eisensteinstraße, Mannheim-Friesenheimer Insel

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	4wD	Hen	2271	1951	DG26 IV

SCA Packaging, Werk Mannheim, Essener Straße, Mannheim-Rheinau
(f. Zewawell AG)

15/6/1999

Heidelberger Portland Zement AG, Leimen

The Vollert was under repair and the Köf III had been hired from the DB to do the shunting. I was told that the manager was interested in old locos and had recently had the Gmeinder brought here from the Schelklingen works for preservation. It was being renovated and rails had already been set up for it to stand on, just inside the main gate.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
439	4wD	Vollert	88/64	1989
	4wD	Gmd						(a)
332 114-8	4wDH	OK	26352	1964	Köf III			(b)
(a) (b)	ex Heidelberger Zement (Schelklingen?), c/1999. ex DB, 332 114-8, on hire, /1999

Schuler SMG, Waghäusel
(f. Süddeutsche Maschinenbau Gesellschaft (SMG))

The company now only have a Zagro shunting device.

Südzucker AG, Waghäusel

The gateman said that the works is now ceased production, and no longer has any locos. There is some rail traffic, but the place seems just to be used as some sort of depot or distribution centre.

Deutsche Gelatine-Fabriken Stoess, Eberbach-Pleutersbach

Rail traffic ceased, but the loco is still standing in a corner of the yard.

Südzucker AG, Werk Offenau

I was told that the two 'robots' that were here have now been sold. The older OK loco was dumped near the shed, with an old tank wagon.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
LOK 1	6wDH	OK	26200	1962	MC14N
	4wDH	OK	25407	1954	MV6			oou

Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf

The Köf is preserved just inside the main gate.

Audi AG, Werkseisenbahn Neckarsulm

This section of Audi now handles the rail traffic at their Neckarsulm car plant.

TNT Automotive Logistics, Salzstraße, Heilbronn

TNT handles rail traffic for Fiat's subsidiary FILA Autoservice GmbH, at this spare parts centre.

Speilplatz, Lauffen am Neckar

This children's playground is on the river bank, behind the Notariet building, on the north end of the Neckarbrücke. It is very close to the trackbed of the former narrow gauge line that brought stone to the local cement works.

Gauge : 600mm

16/6/1999

Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, Salzgrundstraße, Heilbronn

They wouldn't let me in here, but said that this works has three locos, of which I could see two in the yard.

Gebrüder Neuschwander KG, Neippergerstraße, Brackenheim

This line is still in use, and is a very simple system, with just one line running from the excavator to the tipping point at the works.

Gauge : 600mm

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	4wD	Diema	2494	1962	DS14	16ps	2.8t

Neckarwerke, Kraftwerk Walheim

The gatewoman said that there are no longer any locos here.

BASF Pigment GmbH, Besigheim

Rail traffic has ceased and there was no sign of any locos.

Bietigheim-Besigheim

There used to be a long line from the DB, laid in the road westwards along the Bahnhofstraße, to the Rommelmühle. However this has just been removed from the street.

Rhenus, Am Mittelkai, Stuttgart-Neckarhafen

Vöhringer & Kopp, International Spedition, Am Westkai, Stuttgart-Neckarhafen
(f. Reederei Schwaben)

The Köf III still carries its DB number and colours, and may just be on hire from them.

Zeller + Gmelin GmbH, Schloßstraße, Eislingen/Fils

17/6/1999

Zementfabrik E.Schwenk Nachf., Allmendingen

The Vollert handles trains of brown coal that come in from Rheinbraun, near Köln.

Heidelberger Portland Zement, Schelklingen

This works opened in 1901.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	4wDH	Gmd	5113	1959	Köf II
	4wDH	Gmd	5482	1971	D05B
	4wDH	Vollert	82/111	1983

Heidelberger Portland Zement, Blaubeuren

The works has been closed and was being demolished. The man at Heidelberger Zement in Leimen said that the old Gmeinder came from the Schelklingen works, but I am fairly sure that it really came from this works.

Eduard Merkle & Co., Blaubeuren-Altental

Ulmer Weißkalkwerke Kurt Mühlen & Co., Werk II, Herrlingen

This loco is preserved near the works canteen.

Gauge : 600mm

Ulmer Weißkalkwerke, Werk I, Blaustein-Ehrenstein

The previous evening I passed this works and saw the Deutz standing in the yard, near the main road. However this morning it was not visible. However it must have been inside the small loco shed, near the DB Bahnhof. I could see no sign of the Unimog that is supposed to be here or at Herrlingen.

Kieswerk, Senden

This works had a line that ran from the DB, through the southern edge of the town, to the works. However the works is long closed and all the track has gone.

