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Klingenberg-Colmnitz Station
Klingenberg-Colmnitz station is a station on the Dresden–Werdau railway and the start of two former 750 mm gauge railways, the Klingenberg-Colmnitz–Oberdittmannsdorf and the Klingenberg-Colmnitz–Frauenstein railways, in the municipality of Klingenberg in the German state of Saxony. The station is the top station of the Tharandter Steige ("Tharandt climb"). History The station was built on 11 August 1862 with the opening of the Dresden-Werdau railway. Immediately after the opening, the station at the top of the ''Tharandter Steige'', which was feared by the operators of steam trains, was of great importance, as almost all the trains had to be assisted by bank engines from Tharandt station. Trains had to climb 230 metres of altitude from the valley station on a twelve kilometre-long section. The station initially had fewer regional connections, but it was important as a point for the detachment of bank engines after the completion of the climb. A photograph of the stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klingenberg, Saxony
Klingenberg is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. It was formed on 31 December 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Pretzschendorf and Höckendorf. Geography The municipality is located 20 kilometers south-west of Dresden and 10 kilometers west of Dippoldiswalde. Klingenberg consists of 11 subdivisions: Beerwalde, Borlas, Colmnitz (including Folge), Friedersdorf, Höckendorf (including Edle Krone), Klingenberg, Obercunnersdorf, Paulshain, Pretzschendorf, Röthenbach and Ruppendorf. Transport Klingenberg is located along Dresden–Werdau railway, having two stations within its limits: Klingenberg-Colmnitz station, Klingenberg-Colmnitz (located in the boroughs of Klingenberg and Colmnitz) and Edle Krone station, Edle Krone (located in the village of Höckendorf). At Klingenberg-Colmnitz station two narrow-gauge railway lines used to branch off until the early 1970s, connecting also the villages of Colmnitz and Pretzschen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauenstein, Saxony
Frauenstein () is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Ore Mountains, southeast of Freiberg, and southwest of Dresden. Frauenstein Castle is located northeast of the town centre. Notable people * Andreas Silbermann (1678-1734), born in Kleinbobritzsch, organ builder * Gottfried Silbermann (1683-1753), organ builder, born in Kleinbobritzsch, spent his childhood years in Frauenstein from 1686 onwards * Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired East German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which still ... (born 1965), athlete and Olympian References External links * http://www.frauenstein-erzgebirge.de Mittelsachsen {{Mittelsachsen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Germany Opened In 1862
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Ore Mountains
The Eastern Ore Mountains (german: Osterzgebirge) form a natural region of Saxony that covers the eastern part (in area almost the eastern half) of the Saxon Ore Mountains range. Together with the Western and Central Ore Mountains, it is part of the larger Saxon Highlands and Uplands region. Its southern continuation beyond the German border covers an area of roughly the same extent in the Czech Republic. Geography The region is bounded in the west by the valley of the Flöha river, itself part of the Central Ore Mountains region. In the northeast it borders on Saxon Switzerland, the German (northern) side of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, at Bad Gottleuba. The boundary with the Ore Mountain Foreland to the north is rather unclear, roughly running from the town of Flöha along the Tharandt Forest to Tharandt. In the south, the crest of the mountain range closely follows the state border with the Czech Republic. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freital
Freital is a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on a small river, the Weißeritz, and is southwest of Dresden. Geography Freital is located southwest of Dresden in the Döhlen Basin, through which the Weißeritz flows from south-west to north-east. The Windberg hill, is the town's local mountain and well-known landmark, rising about above the valley floor. The lowest part of the town is the point where the Weißeritz enters the territory of the city of Dresden (about above sea level). The two rivers, the Red Weißeritz and Wild Weißeritz, merge in Hainsberg, a district of Freital. Other tributaries of the combined Weißeritz in the Freital area are the Wiederitz, Poisenbach and smaller, mainly canalized streams like the Vorholzbach, Burgker Bach, the Birkigter Bach, the Somsdorfer Bach and the Weißiger Bach. There are no natural lakes; the tailing pond near the slag heap and the Zauckerode retention ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weißeritz
