Nebelhorn Cable Car

The Nebelhornbahn is executed in three sections cableway to the foghorn, a mountain in the Allgäu Alps. On well 5.7 kilometers in length, it overcomes a difference in altitude of about 1400 meters. It was built in 1928-1930 and renewed in 1977 and 1991 respectively, and is operated by the listed Nebelhornbahn -AG. Major shareholders of Nebelhornbahn AG, Bayerische lifts mbH ( a subsidiary of Lech Werke AG, Augsburg; share 26.86 %), the Kleinwalsertaler Bahn AG ( 26.01 %) and the market town of Oberstdorf ( 25.21% )

Construction

The first section of the Nebelhorn cable car from the valley station (828 m) on the outskirts of Oberstdorf station Seealpe (1280 m ), which was renewed in 1977, has a length of 2202.68 meters, a support cable diameter of 55 mm and a traction rope of 28 mm. It overcomes a height difference of 452 meters. The drive is in the station Seealpe with an engine of 300 kW. The first section of the Nebelhornbahn has three columns, which are 41, 38 and 21 meters high. The maximum speed is 10 m / s

The second section of the Nebelhorn cable car from the station to the mountain station Seealpe Höfatsblick (1932 m ), which was also renewed in 1977, has a length of 2617.11 meters, a support cable diameter of 55 mm and a traction rope of 28 mm. It overcomes a height difference of 652 meters. The drive is in the mountain station with an engine of 360 kW. The second section of the Nebelhornbahn has three columns, which are 36, 45 and 39 meters high. The maximum speed is 12 m / s

The third section of the Nebelhorn cable car from the mountain to the summit station ( 2224 m) has no support. It has a length of 948.42 meters, a support cable diameter of 40 mm and a traction rope of 20 mm. It overcomes a height difference of 292 meters. The drive is in the mountain station with an output of 120 kW. The maximum speed is 8 m / s

There is a barrier-free restaurant and disabled toilets at the station Höfatsblick. Here is a panorama for wheelchair users and for parents with prams was built in calendar year 2005. Sometimes marmots can be seen here.

History

The Nebelhornbahn -AG was founded in 1927. The first two sections Nebelhornbahn were built in 1928 and finished in 1930. The then world's longest aerial tramway people with cabins for 30 people was inaugurated on 10 June 1930. On May 2, 1945, the company has been set by order of the occupying powers. 1946, the operation was resumed. 1951 Nebelhorn was modernized. The modernization could take 92 pers. / Hr. 210 pers. / Hr. be transported. 1954, a new drive was installed. Thus, the transportation capacity could be increased again. 1957 receives the second section a new drive, bringing the capacity to 225 pers. / Hr was increased. In 1969, the 10 millionth passenger was transported. In 1970, a landslide, a large property damage.

1976, the operation of the train was stopped because the train from the ground up had to be renewed, which Hölzl Seilbahnbau was commissioned. On 19 March 1977, the first section of the new railway was put into operation. On the second track was still driving the old car. On May 8, the second section was released with the new web, in the high season, the old railway was partly used for relief. In 1995, the old Nebelhornbahn, leg Seealpe - Top aborted when redesigning the top station. 2000, the heaviest misfortune of Nebelhornbahn occurred, as the cabins of the Section II drove full speed into the stations. About 20 injured, some seriously, but no casualties were lost. The 500 tourists who remained by the operation fails after the accident on the mountain station were partially evacuated by helicopter. 2005 saw the demolition of the old (first) railway building at the station Seealpe.

In spring 2009, the drive has been replaced by DC motors with Leonardsatz against AC motors with electronic control. During the downtime, the cabins were renovated and moved the suspension ropes.

Model

A functional model of the track was released by the company in Brawa H0 scale.