Třemešná ve Slezsku – Osoblaha Railway

The narrow-gauge railway Třemešná ve Slezsku - Osoblažsko is a narrow gauge branch line ( " regionální dráha " ) in the Czech Republic, which was originally built and operated by the Austrian state as a local train Röwersdorf - Hotzenplotz. It runs from Třemešná ve Slezsku ( Röwersdorf ) to Osoblažsko ( Hotzenplotz ) in Silesia. It is the last narrow gauge railway in operation, the state railway company České Railways ( ČD ).

History

The route was on December 14, 1898 kk as a local path through the Austrian State Railways kkStB opened. In 1912, the schedule of the local train had four mixed pairs of trains 2nd and 3rd class over the total distance. The trains needed for the 25 -kilometer stretch of Röwersdorf Hotzenplotz after an hour and 14 minutes.

After the collapse of Austria -Hungary in October 1918, the management was taken over by the newly established Czechoslovak State Railways ( ČSD ).

The commissioning of modern diesel trains through the ČSD enabled the late 1920s, both a compression of the timetable, and a significant shorter journey times. In the winter timetable 1937 five pairs of passenger motor train run as they deem necessary needed just 52 minutes for the distance in the direction Hotzenplotz.

After the annexation of the Sudetenland to Germany in the autumn of 1938, the line joining Deutsche Reichsbahn. In the realm Kursbuch the connection was now included as KBS 151c Röwersdorf - Hotzenplotz. At the end of World War II occurred in the course of the fighting around Hotzenplotz to the destruction of vehicles and equipment. The traffic was stopped.

On 9 May 1945, the route came to the ČSD. This took the tourist traffic during the year 1945, initially with three pairs of trains back on.

On 1 January 1993 the route was over the course of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the České Railways ( ČD ) newly founded. Since 2003 it belongs to the network of public infrastructure manager Správa železniční dopravní cesty ( SŽDC ).

The Roadmap 2013, the route is every working day with five, served on weekends with four passenger train pairs. On the weekends of the summer half- year additionally A historic train the Slezské zemské Railways.

Vehicle use

From 1928 onwards, ČSD procured two tower railcars of class M 11.0, which was a narrow gauge version of the ČSD Series M 120.4.

In 1948 a replica Saxon VI K was used, which was 1945 in Frýdlant v Čechách ( Friedland ) ( narrow-gauge railway Frýdlant Heřmanice ) seized by the ČSD. The locomotive was designated by the ČSD than 58 001 U, at the Deutsche Reichsbahn she had worn the number 99 702. The locomotive was used until 1957 and then returned to Frýdlant v Čechách. She was decommissioned in 1962.

From 1955 was also a locomotive ČSD - U series 47.0 ( 47 003 U ) in Osoblažsko in use. She was retired and scrapped in 1961.

Since 1958, the traffic is mainly operated with diesel locomotives of the series T 47.0 ( ČD 705.9 ).

Before Nostalgia trains today is a former Yugoslav Train Locomotive Czech Republic is used, which is now called the U 57.001.