Alpines Hartshotterwerk G.Kässbohrer und Sohn GmbH & Co., Werk Wüllenstetten, Industriegebeit Vöhringen

The works is beside the main road between Senden and Vöhringen.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
541	0-4-0DM	Deutz	56863	1958	A4L 514R

Wieland-Werke AG, Vöhringen

This works still has a lot of rail traffic, which comes in via a line from the DB, across the main road, and through the back streets of the town. They had finished for the day, and I could not see if they still have their own loco.

Chemische Fabrik Grünau, Illertissen-Au

The works still has some rail traffic, but I could not see if they have a loco.

18/6/1999

Haindl Papier GmbH, Schongau

The works still has a lot of rail traffic, but the gateman said they no longer have their own locos. All rail work is now handled by Augsburger Localbahn locos, under contract.

Augsburger Localbahn, Schongau

The AL has running rights over the DB, and I saw these two locos at the DB Bahnhof. 43 was standing in the yard, while 42 arrived with a freight train from the direction of the paper mill. They then combined two trains into one long freight and set off northwards double-headed.

Bergbaumuseum, Am Tiefstollen (?), Peißenberg

The steam loco was stored under a plastic sheet in the yard.

Gauge : 600mm

Torfwerk Georg Faltermeier, Weilheim/Obb.

The works now only seems to be used internally, to carry peat a short distance from a stock pile to the tipping point in the works. The track out to the fields has not been used for quite some time.

Gauge : 600mm

Hartsteinwerk Weidenfels (HWW), Eschenlohe

This location is at the end of a long, electrified DB siding running north from the Bahnhof. The stone comes from a quarry a long distance to the west, on the far side of the valley near the village of Schwaigen. It is transported to Eschenlohe by a long cable way.

Spielplatz, Penzberg

The loco that was here has now gone.

Layritz, Penzberg

There is still rail traffic here. I did not get inside, but I could see two main line locos (class 218?) standing in the yard, and there were also bits of several Köf's.

Ebenhausen

There is no sign of Ferrum here, or any sign of where a loco could work!

Höllriegelskreuth

The locos that was reported at Isar-Amper-Werke, Kraftwerk Höllriegelskreuth here may belong to Peroxyid Chemie GmbH, who have a works by the Bahnhof, with a rail connection. However I could not see if there are still any locos here. There is an Isar-Amper power station here, but it is hydro-electric station, at a much lower level, and appears never to have had a rail connection. It is possible that the locos worked at another Isar-Amper station, which has now been demolished, and replaced by the Peroxyid Chemie works.

Georg Fritzmeier GmbH & Co.KG, Großhelfendorf

The connection to the DB does not appear to have been used for some time, although the track in the works is still worked. This loco now seems only to be used internally, carrying material on an old flat wagon between the two sections of the works, on opposite sides of the road.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	4wD	OK	26253	1963	MV3		13t

19/6/1999

Preymesser (?), Oskar von Miller Straße, Gewerbegebeit Ost, Eching

It is not certain this firm is Preymesser, as there are no signs on the buildings or gate, just a small board pointing down the road that ends here. Preymesser may just be the road hauliers for this works. A road/rail Unimog was standing in the yard.

München-Hasenberge

The preserved narrow gauge loco has now gone.

Raab Karcher, Neußer Straße 9, München

This tanklager has closed and is being demolished. Several works along Neußer Straße were once rail connected, but now all the track south of the Frankfurter Ring has been lifted.

Klöckner-Rohstoffe, München-Moosach

There was no sign of a scrapyard here, and all industrial track in this area is now out of use or lifted.

Spielplatz, Benedikterstraße, München-Pasing

The loco that was preserved here has now gone.

Thyssen-Dück, Rupert-Bodner-Straße 25, München-Aubing
(f. Dück)

This scrapyard was closed for the day, but the loco could just be seen over the fence.

Krauss-Maffei, München-Allach

M.A.N - MTU, München

This works now belongs to Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace, MTU München, but I could not see if they still have locos.

Volkschule, Konrad-Celtis-Straße 44, München-Sendling

Gauge : narrow

20/6/1999

Zugspitzbahn, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

This loco stands beside the car park, at the bottom station.

Gauge : 1000mm

Öchsle Schmalspurbahn e.V., Ochsenhausen

This narrow gauge line is now operated by a preservation group, who run tourist trains down to the DB connection at Warthausen, and I made a round trip on the line. There was a "stadtfest" going on in Ochsenhausen when I was there, so there were plenty of passengers for the trains!

Gauge : 750mm

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
99 716	0-10-0T	Hart	4673	1927				IS
	0-6-2T	Krauss L	3816	1898	U2?			(a)
V15 908	0-6-0DH	Gmd	4227	1946	HF130C
137 343	1-Bo-1 D
(a)	ex (ÖBB, U2 ?); completely dismantled for repairs.

