Text and Photos Günter Kretzschmar

The salvage of the Oberweißacher funicular

Oldissues Index
 
Oberweißbach
Presentation
Location
Cars and Stations
19th December 2001
Stopped since September 2001 for renovation, it will reopen in December 2002
Cars and Stations    
     
Passenger car  
Freight vehicle  
 
Drawings Walter Hefti
 
     
Top station
Lichtenhain
 

Bottom station
Obstfelderschmiede

 
 
Drawings from Günter Bügge
 
     
Technical Datas
Start
1922
End
...
Status

Stopped between
Sept 2001 and Dec 2002
Type of funicular
Type of tracks
Energy
Bottom station
Obstfelderschmiedel (374 m)
Top station
Lichtenhain (697 m)
Length
1388 m
Gauge
1,8 m
Diff of levels
323 m
Minimum Gradient
 23,9 %
Maximum Gradient
25 %
Time of a ride
18'
Maximum Speed
1,6 m/s
 
 
     
Oldissues Index
 
Oberweißbach
Presentation
Location
Cars and Stations
19th December 2001
 
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