The Weißeritz (also: ''Vereinigte Weißeritz'' in German i.e. United Weißeritz, ''Bystrica'' in Sorbian) is a river of Saxony, Germany. It is long and a left tributary of the Elbe. The river is formed by the confluence of the Wild Weißeritz and Red Weißeritz in Freital. The Weißeritz runs through Freital and Dresden. It crosses the deep valley ''Plauenscher Grund'' between Freital and Dresden and enters the Dresden Basin. The railway line from Dresden to Nuremberg runs next to the river in his close valley. The river is displaced in an old sidearm in Dresden for flood protection reasons and therefore canalised. In Dresden, it enters the Elbe from the left. Its sorbian name is derived from west Slavic ''bystrica'' (clear water). The official name of the river used in documents and hydrographic maps is ''Vereinigte Weißeritz'' (United Weißeritz). The highest points of the Weißeritz watershed are at about elevation. Nevertheless, the Wild Weißeritz is the longest tribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilsdruff
Wilsdruff () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in Saxony, Germany, with 14,444 inhabitants (2020). It is situated 14 km west of Dresden centre. Kesselsdorf is one of its subdivisions. Near Wilsdruff there is a facility for high power broadcasting, the Wilsdruff transmitter. Wilsdruff is home to KNOX, a traditional incense manufacturer and magnussoft magnussoft Deutschland GmbH is a German computer game developer and publisher. The company is seated in Kesselsdorf, close to the Saxon capital of Dresden. In Europe magnussoft are well known, primarily for their releases of collections of sof ..., a computer game developer. In 2017 the town made headlines as 36% of the population voted the German right wing party AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) while in the same year only 10 asylum seekers sought refuge in Wilsdruff. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Interlocking
In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings. The signalling appliances and tracks are sometimes collectively referred to as an ''interlocking plant''. An interlocking is designed so that it is impossible to display a signal to proceed unless the route to be used is proven safe. Interlocking is a safety measure designed to prevent signals and points/switches from being changed in an improper sequence. For example interlocking would prevent a signal from being changed to indicate a diverging route, unless the corresponding points/switches had been changed first. In North America, the official railroad definition of interlocking is: "''An arrangement of signals and signal appliances so interconnected that their movements must succeed each other in proper sequence''". Configuration and use A minimal interlocking consists of signals, but usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transporter Wagon
A transporter wagon, in railway terminology, is a wagon ( UIC) or railroad car (US) designed to carry other railway equipment. Normally, it is used to transport equipment of a different rail gauge. In most cases, a transporter wagon is a narrower gauge wagon for transporting a wider gauge equipment, allowing freight in a wider gauge wagons to reach destinations on the narrower gauge network without the expense and time of transshipment into a narrower gauge wagons. This is an attempt to overcome one of the primary problems with differing gauge systems—gauge incompatibility. However, it means that the narrower gauge network must be built to a structure gauge large enough to accommodate the loading gauge of the wider gauge equipment, negating one of the cost advantages of a narrower gauge construction. Additionally, a large wider gauge wagon balanced on a narrower gauge transporter wagon is not very stable, and is generally restricted to low speeds of or so. Transporter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollbock
''Rollbocks'', sometimes called transporter trailers, are narrow gauge railway trucks or bogies that allow a standard gauge wagon to 'piggyback' on a narrow-gauge line. The Vevey system enables a coupled train of standard gauge wagons to be automatically loaded or rolled onto Rollbocks, so that the train can then continue through a change of gauge. The system uses a pair of narrow gauge (750 or 1,000 mm) rails laid in a pit that is built in the middle of a standard gauge track, which is elevated by about 30 cm. It allows the ''Rollbock'' bogies to sit underneath the standard gauge tracks and as the ''Rollbock'' train is pulled out of the ''Rollbock'' siding each bogie picks up one axle of a standard gauge wagon as it rises out of the ''Rollbock'' pit. Thus two ''Rollböcke'' are needed for a twin-axle wagon. They were a development of the transporter wagon (''Rollwagen''), designed to keep cost and weight down by avoiding the need for a complete wagon. History The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