Öchsle Schmalspurbahn e.V., Warthausen

These two locos were standing at Warthausen.

Gauge : 1435mm

Gauge : 750mm

  ? , Industriestraße 6, Mittelbiberach

This loco was just dumped on a short piece of track, outside this works, which carries no name of the owner. The loco was in a terrible condition and thick with rust.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	0-6-0F	Essl	4685	1946				Pvd?

21/6/1999

Bad Wurzach

I could find no trace of Torfwerk Haidgau, which is supposed to be near this town.

Bad Waldsee

A loco has been reported as preserved at Schwäbische Eisenbahn, Bahnhof Durlesbach, but I could find no sign of this station, or any area of the town called "Durlesbach".

Torfwerk, Bad Schussenried

This former torfwerk is now a gravel pit operation. There is still a line from the DB, but this has not been used for a long time, and was probably worked by the DB anyway.

Postamt, Schussenrieder Straße, Bad Buchau

The loco was inside a plastic tent, being shot-blasted and then repainted.

Gauge : 750mm

SWH Shredderwerk Herbertingen GmbH, Eisenbahnstraße, Herbertingen

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	4wDH	Schöma	2375	1961	CFL150DR	170ps	24t

Zollern Fürstlich Hohenzollernische Werke Lauchertal GmbH & Co., Lauchertal, near Sigmaringen

The gateman told me that they now only have a Unimog.

Torf- und Erdenwerk Kneer GmbH, 88271 Wilhelmsdorf-Pfrungen

The works is still going, but the feldbahn has not been used for some time, although the owner said it might be used again in the future. The Diema is the only really serviceable loco, and stands on the line with Deutz 13452. The other two Deutz locos are in terrible condition and have long been dumped in the corner of a small machinery yard, near the end of track.

Gauge : 600mm

Stora Enso Baienfurt GmbH, Baienfurt

The company was started in 1872 as Papierfabrik Baienfurt AG. It was taken over by Feldmühle AG in 1968 and Stora Carton Board GmbH in 1990. On January 1st 1999 it became Stora Enso. The steam loco had just come back from a major overhaul at Lok Service Burkhardt in Hinwil, Switzerland and looked very nice. It was due to work during the Baienfurt Stadtfest on 27th/28th June, which it does each year.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
FÜSSEN	0-6-0WT	Krauss	2051	1889				Pvd
	4wDH	Deutz	58114	1966	KG230Bex
72	4wDM	Unimog/ Ries	99103	1983

Bahnhof, Aulendorf

The loco stands opposite the station. The local model engineering club have a multi-gauge running track around the loco, and operate their miniature steam locos here at weekends.

22/6/1999

Hammerwerke Fridingen GmbH, Fridingen

The works lies just north of Fridingen, on the road to Bärenthal.

Tegometall GmbH, Rudolf Bohnacker, Auenbachstraße, Sauldorf

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	4wDH	Hen	30878	1965

Tegometall GmbH, Rudolf Bohnacker, Radolfzell

There was no sign of this works or any locos.

Great Lakes Chemical Konstanz GmbH, Konstanz

Hämmerle Recycling GmbH, Max-Stromeyer-Straße, Reichenaustraße 13-19, Konstanz

The loco has gone, and one of the men said it was "scrapped 15 years ago".

Kverneland, Gottmadingen
(f. Greenland; f. Maschinenfabrik Fahr AG)

The gateman said there are no locos here now, and I could see no sign of any.

August Schuler GmbH, Industriestraße 5, Singen

421 was standing outside the yard, beside the road. I could see the top of another loco dumped in the yard, but could not get inside.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
421	4wD	Schöma	2411	1961	DFL40DRex
	4wD	(Gmd	888	1933?)				oou

Eisenbahn-Freunde Hegau e.V., Singen

This loco was stored for preservation at the Guterbahnhof.

23/6/1999

Breisgauer Portland Cementfabrik GmbH, Geisingen

There has been no rail traffic here for quite some time; the loco's 'NU' was due on 30/9/1991.

August Schuler GmbH, Deißlingen

This scrapyard is right next to the Bahnhof. Schöma 3241 and the Gmeinder were the working locos, while the other Schöma was in reserve, and the O&K out of use.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	4wDM	OK	20395	1933	RL3			oou
	4wDM	Gmd	5082	1958		50ps		(a)
	4wD	Schöma	3106	1968	DFL60DR			(b)
	4wDH	Schöma	3241	1970	CFL40DZR	16ps	15t	(b)
(a) (b)	ex Westdeutsche Erdölleitungs-Gesellschaft. ex Schuler, Singen.

Knauf Gips, Deißlingen-Laufen

There is still rail traffic here, but the loco is out of use and stands at the end of the sidings.

St.Blasien-Urberg

There was no sign of the mine belonging to Fluß- und Schwerspatwerke Pforzheim GmbH that used to be here.

