Allzunah - minimal Thuringia

Allzunah is the only station on the Frauenwald line on the Rennsteig in Thuringia, thankfully Modellbau-Laffont offer a simple card kit of the building, you can order in the online-shop, click here

Minimum order value is 19,90 EUR. Shipping to GB is 6,90 EUR.

Allzunah with original track plan superimposed 

The Frauenwaldbahn or Die Laura

The layout is based upon a Kleinbahn that was originally, a short line, in this case only almost 7km (4.3 miles) to Frauenwald. it was a standard gauge line that was served by tiny trains and lasted from 1913 to 1965.  Due to the topography the station at Rennsteig was a 'Spitzkehren bahnhof' or 'hairpin station' where the train changes direction. The railway had to meet the transport needs of the predominantly rural structure of the area

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The railcar shown below was employed until WW2, although a 0-4-0 tank loco with road number 5 plus passenger cars and goods cars was also employed. This loco was supplemented by one obtained from the Kleinbahn Neuhaldensleben–Weferlingen former roadbed is accessible today as a Wanderweg 

In the early 1950s, tourism in Thuringia increased sharply and in 1952, excursion trains from Berlin were sent to Frauenwald for the first time. At Ilmenau the train consisting of four express train cars was split. Three cars were transported from Ilmenau to Frauenwald whilst the others continued over the Rennsteig to Schmiedefeld. In 1960, the last of the small steam locos was retired and replaced by a diesel locomotives of the V15 and V36 series that ran until the closure. 

 

Stock 

Only for Ep2 

 

1952-60

1959-65

To be completed