Sedus Stoll AG, Dogern

This firm still have a rail connection, but no loco.

Albbrück

The paper works is now called Albbrück Papier and seems to be a subsidiary of MD Papier, as their sign is also at the main gate. I could not see if they still have locos, although there is still rail traffic.

H.C.Starck GmbH & Co.KG, Niederlassung Laufenburg, Werk Rhina, Laufenburg

The company has two works on the west side of Laufenburg, but only Rhina now has any locos. The line runs from the DB, across the main road, and up a side road to the works. There is very little activity at this works after 2.30, so visits should be made in the morning.

Aluminium Rheinfelden GmbH, Rheinfelden

This loco still sits out of use in a corner of the works, next to the DB main line, where it has been for years.

Heidelberger Zement AG, Kalkwerk Istein, Efringen-Kirchen

The locos can be seen very easily from the platform of Bahnhof Istein.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
Lok Nr.: 141	0-4-0DM	Deutz	56853	1958	A4L 514R
Lok Nr. 441	4wDH	OK	26212	1962	MV6b

Breisbauer Portland Cementfabrik GmbH, Werk Kleinkems

The works has been closed for some time, and the loco stands inside the main building, next to the DB.

Karl Richtberg KG, Neuenburg-Richtberg

This big timber yard is very easy to get into, as there are no fences. A man from the office caught me, but the only thing he wanted me to tell him was who told me that there were locos here - obviously they don't like publicity!

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
BNR.381	4wD	Schw	10780	1938	LDF110			oou
BETR NR 164	4wDH	Deutz	56218	1956	A4L 514R		20t

24/6/1999

Wehrle-Werk AG, Bismarck Straße, Emmendingen

There is a line to the DB that runs through the houses and streets, and halfway along the line there is a small depot, which is also used by the Eisenbahnfreunde Breisgau to store their loco. The track was very overgrown with weeds and it looks as if the company don't use the line very much, although they did make a run down to the depot to get something. I think they mostly use the railway internally, to take stuff from the main works to a yard on the other side of the road. They only have about 3 wagons, which are really just underframes with no bodies. The loco was originally red, but has never been repainted and the colour has now faded to pink.

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
Betr-NR.149	0-4-0D	Deutz	56894	1958	A4L 514R	55ps	14t

Eisenbahnfreund Breisgau e.V., Weinstockstraße, Emmendingen

This loco was at their depot on the private line of Wehrle-Werk (see above).

Papierfabrik August Koehler AG, Bremenwörtstraße, Hafen Nord, Kehl

ZG Raiffeisen, Südstraße, Hafen Mitte, Kehl

This loco has "Koehler" on the side, and seems to have been sold by them to Raiffeisen. There is only one siding here and little or no rail traffic.

Hafenverwaltung Kehl, Kehl

Name/No.	Type	Builder	C/n.	Date	Class	PS	Weight	Notes
	4wDH	OK	26203	1963	MB5N

Fernleitungs-Betriebs-Gesellschaft (FBG), Tanklager Legelshurst, Kork-Legelshurst

Strassenbau Fritz Vogel, Kieswerk Willstädt-Legelshurst, Kork-Legelshurst

The loco is still sitting in the sidings - rail traffic has ceased.

Papierfabrik August Koehler AG, Oberkirch

Ziegelfabrik Kegelmann GmbH, Benz-Meisel-Straße 31, Oberachern

Rail traffic ceased long ago and all the track has been lifted. These old locos are buried in weeds at the back of the yard, and are rather hard to find.

Gauge : 600mm

Bahnhof Achern

The station has been completely rebuilt for the new ICE line, and there is no sign of the preserved loco that has been reported here.

25/6/1999

Basalt AG, Bedesbach

The DB line north from Altenglan has closed and so there is no longer any rail traffic here.

Basalt AG, Theisbergstegen

The Deutz sits right at the far end of the track, with its wheels half buried in the mud.

Steinbruchbetriebe Rammelsbach GmbH, Rammelsbach, near Kusel

Theo Steil GmbH, scrapyard, Ostkai, Trier-Hafen

I was told they now have only one loco here.

Michelin, Trier-Hafen

The gateman said that they no longer have any locos.

Moselstahlwerk, Trier

I was told that they still have an "ex-DB loco", but that it was away at the DB for its "inspection" (TÜV?).

GKN Walterscheidt Press- und Stanzwerk GmbH, Trier-Hafen

The gateman told me that they had got rid of their Unilok and replaced it with a Unimog - which I could see standing in the yard.

Basaltin GmbH & Co., Werk Birresborn
(f. Rheinische Provinzial-Basaltwerk und Lavawerke GmbH)

The works is beside the main road, some distance north of Birresborn village. The loco has a home-made works plate fitted inside the cab.

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